Originally posted by whodey
I think that Christ would agree with you, at least in part. You see, he only verbally abused the religious leaders of his day. Then again, he adamently defended those who worshiped in the Temple with a whip from the money changers. You might say that he was against people being used in the name of religion instead of doing their job which was to reach out ...[text shortened]... Christ came to visit.
Just out of curiosity, how have religious people tried to control you?
Religious people controlling me? One biggie was my grandmother, I was attending a Lutheran school, K-8, actually, and my grannie (pentacostal) told me I would burn in hell if I wasn't baptized in the PENTACOSTAL way, not those wimpy drops of water on the forehead I got in the Lutheran church. I was 8 at the time. I actually thank her now for that, it caused me to see the BS in christianity from then on, it all took a different light after that, I am so glad she brought me to see the light.
You see that kind of control in so many ways you don't even realize you have been duped, like going to church like a good little boy, and then not for a few months and then go back and all the cluck clucking about how we are SO glad to see you back....
Or my Mormon sister taking me to one of their meetings, the Deacon saying we have a special guest today, take it over Sam: Sam goes, You know, when you sang those hymns, the amen's at the end were just not very enthusiastic.
Now I will tell you why I am here. Some of you have not been giving your ten percent tithe. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. We will be sending teams to your house soon to discuss the issue.
Thank you and I'll see you all soon.
That is pretty much exactly what happened the one time I visited a Mormon meeting.
So a long time ago at work, a co-worker says, Are you completely satisfied with your life? No? Well come on down to our Kingdom Hall, we will put you on the right path.
Another time, maybe ten years later, living in Fort Walton Beach Florida, my new wife and I were staying at the Valpariso inn for a few weeks while we found our own place to live.
So one day the manager comes up to us and says "Did you ever burn your finger?
Well, that's what it's like in hell only all over your whole body forever and ever. We are having a revival meeting tonight and you would be more than welcome to attend". We politely declined.
Those are just a few of the many times things like that have happened. That does not even talk about the many times JW's have come to the door expounding their line of BS.
That enough for you?