Eric,
First of all, you did bring up your religion first. You do so every time you post! It's your signature for crying out loud! And I happen to know a thing or two about it since I lost my brother and my sister to that garbage, and they tried very hard to drag me into it with them. He's a preacher, and she's married to one. And yes, I think it's garbage because when a person gives total control of their life to anything, including religion, they loose themselves, and become a fake person. They become someone else. My brother, and my sister are gone. They are brainwashed! That's just wrong. Our creator gave us a brain so that we could solve our own problems. Not so we could follow a preachers instructions, and ask the "holly spirit" for permission to scratch your own ars. . He created people, not sheep. And you did take shots at my beliefs on global warming, although in a much more subtle mannor. So get over it. When you advertise your extremest religious views by putting that bannor across the bottom of your posts, you just ask for opposition. { Especially from an opinionated big mouth like ME!!!} Some folks, like me, don't like to have Jesus shoved in their face. I take that as an assault. And I find those religious beliefs to be moronic, and idiotic. And I find it in very poor taste. It's even more annoying than the Jehovah's witnesses who keep comming back to my door even though Ive told them several times NOT TOO.
I also find it rather ironic, or moronic, if you will, that the same people who believe they will soon be whisked away to heaven, and will leave all this behind, are the ones who are putting forth the most whining and resistance to the idea of breaking our addiction to oil completely. Like I keep saying, if you believe you are going to be taken from the earth by Jesus to heaven, and you believe you are going to leave all this behind, what difference does it make to you? None. So why are you here arguing with me? That makes no sense to me at all. And too me, knowing what I know about the teachings of Jesus, it does not sound like what he would do. I think he would respect the rights of the rest of the world, and promote and end to this damned war, and promote the idea of us taking care of this planet by stopping the burning of fossil fuels, since there are other people living here too. And he would promote the idea of tollerance and forgivness as well. Would he not?
And as far as being upset, and acting childish,.... I'm not the least bit upset. Childish, maybe. I refuse to grow up. Been there, done that, didn't like it. And I am merely expressing what I really think, and what I really believe. You do, in your signature, so why can't I. It sounds to me like you are the one who is upset. I'm not attacking you man, I'm just telling you what I really think. That's just the way I am. Always have been, always will be. And if that upsets you, perhaps you should take a deep breath, take some time, and do a little self reflection. What it really sounds to me like, is that maybe, just maybe, deep down inside, there is a small part of you in conflict with your religious doctrine. As for me, I am completely at peace with what I believe, because a couple years ago, I made the decision to let go of everything that everyone had ever preached at me about what I should believe, and I searched out my own true feelings about what my own heart, and my own mind tells me is true. I eliminated all internal conflict about what I believe, because what I believe in my heart now also makes sense to my brain. Now anyone can say whatever they want about my religious beliefs, and it simply rolls off me like water off a ducks back. It's when they repeatedly announce their own religious beliefs about how Jesus is going to come and take them away, but yet they still want to argue with pure science about the future of this planet. Even though they won't be here to see it,...that bugs me a little, and I just have to speak up. Especially since nobody asked for their opinion on what they believe in the first place. Hey,...you jumped into this dumpster with both feet. Nobody dragged you in. And you are the one waving a permanent extremest religious banner for all the world to see. So if you are going to do that, you should expect folks to tell you what they think. And just so you know, it does not matter where or when we are. You could still come down and go fishin with me, and I would still tell you all the same stuff I've told you on here. None of it was ever meant to be hurtfull. It's just meant to be pure honesty. But when we type this stuff into a computer, and read it off a screen, it never quite sounds the way it would if we were sitting side by side in a boat with a fishin pole in hand. With this particular form of communication, it's very easy to get wires crossed and feelings hurt. And if I have hurt your feelings, I am sorry amigo. But I still have to speak up, and tell it like it is.
T.
