RSSTwo more reasons what religion is not for…
Aug 11
Chris Haravata posted this item in his blog which details a seemingly perfectly fine relationship between father and son that has endured trials but was shattered when the son “loves this woman, he is willing to get married in this woman’s church”.
Which one will you side on? Is it with the father who in his self-righteous narrow-mindedness thinks everything in this world fits perfectly in a black-or-white category. Or are you with the son who has the romanticist love that will forsake all just to please his bride?
I am with neither as both of them aren’t what I would call believers. The father is a lost cause fanatic that has anchored everything in what his religion espouses. He will probably spew out bible verses or quote some pastoral superstar when encroached in debates. Deep inside he is just as good as the “non-believers” that he condemns since he is a hypocritical and rabid hyena in sheep’s clothing.
The son is a spineless coward who thinks converting from one belief to another is like changing clothes (or jobs). Religion is all about beliefs: you either believe or you do not. If you are neither then welcome as you are an agnostic like me but grow some cojones and stand up for what you believe in. Love cannot make you a believe nor does love should force you to change. If it does either then that is called brainwashing. Ever heard of “love conquers all”? It doesn’t say “be conquered by love”. The same goes for the woman, she accepted the son when he wasn’t of the same faith. Why should he convert if she really wanted to be with him? Crafty manipulator.
Oops, long rant. 🙂
ciao!
Aug 22, 2008 @ 21:00:48
it says – “willing to get married in the woman’s church”… not convert to the woman’s religion…
maybe i am confused but converting from one religion to another may or may not indicate belief or non-belief. what if a catholic becomes a christian? technically – believing is still there right?
….just dropping by…
Aug 24, 2008 @ 21:26:22
hi apples,
thanks for dropping by.. 🙂
i have yet to see a major religion (especially those rooting from Christianity) give its blessing to wed an outsider unless they convert. that is why civil marriages exists, they can provide a neutral ground for a man and a woman to become husband and wife without giving up their beliefs to their own respective religion.
why the need for conversion if they are the same? from the story, why would a father disown his children in the name of religion?
ciao!