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[PJMcK]

40. Okay

People who seriously and faithfully hold a Christian faith were not the target of my post and I sincerely apologize if that wasn't clear.

I've read the Bible and studied Christianity. I held a strong faith for most of my life and actively participated in the congregations I belonged to. It's only in the last decade or so that I've evolved my thinking and moved to a more scientific understanding of the universe. Regardless of my knowledge, I really don't care what others believe. It's their business, not mine.

Except when they are blatant hypocrites!

In the world of Christian faith, those hypocrites can be seen in the entire spectrum of Christianity from the Catholic Church to Evangelicals. Nearly none of these institutions and their followers seem to believe in Jesus' teachings. I have neither the interest nor the time to enumerate these failures to live the lives Jesus demanded except to point out that, in general, their rank hypocrisy is blatant and self-righteous.

Jesus taught people to care for the elderly, the sick, the poor and the children. Far too many self-described Christians don't even come close to those ideals. Jesus taught that prayer and one's faith should be a private relationship between the individual and their god. Far too many of those religious leaders are more concerned with their lives on Earth than with their eternal souls, (whatever that actually is).

I'm disgusted by religious types who force their beliefs on the rest of us.