Comments on: Imprecatory Prayer http://blog.jonolan.net/religion/imprecatory-prayer/ The eclectic ramblings of jonolan Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:56:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonolan http://blog.jonolan.net/religion/imprecatory-prayer/#comment-13485 jonolan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:41:17 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=14307#comment-13485 Hypocrisy runs rampant in ANY group that publicly holds to a strict doctrine that requires sacrificing the venal for the sublime or ethereal. Just look at Al Gore or the Copenhagen talks "carbon debt" in the context of Global Warming for a somewhat more secular example...Or certain members of GOP who weren't so dead-set against homosexuality behind supposedly closed doors. ;) And don't worry about the "rough" post. You should know by now that this blog is a free-for-all and that I'm hard to seriously offend - though I do tend to respond with the same level of vitriol that I receive. Hypocrisy runs rampant in ANY group that publicly holds to a strict doctrine that requires sacrificing the venal for the sublime or ethereal. Just look at Al Gore or the Copenhagen talks “carbon debt” in the context of Global Warming for a somewhat more secular example…Or certain members of GOP who weren’t so dead-set against homosexuality behind supposedly closed doors. ;)

And don’t worry about the “rough” post. You should know by now that this blog is a free-for-all and that I’m hard to seriously offend – though I do tend to respond with the same level of vitriol that I receive.

]]> By: zhann http://blog.jonolan.net/religion/imprecatory-prayer/#comment-13476 zhann Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:34:37 +0000 http://blog.jonolan.net/?p=14307#comment-13476 Personally, I could care less what the religious do to get their kicks, but I'm a godless heathen. Of course, it is hard to ignore the irony of those that claim to worship Jesus, the man who preaches love thy neighbor and turn the other cheek. But, lets be honest, Christians could care less about Christ's teachings, the majority have been cherry picking verses for millenia now, hence the endless rifts in the church. Lets be honest, the only people truly more godless than the atheists are the hypocritical Christians. Speaking of the other cheek, or rather the other foot, I strictly remember how the conservatives were down my throat when I was speaking out against Bush. Of course, I never openly stated that I would like him dead (even though there were times when it crossed my mind), but the reactions I got were quite intense. Most notably was the reaction that if you don't follow the president you are an enemy of America. Hmm, makes you wonder, doesn't it? Do you think that religious hypocrisy simply rubs off into the Christians every day life, or are hypocrites simply more likely to be Christians? ... sorry for the rough post, its been a rough weekend. Personally, I could care less what the religious do to get their kicks, but I’m a godless heathen. Of course, it is hard to ignore the irony of those that claim to worship Jesus, the man who preaches love thy neighbor and turn the other cheek. But, lets be honest, Christians could care less about Christ’s teachings, the majority have been cherry picking verses for millenia now, hence the endless rifts in the church. Lets be honest, the only people truly more godless than the atheists are the hypocritical Christians.

Speaking of the other cheek, or rather the other foot, I strictly remember how the conservatives were down my throat when I was speaking out against Bush. Of course, I never openly stated that I would like him dead (even though there were times when it crossed my mind), but the reactions I got were quite intense. Most notably was the reaction that if you don’t follow the president you are an enemy of America. Hmm, makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Do you think that religious hypocrisy simply rubs off into the Christians every day life, or are hypocrites simply more likely to be Christians?

… sorry for the rough post, its been a rough weekend.

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