Oh. Your. GOD!!! "Mad" isn't the word. I didn't get angry, I think the closest I could come to what I felt in words is "dumbfounded" as in, I can't believe the
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founded. According to this 18 year old black, obviously Christian (most likely Baptist) young man, the ancient Egyptians were evil because they worshiped the sun. We were in a 3-person conversation about religion. The chimpanzee (nothing to do with race, I'm black too mind you, he really does remind me of one) was talking about Adam and eve, Jesus, and all that other happy horse crap. I asked him, "What about the people that came before them? What about the ancient civilizations, like the ancient Egyptians?" He said, "They were evil. They worshiped the sun, and the rain, and whatnot." The other one, I'll call Young Grasshopper, answered saying, "They just didn't know." [they were not evil, they just didn't know about Jesus] He also believes in reincarnation. He's on his way. But the chimpanzee will stay where he stays, I can see it in his eyes, hear it in his voice, and feel it in my eternal soul (that may very well have been here since the time of the evil Satan-worshiping Ancient Egyptians). I know people do it all the time, but seriously, how can you say someone is evil because they don't believe what you believe? Doesn't that spit right in the face of the notion of all these religions being peaceful, accepting, loving, and universalist?
Religious people tend to forget that we live on a planet, in a solar system, in a galaxy, in a small section of a universe, in a possible multiverse. If you're going to worship anything at all, your best bet would be nature (sun, rain, wind, trees, ect.) because THAT IS WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE. If it weren't for the sun, we wouldn't be here. Now I know they say "But God created the heavens & Earth, & that includes the sun". 2 comments: what's the difference then if it's all his creation, and what about all the other planets, seen and unseen, known and unknown by Earth citizens? This "God" of yours for some whimsical reason only decided to put life on this one planet, in this one galaxy in this big, big universe? Do other planets have their own Holy Bibles, or was the story so renowned about what happened on planet Earth that it circulated all across the universe? If we know the components it takes to make a cell, and that microorganisms can survive in extreme conditions, that makes it very likely that there is some kind of life out there besides us. Even if it were a planet full of nothing but ameoba, it is neglected by the Bible, the Bible says there is only earth and "the Heavens". We can see "the Heavens" and we know Archangel Michael is not chillin in outer space, so tell me how a religious person rationalizes the universe, besides saying "God made everything", because that's, well, goddmodding.
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