This will be a page full of my opinions and ranting. If you don't like what I say on this page, I don't care. If you don't like foul language, leave immediately because I'm perturbed and probably will use a few choice words throughout the course of this little article. I am damn sick and tired of hearing Pagans complain about Christians and Christianity. This complaining includes, but is not limited to...."Christians are mindless fools who follow the lies of the church......." or, "There is no such thing as a true or good Christian because none of them are living as devoted followers of Christ......" or, "Christian churches are organizations of greedy, dishonest fools......" or, "Christianity is a close-minded system of beliefs and those who follow it are also close-minded....." etc., etc. Blah, blah. Why must Pagans constantly try to prove to the world how "stupid" Christianity is? Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow..... On the topic of money and offerings in church and within Christian organizations....I hate to break the news to everyone who complains about this, but every organization needs money. Churches of all types take up offerings to pay for maintenance and upkeep of the church, which usually includes paying someone to clean and remodel, paying for electric, gas, and other utilities, paying for any dinners or special gatherings, paying the pastor for his work (yes, pastors get paid because many of them consider preaching their full-time job), paying to support missionaries or mission groups that travel, give to various charities, and the list goes on. Are Pagans really aware of what it takes to keep a church financially sound? Apparently not. Yes, there are greedy Christians out there, yes, there are churches and organizations that just want your money, etc. Look around, there are "bad" people everywhere. What dumbass can't see that, yes, the world is full of greed and dishonesty? But the majority of Christian churches just want to take care of their church in a fair and honest way. That's what the offering is for. When a church asks for an offering for "God," this simply means give some money to help keep God's house a nice place for everyone to visit. See? Is that difficult to understand? How can an organization function without money? It can't. Yes, I know there have been idiots who, while posing as Christians, lied to the public and stole money from everyone who donated to them. There still are idiots like this. Why hold this against all Christians? If you do, you're a jackass. You're Not a Devoted Christian Many Pagans say it. They are Pagans, (or at least non-Christians) yet they seem to be authorities on who is a devout Christian and who is not. Pagans know how every Christian thinks, how they pray, what their true motives are? No, they don't. Mr. Joe Christian down the street got caught speeding....holy crap, a Christian broke the law! "He isn't a 'real' Christian!" My ass. I'll tell you what he isn't.....he isn't a perfect human being. Know why he's not a perfect human being? Because no such being exists. Christians disobey their God's teachings at times, Christians make mistakes, they might even break the law sometimes. They might cuss now and then, they might not "do unto others" now and again, they might covet their neighbor's car.....or wife, they might forget to pray before bedtime, they might punch someone out for acting like a jerk instead of turning the other cheek.....they're human. The difference between a Christian human and a non-Christian human is that the Christian's general attitude will be to do his or her best to follow Christ's teachings, to do his or her best to live how Christ might intend. For some, their best isn't that great. For others, their best means being damn near perfect. But being imperfect, breaking a rule here and there, being a little "bad" once in a while....it happens to Christians and non-Christians alike. It's human nature. This does not mean a person is not a devoted Christian. Phobia Why are Pagans so offended by Christian organizations- almost afraid of them to the point that they create paranoid theories about them, even create little "mottos" about Christianity that they think are so clever and insightful? Ever heard of homophobia? You know, how people say that certain straight folks are afraid of gays, thinking the gay lifestyle will "rub off" if they get to close? Usually, homophobia includes verbal attacks against gays, creating paranoid theories about them, displaced anger and unnecessary hatred toward them. Hmmm. Well, I think a lot of Pagans have "Christophobia." All these Pagans with their meaningless hatred (they say they don't hate, only disagree, but I think it's bullshit), paranoid theories, all their little mottos about how stupid Christians are....I think they are afraid. Afraid that if they try to be nice, try to understand, and try to be open-minded with Christians, some Christian ideas might rub off. And how uncool would that be for a hard-core, greenman loving, goddess worshipping, athame-wielding Pagan to actually have nice things to say about Christianity? What would everyone think? To actually shut your pie hole and stop verablly bashing Christians.....well, that would be almost un-Pagan! Well, some Christians don't like us! They say we are going to hell! -So I guess that means all us non-Christians should act like immature asses and create ideas about how stupid Christianity is, right? Oh no, there are people in the world who give Chrisitanity a bad name. Oh no, the Christian religion doesn't suit you or your lifestyle. So freaking what? Just because you think Christianity is stupid, this doesn't make it so. If you don't like Christianity, don't like the way Christian churches conduct themselves, don't like Christian political views, moral views, and just generally don't like the religion....isn't that why you are a non-Christian? So.....why can't that fact speak for itself? And if you think I'm stupid for complaining about this topic, then feel free to clicky clicky on your back button and find something else to read. This is my website and within these pages, I am God (dess). By the way- another peeve I will mention- "Xian." I hate when Pagans spell Christian this way. Morons. Yes, anyone is free to be "Christophobic" if they want. Just seems there are more important causes to devote our time to. Thank you, thank you very much. -Melissa                                                                                    HOME

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