i am anti religion

this explains it all






Religion makes me feel sick. No, seriously, I mean it. It’s not some trite, off-the-cuff, anti-establishmentarian statement. What I mean is that I’ve looked into it. I’ve done the maths; I’ve researched it; I’ve studied every nook and cranny of the thing. I know about religion [trust me]. And I’ve come to the conclusion: it stinks.

Somebody tell me: what’s the appeal? Who wants to live within a set of rules and regulations? Who wants to be bound to one way of doing life? Who wants to be a part of the single greatest cause of war and suffering in human history? Who wants to disengage their brain from the real world?

It’s stuffy. It’s boring. It’s dead. No thanks.

I’ve totally disassociated myself from it. But there’s one thing I’ve learnt in doing so: I’m not the first person to reject it. In fact, there’s one guy in particular whose rejection of religion somewhat surprises me. Check this out (from the first century AD):

“I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars. You love sitting at the head table at church dinners, love preening yourselves in the radiance of public flattery. Frauds! You’re just like unmarked graves: People walk over that nice, grassy surface, never suspecting the rot and corruption that lies six feet under.”

Whoever this guy was, he hated religion with a passion and wasn’t afraid to tell the ‘religious-types’ of his day how much he detested their way of life. The dialogue continues:

One of the religion scholars spoke up: “Do you realise that in saying these things you’re insulting us?”. He said, “Yes, and I can be even more explicit. You’re hopeless, you religion scholars! You load people down with rules and regulations, nearly breaking their backs, but never lift even a finger to help.”

So who was he? An Anarchist? A Communist? A Satanist?

In actual fact, this highly irreligious-type was none other than Jesus Christ.

You see, Jesus was not who you think he was. He was not some slightly effeminate, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, holier-than-thou fairy-tale. He came to overthrow an entire religious system. He was, and still is, the greatest revolutionary ever to have lived. And he recognised religion for what it really was.

The word ‘Religion’ comes from a Latin word which actually means: ‘an obligation or bond’. Religion is as far away from God as you can get. Why? Because it was never God’s intention for people to be put into a ‘bond’. ‘Bond’ connotes captivity, constraint and restriction – it’s all about robbing people’s freedom. But Jesus said this: “If I set you free, you’re free indeed”. Jesus was the antithesis of captivity - he was a freedom-fighter. He saw ‘religion’ as the futile attempts of Man to put a box around the relationship between people and God.

He offended, he vandalised, he cursed. He threw peoples’ lives upside down and exhorted a message of total, radical life-change. He did the impossible and shouted louder than his culture. Not only was he great in life, but he left in his wake the greatest single movement history has ever seen.

When Jesus Christ arrived on the planet, the whole of world history changed. Western society as we know it (its dates, ethics and culture) is shaped around the life of this one man. No one else has come close. He wrote no book, led no army, composed no song or appeared in no film. He lived for thirty years in complete obscurity before teaching a bunch of working-class, ordinary people about God. Then, three years later, he died.

His message was simple but revolutionary:

• God made people to be in friendship with him.
• Mankind rejected God and got itself in a mess.
• But, because God stills loves us, he offers us a get-out-clause.

That get-out-clause clause is Jesus Christ. In life he was a renegade of religion, but his greatest achievement came in death.

Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross and killed. His brutal, bloody execution represented God taking his anger out on mankind. In that moment of eternity, the punishment we deserved for rejecting God was taken out on him – in the most barbaric fashion. In death Jesus broke the hold of religion. And because death could not hold him back, Jesus defied the laws of nature and rose from the dead three days later to offer up the alternative: a relationship with God.

I hate religion, but I love Jesus Christ.

He is the nonconformist who changed the world, but he’s also the rescuer who’s changed my life. I’ve made a decision to be a part of his revolution – and I haven’t been disappointed. Right now, he’s waiting to see what your response will be. To his revolution. To his life. To his death.

So what is it?

 

Amen to that. I couldn't agree more with ya.

 

at last some1 who kwos wat i mean wen i sy i follow god but not religion

 

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yes i believe in the bible!
the whole truth,sometimes ppl take it outa context,but the bible if it is preached correctly,is true and relevant and life changing!
i believe that jesus is the son of god and he came to save us not only from sin,but the bondage of religion and gave us liberty and strength to acomplish our dreams.
but i dont jsut believe i ahve commited my life,even satan believes in jesus,and they know who he is,it takews more than just to believe in god,but u hav2 believe and be born again

 

I totally agree! ...nice post

 

You had me up to the ressurrection, because I don't believe in that. And I don't think his death symbolized god punishing man, i think it's representitive of how far people will go to maintain their wealth, power and influence, to maintain the status quo. We will even kill god.

Well, I'm no christian, don't believe in the Bible, and am not even sure if Jesus ever lived historically. But it doesn't matter because it is such an inspiring story. I love what he stood for, for true spirituality and love for your fellow man. Not in rules and regulations, not in power or money, just in plain and simple humanity. It is what you said of it, a great revolution lead by a great revolutionary

The sad thing is that if Jesus came back today, the modern Christians would crucify him again. They have become what he preached against, the stagnancy and hypocracy of organized religion. It started with Paul and Peter, with all the rules they added, and is exemplified in the mideval Catholic Church. But don't be fooled, the Church splintered, but nothing changed. Instead of being chained and boxed in by a clergy, they were chained and boxed in by an ancient book.

 

wen jesus comes back again,it is not to be crusified but to come back fro those who belong to him(those who have given theyre life and call on the name of jesus)

 

Jesus' first coming was like a lamb, his second coming will be like a angry lion.

 

his not coming back to stay,jsut to take his brothers and sisters home

 

I'm anti religion, I follow myself...

 

following ureself will lead u on the road to nowhere!
u may find good things in life,but u will never truely b satisfied

 

I find it hard to believe that one would "never truly be satisfied" if you "follow yourself." I'd rather follow myself, my own beliefs & intuitions rather than being told what to follow by an organized religion. And I happen to be a very satisfied person based on this. Then again, some people also find happiness & satisfaction within the boundaries of organized religion. So..uhm...whatever. :H

 

oh sorry i thought he were saying it in a selfish way....as in im my own man,i follow myself,no1 else kinda tihng!
jsut a misinterpretation.
i would much rather some1 to follow christ because of thewyre own desicio
and bein led,rather than bein minipulated by religious ppl and doing it for the wrong reason.

 

Haha but the thing is, all roads lead to nowhere! So where better to go?
Hehehe...

 

all roads dont lead to nowhere,only the wrong roads

 

But ultimately there is no where to go... We are all free to wander endlessly through existence...

 

ppl witohut vision for theyre life mearley exist.
life does not have meaning witohu a relationship with god,we were created to b a friend of god,to b in his presense and enjoy life not endure it

 

Are you saying I have no vision, and my life is pointless without believeing in your religion? That's not very nice... You're right about one thing though, life is pointless... Hehe there is no ultimate purpose, we just exist... So why not enjoy it? Reality is like a giant playground!

 

i never said that ure life is pointless,i am saying if u odnt ahve dreams and visions for ure life,ambitions,someting to look forward to,then u just mearley exist!

life is not pointless!
and if u read back at the front of this thread u will relaise that i am anti religion!