Reasons Why I Dislike Christianity

Most of you know I left Christianity behind and picked up Buddhism in its place in late February. I've had a slight rise in people asking me why I don't like Christianity lately, so I decided to be fairly serious and write down some reasons.



1) I never felt God in church. Not once. I could feel God in all other sorts of random locations (i.e. cemeteries, my room, my g'parents' resort), but never in church. It didn't matter what church I went to, either. EP's Presbyterian church, EP's St. John the Baptist Catholic church, EP Jr.'s Methodist church, the Christian church near my g'parents' resort, or the Washington Cathedral...nothing. Sure, some of the buildings were really cool (especially the latter. I could spend forever in there just marveling the construction and windows). The second that my parents -mainly my dad- stopped forcing me to go to church, I did.


2) The people in my church specifically definitely did not help. The average age has to be hovering around 90. The hearing aids go off in a chorus of their own during hymns. None of these people went to church for God, they went to gossip and hear the bible backing up their opinions on contemporary issues. Nobody liked the service. Whenever something held them in the sanctuary longer than 40 minutes, whether it be the choir or the sermon, they started shifting towards the door. It was sickening. I don't think there were three people in that congregation on any given day that could truly say they felt God. The pastors never seemed to have connected with God, either. They always seemed like they were just reading from a script. Being preached to by those pastors was like a deaf man explaining music to me. It was ridiculous and stupid. There is only one pastor that I've met that I can tell has connected with God, more than just on a "I read Your book, hyuck hyuck" level, and he's the only exception for me to consider going to church when he's preaching.


3) People that consider the Bible the absolute truth. Sure, it says homosexuality is wrong. But, it also says that if there's an angry mob of people outside your door, send your virgin daughter or your wife out to them to subdue their passions. After they're done raping her to shreds, show no sympathy to her. Instead, take her dying body, cut it into pieces, and send it to neighboring towns, where they'll discuss what happened (this actually happened in the Bible, Judges 19:22-29). That Bible sure sounds like something that we should take word for word!

If you correctly followed the instructions thus far, your wife will be dead, or close enough to it, by this point. You should then chop her up into twelve pieces to send to your neighbors. They'll see it as a symbol of love, much like Van Gogh's girlfriend when she got his ear as an early birthday preset.

4) The mythologies of Jesus taken as truth. The whole birth story, I find, to be hilarious. Born of a virgin...uh...huh. And people today laugh at Athena being born from Zeus' head when Hephaestus cracked it open with a hammer, or axe depending on the story. Truth is, the whole myth of the birth of Jesus was being told long before Jesus was around. This myth belonged to the Persian underground cult of Mithras, who also used baptism, wine and bread in their rituals, had crosses for symbolism, had a temple on Vatican Hill, believed in a last judgment, and had a Heaven and Hell concept. Thing is, the myths aren't as important as people tend to think they are, like my dad who will get extremely short with me whenever I question the story. Just because Jesus wasn't born of a virgin doesn't mean he wasn't an awesome guy. He is the most influential man that's ever lived, with all the blind followers and murders committed in his name and all. It's not all negatives, either. Mother Theresa was kick-ass, too.
Buddhism has some weird stories about Siddhartha (the guy the religion is based on) as well, that I don't believe. Like, at his birth, he sprung out of his mother's womb and walked however many steps, signifying some important number. Riiiight.


5) Jesus was the son of God. Just like I'm the daughter of God. And you're a child of God, just like the rest of us. But, Christianity says a solid "NO" to that. Jesus was God's only spoiled child. Nobody can even come close to Jesus! Pretty pessimistic, if you ask me. It's really holding down the Christian population. I think if you were told you could be just as cool as Jesus, more people would try to be and not hold themselves back. If Jesus was the only child of God, it's pretty much saying that you're nowhere close to being God's favorite, so don't even attempt anything.


6) Heaven and Hell. God loves all of His children, which is why most of you are going to Hell. Only if you accept Jesus as your savior and live your life as true to the Christian doctrine as humanly possible will you make it into Heaven. If you live life perfectly, but don't accept Jesus as your savior, then off to Hell you go. I always have to giggle profusely whenever I watch South Park and they have Gandhi in Hell.
My dad also constantly tries to guilt me into going back to Christianity every time I go home with the whole Heaven and Hell spiel.

Dad- I'm scared that you're going to go to Hell for not accepting Jesus.
Me- Well, I don't believe in Hell, so I guess you're alone in your fears.
Dad- Just like if you don't believe in cancer, you won't get it...
Me- Okay. Do you think that you're going to go to Heaven?
Dad- I can't say that I will, but I think I will, yes.
Me- And that I'll go to Hell?
Dad- Because you don't accept Jesus, yes.
Me- Then how can you truly be in Heaven if the thought of me suffering in Hell will always be with you?

7) That Christianity's the only way. I know that almost every religion has this mindset about themselves. I can't stand it, which is another reason why I went to Buddhism. Siddhartha said if his ways to reach enlightenment weren't working for you, stop! Do what works for you in order to reach happiness. Heck, don't be Buddhist if it's not working, just keep your goal set in your mind and be a good person while trying to attain that goal. A true Buddhist, by the way, does not go out to convert people. In fact, they warn against joining up without in depth research on it to make sure that it's the right path for you to take. You don't have to be Buddhist or else, like practically every religion. Instead, it's be a Buddhist if you think that it's your path to gain eternal bliss, and if it isn't, find the path you're supposed to take instead.



I'm not trying to sway any of you away from your beliefs. I just want you all to be able to critique your beliefs and think for yourself. A man doesn't have to perform magic tricks to know what's going on in life. He doesn't have to walk seven steps straight from the birth canal or ascend to Heaven on a horse. He just has to know how to be happy, how to help others be happy, have good public speaking skills, and not be a pompous ass. I suppose the main reason that I don't like Christianity is because the religion is almost nothing like Jesus' teachings. He taught of acceptance, bliss through voluntary poverty, and love. He was right if he actually said "It's more difficult for a rich man to get into Heaven than a camel through an eye of a needle." Sadly, this line is being bounced off of the deaf ears of billions who claim to be Christian, and the majority of them being rich. Just like accepting people for who they are, whether they're a different color, have a different sexual orientation, prefer to wear clothes meant for the opposite sex, or could make a sailor blush with such colorful language is shoved under the carpet so that people can point an accusing finger at the local homosexual instead of pointing at themselves and realizing what they are doing.








Falling free, falling free, falling free, falling free, falling free.