by all means please practice any religion you want to...
just dont judge me, thats not for you to do
myself, im agnostic i believe that all this that we call life is too amazing to just be coincidence, and i sure as hell dont believe that nothing happens after you die, otherwise life is just one big wasted of time and energy. And if there wasnt religions people wouldnt believe there was a heaven and a hell, and there would be a whole lot more fucked up shit going on than now,
and no im not a hypocrit im not judging anyone i have many friends that are christian rights and do "the silver ring thing" still and dont know that i smoke its just that i KNOW that if one found out... they wouldnt speak to me anymore
how fucked up is that... i can be their friend, but they find out i toke and im cut out, they always try and make me got to church with them and quote shit from the bible like its going out of style wtf?
STOP TRYING TO "SAVE" my soul... its a lot better off than yours is
What's the "the silver ring thing"? Not heard of that one.
I see where you're coming from now. For what it's worth I'm a Christian and I agree with you about the Christian right thing. The media has way too much influence over the church in the west. This is primarily why I don't go to church. Once you start thinking for yourself you are seen as a danger to yourself and others.
I'm not in the US anymore, but I do find Christians (particularly American) to be intolerant and unwilling to comprehend other views.... I've heard plenty of Bible study conversations that go like this: Can you be a Christian and ---fill in the blank (drink alcohol, watch TV, smoke pot, fornicate, be gay, vote Democrat)--- At the same time some of these people (though not too many) can be extremely generous and gracious- giving us cars, helping us move, giving us a month's worth of food when my children were born.
Organized Christianity has a lot of bad apples (a lot!) but every once in awhile you do meet an exceptional person. It is all about the individual.
You should probably keep your smoking habit to yourself, but you could try having hypothetical conversations with your friends about the nature of drug prohibition, and throw the medical marijuana issue out there for example. They might surprise you. People sometimes do change their views. I know I did.
I am going to tell my mom about my new medical treatment when I see her at Christmas. She is very anti "drugs" and a very staunch right-wing Republican Christian. She'll still love me. Your friends will too if they are really Christians, because that's what it's all about.
Jesus summed up all the commandments ever made into 2: Love God & love your neighbor. Essentially that's all that matters. When people start making personal laws and calling them God's laws that's called legalism and it's deadly to the soul. Freedom, love, grace and peace is what it's supposed to be about.
