And again
Following on from the post below -

Most of my family are the same as me, agnostic/atheist. With the exception of three - My Dad, my stepmum and my sister.

My Dad is the most knowledgable person on Christianity I've ever met (and probably will ever meet) due to him spending 30 years as a preacher. Is incredibly difficult to debate with, unless you want to do it for an entire evening, he'll just keep talking.

My stepmum is childish, and refuses to accept anything being wrong with christianity. Known as the "La La La I'm not listening" method of argument.

My sister likes to debate, and lives by one key christian moral - "Do to others, as you would wish for them to do unto you" (or whatever the fuck it is).

That's the side of christianity I like, I think the world should be like that, not because some some intangible parent figure, who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago and says "Do it, do it and I'll fucking spank you!" (thank you Kevin Smith)

People need to stop looking at christianity as the answer. The key question of Christianity should not be "Is there a God?" It should not be "How many people can I get to be Christians?"

I think the question should be "How can I live my life, to please both God, and other people?"

Too many christians fit into these categories (I know it's not my own post, but I think it's brilliant)

I was always taught through Sunday School, that christianity teaches us that we should treat people in the order of J.O.Y. (Jesus, then others, then yourself). I struggle to think of more than about 9-10 people who do this, as the rest all fit into the criteria above (mostly the Gossips)

Once again I'm rambling, shit.

OK, I'll summarise what I've been building to throughout this entire fucking essay. Being Christian doesn't make people perfect. Reality is, it makes a lot of people think they are automatically better than anyone else because some preacher gave them a spin wash. When people help others, and put other before themselves, then they can truly call themselves Christians.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 13:02, Reply)