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TW: Religion
By: Captain Castaway Date: January 26, 2014, 1:26 am
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So I discovered a new level of discomfort at the last movie
night when we decided on a whim to watch Prince of Egypt, as
those who've seen it before knew it was an excellent movie and
figured that everyone should see that masterpiece at least once
in their life. The thing I did not count on was the fact that
only me and one other person there were religious of any sort,
and then that other person left, leaving me the only christian
in the room to answer the tough questions from people who have
never read the bible and possibly even abhor it's existence.
(This is probably not a true fact and just my brain making
everything ten times worse as it usually does)
And to be honest, that was the most awkward I've felt in a very
long time. Why? Because I don't know accurately how to explain
the parts of the bible they were asking about since it's been
forever since I've ever actually touched a bible. And honestly,
I was kind of shocked that some of them didn't know the story of
Moses, since I'd kinda assumed that everyone had heard that
story when they were kids, and as soon as I realized that I
assumed this, I felt like an even worse person than before only
because I am a Christian.
The reason I almost never talk about my religion if I can get
around it, is because I know and fully realize how many terrible
things have been done in the name of my God. And it hurts. I
feel like a terrible person for being associated with the people
who have done so much wrong in something they thought was good.
I was raised as a United Methodist, and as such our particular
sect chooses to focus more on being kind, being merciful,
turning the other cheek. But not every Christian sect is like
this, and it is the most hateful, the most outspoken ones that
you hear about the most (like the infamous Westbro Baptist
Church), and what you start to fear that everyone sees
Christians as.
In history, you hear about the Crusades, the Witch Hunts. You
hear about people being stoned, or being told that their child's
soul will go straight to Hell because they committed suicide. In
modern day, you hear about the Church being outspoken against
the LGBT crowd, or picketing soldier's funerals because "it's
what God wanted." Is it? No one knows. But sometimes it feels
like the majority of Christians, and many people who aren't,
believe it is.
Christianity has done a lot of wrong in the world. The last time
I played Cards Against Humanity, one of the cards was "It's a
shame kids these days are getting into_____" or something to
that effect, and one of the cards thrown down was "The Bible."
And I heard someone comment that "To be honest, the Bible has
done quite a bit of wrong." Again, I don't remember the words
exactly, but it was the same basic meaning, and at that point I
wanted nothing more than to shrink into my chair and disappear
from existence as everyone else around the table nodded their
heads in agreement; I wanted to be anywhere but there, lest they
find out I was a Christian. That's not to say that Christianity
hasn't done a lot of good in this world too, but you don't hear
about that.
So when people started asking questions during the movie,
questions like "What's the point of this" or "Why didn't they
just___" or "What did Jesus even do," I had no answers. Well,
that's kind of a lie. I had answers. But they weren't answers I
was willing to bring up, because I've been told and shown time
and again that trying to force your religion on someone else is
wrong. I guess somewhere along the way, my mind simply twisted
even talking about my religion into something akin to forcing it
upon others.
This is why watching that movie with several non-Christian kids
was so uncomfortable for me. Because I was terrified that at any
moment, they would ask me more questions, or criticize the movie
or the message, or shame me for being affected by something that
could have easily meant nothing for them.
/monologue
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Addendum:
By: Captain Castaway Date: January 26, 2014, 1:53 am
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Because I apparently needed to keep talking to some other
friends about this and then this happened as a sort of explainer
to why I never complain about this ever (except for now
apparently).
Corporal Castipants: *is still feeling slightly anxious now just
because of the monologue I posted to a forum with my SCPA
friends explaining my discomfort, and I'm just worried that
someone's just going to say something akin to "what right do you
have to complain" because I don't have an answer to that which
is why I never complain about a thing like this*
*because hey, you're just worried about your friends thinking
you're a bible humper? at least you don't have to orry about
getting kicked out of your house for being LGBT, or have your
friends go through that thing, oh wait, your friends already do
go through that thing*
*I just got lucky and got born into one of the few fucking sects
of christianity that doesn't care about those things and doesn't
condone hate of any sort*
*but not everyone is that lucky*
*so what fucking right do I have to complain about being
uncomfortable*
/self loathing done for tonight I think hopefully I wish
#Post#: 1483--------------------------------------------------
Re: TW: Religion
By: MisterCuttlefish Date: January 26, 2014, 12:39 pm
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Hey man, just wanted to recognize your post since the forum's
been pretty dead as of late.
I know the feeling, not that I should. Or maybe I should? I used
to be Catholic (not gonna lie, I still kind of am), and I
respect Christianity because I know there are good Christians
like yourself. You have every right to feel how you feel, it
makes you uncomfortable and they're discriminating your
religion. Christianity is the same as any other religion, it has
people who follow it and believe in it, so why shouldn't you get
the same respect as everyone else?
You're in the majority so, because of that, people think that
you've already been entitled to enough and berate you in order
to rebel.
I shouldn't really be one to talk, I've had my fair share of
hating on Christianity, but it's been integrated into my life
for so long that sometimes I don't know what my religion is.
I've always liked the thought of Christianity but never knew how
to go about involving myself in it without looking like my
mother.
If it's any consolation, I think it's great that you're
Christian because we definitely need more people like you,
friend. c:
You respect others, you're a good person, I'm glad I'm your
friend and I hope you feel better about this issue because you
can be any religion. That doesn't stop you from being super
mothafuckin wicked ginchy.
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Re: TW: Religion
By: MisterCuttlefish Date: January 26, 2014, 2:46 pm
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Also, to add- I love the story of Moses.
I actually love all stories in the Bible, I read them a lot
because they're really inspiring.
There is a reason why I own a Bible, not just for ironic
purposes.
That came as a shocker to me, too, to hear that someone didn't
know the story of Moses.
It just seemed like a common knowledge, I dunno...
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Re: TW: Religion
By: MisterCuttlefish Date: January 26, 2014, 2:52 pm
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It makes me kinda sad they never saw the movie before that.
And why would you say such horrible stuff while watching
something so beautiful?
Not to spam the thread, but seriously.
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr4aCUYg8A
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kr4aCUYg8A
I can't stop thinking about this now, hahah xD
#Post#: 1486--------------------------------------------------
Re: TW: Religion
By: Red Date: January 26, 2014, 3:10 pm
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I grew up Roman Catholic, sorry i wasn't there to back you up. I
don't think answering those questions would've counted as
"forcing" your religion onto others, it seems like it'd be more
"educating". Prince of Egypt is an adaption of a story straight
from the bible, obviously, and if people are asking questions
about it maybe they should read up. Reading a religious text
isn't going to magically convert one to that school of thought,
obviously, but it does educate the mind.
Like, i wouldn't expect to know everything from a movie centered
around Judaism because I haven't studied it extensively enough
to have much knowledge about it. Idk, that's just me.
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Re: TW: Religion
By: Captain Castaway Date: January 26, 2014, 3:32 pm
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c:
thankyouguys
Yeah I'm pretty sure I was overreacting last night, or
overthinking, or something, but to be honest that's kinda how I
am in just about any situation where religion is brought up,
unless it's with either my Brother (who is a religious studies
minor and it's actually really interesting talking to him about
religion because he knows a crap ton about a crap ton of
religions and it's fascinating-) or the Youth Leader at my
church who is basically the chillest person ever.
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