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One of my greatest annoyances while having discussions with Christians is the fan fiction that they write to cope with the sin which they carry about in own lives. This comes in many varieties, intensities and forms; from the "backstory" of the thief to ridiculous theories about Jesus's wives or his abundance of wealth.

Recently, I talked to a man who told me that Jesus was the greatest carpenter that has ever lived, that he was very rich and gave it all away. Yes, noble enough, I suppose. But utter fabrication. This false Christ is a cope. This man once contemplated becoming a monk but is now a business owner. He has created this Jesus to justify certain aspects of his life.

The first step toward conquering men is conquering self. Contemplate yourself. Understand your copes. Understand where you are wrong, and modify your rationalizations to fall in line with Christ. If you fight for money, you must do this for Christendom. Love your neighbor even as you love yourself. When you achieve your little victories, ask yourself how these things improve your family and your people. This is where you will find Christ.

The bible says one things but Christians want things another way. Therefore we get these Jesus fan fic stories. Anybody who has spent any amount of time in a church has heard them. These stories are inaccurate and loose, often times justifying a doctrinal theme.. most namely the degradation of the Christian character.

The most prolific story that is passed around is the story of the thief on the cross. How *bad* of a man he was. How he stole this or that, how he lived a life of sin and depravity, and that he, despite his lifetime of flaws and dishonestly was saved because he believed on Jesus the Christ!

Nonsense.

There is no information about how this thief lived or how he came to be on the cross. Perhaps he was a horrible wretch, a filthy backbiting rogue making a living in the night. Perhaps, however, he was a good man and stole food out of necessity. We do not know and since this is the case this example can not be used to justify irresponsible doctrine. Rather, this is the fact: everybody wants easy salvation and nobody wants to take up the cross.

Struggle against your sin. Become a better man. Tempt yourself and suffer pain for Christ's sake. Make virtue your beast plate, that the spear of the Devil will not pierce through to your heart.

"Your core beliefs, the ones you base your life on and expect your afterlife to be affected too... we will eliminate that from any decision making process when it comes to ANYTHING related to laws and society. The society you live in and the laws that govern it will be based on anything BUT your core beliefs."

How did they manage to make this seemingly obvious contradictory stance into what is now considered the default?

If they said the states are atheist, which is the same thing, people would've probably had a problem with it but they changed one word and everyone is fine.

Are people this fucking stupid?

Any ideas? I don't want a Jewish version.