Christianity
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[edit] Overview
Christianity is currently one of the world's most popular and well-funded religions.[edit] Mythology
Although there are many variants, the main trunk (of which most of the others are variants) can be summarized as the belief that a quasi-divine entity, who was briefly present on the earth in human form but was killed and then magically revived in non-human form, allows people to live happily forever in the form of a spirit if they eat crackers and wine which have been magically transformed into his flesh and blood (but only in essence; you can't actually tell the difference from regular crackers and wine) and telepathically accept him as their master. He allows people to live forever by removing an evil force from their souls which the creator of the universe put into all humans because a talking snake convinced a rib-woman to eat from a magical tree.
People who do not accept this entity as their master (or, in some cases, are insufficiently fervent in their acceptance of his mastery) are either condemned to an eternity of torment (typically involving fire) or else are merely prohibited from living happily ever after (entering "heaven").
[edit] Views
Due to the fact of Christianity's central figure (Jesus Christ) being a revived corpse, as well as the emphasis on eating the flesh and blood of this corpse, Christianity is sometimes colorfully described as a zombie death-cult. It is not clear if Christ actually qualifies as a "zombie", however, since it is his flesh which is being eaten rather than him trying to eat other people's brains. It's not clear whether Christ has a will of his own, which would also disqualify him as a zombie, or if he is purely an agent of God's will (which arguably would mean that God is Christ's bokor if Christ did fit the definition of zombie).
In any case, zombies are a creation of the Voodoo religion, which post-dates Christianity's origins by many centuries (and indeed incorporates many Christian elements).
[edit] Links
[edit] Reference
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
- dKosopedia
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SourceWatch: no equivalent page (as of 2008-08-28)
[edit] Opinion
- Understanding Christianity by Jennifer Diane Reitz: salvation-through-Jesus as a protection racket
[edit] Filed Links
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- Transubstantiation
- Sojourners
- Eucharist_wafer
- 2009-09-01 :more:talk: "Hooking Up" at College: Does Religion Make a Difference? § “Catholic college women are more likely to have "hooked up" while at school than college women with no religious affiliation. ... women who attend colleges and universities with a Catholic affiliation are more likely to have hooked up while at school than women who attend academic institutions with no religious affiliation...” more...
- 2009-05-01 :more:talk: High school teacher found guilty of insulting Christians § “James Corbett, a 20-year teacher at Capistrano Valley High School, was found guilty of referring to Creationism as “religious, superstitious nonsense” during a 2007 classroom lecture...” more...
- 2008-07-05_Obama's_America_blesses_God
- 2008-07-01_Prepared_Remarks_of_Senator_Barack_Obama
- 2008-06-11_Christian_Leaders_Meet_Obama_Privately
- 2008-05-26_Open_the_Door_to_Conversational_Evangelism
- 2007-12-13_I'm_So_Sorry,_Jesus
- 2007-12-10_Congress_to_say_Christmas_is_important._Sun_and_Moon_declared_good_too
- 2007-10-17_Shout_against_the_Coulters_of_the_world
- 2007-09-23 :more:talk: Teacher fired for saying the bible should not be taken literally § “A community college instructor in Red Oak claims he was fired after he told his students that the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be literally interpreted.” more...
- 2007-02-22_Bible_essay_stirs_trouble_for_teacher
[edit] Acknowledgements
Thanks to Bay of Fundie for inspiring the summary of Christian belief.
