Do You Look Down on "Religious" People Now That You're No Longer a JW? (page 5)

mkr32208

Yes, and I like to mess with them too because as an Ex-Jw I can do one thing well thats talk bible bullsh*t!

Unfortunatly as my wife likes to point out, I'm an a$$hole (sorry freedom69 guess you don't like me ) but I'm trying to be honest here! I really try not to be sexist or racist or elitist or any other "ist" but I find the older I get the less tolerance I have for what I percieve to be idiocy... And religion takes the cake, not just christians either! Look at Hindus what kind of crack were they smoking when they came up with that! Pagans and Witches too (um no you DON'T have powers your just a fool!) It's ALL foolish it's like a fear of werewolves it just don't make since!

In my job I run up on lots of idiocy. Women who let their boyfriends punch them in the face and don't want to press charges people, who get so stoned and drunk that they can't walk... so they drive! all sorts of stupid crap and I'm afraid that more and more I'm lumping religious people in with the dingus's...

I really do TRY not to be an a$$ I just can't help it!

LittleToe

mkr:

I find the older I get the less tolerance I have for what I percieve to be idiocy...

Are you really 29?
By the time you're as old as Terry you'll have surpassed him for crankiness

Pagans and Witches too (um no you DON'T have powers your just a fool!)

Can you prove that?
If it weren't for the Wiccan Rede, I'd be very afraid right now.
Don't go coming to me, if you develop an embarrasing rash

But I must give you credit for being an equal opportunity asshole (?), and telling it as you see it.
I honestly do have respect for that.

frenchbabyface

Well I would like to believe, so I can understand that people do believe, but then it's all in the what, and where it leads (that's when I can get a little bit nervous on the subject), but most of people are quiet soft in their beliefs and it become more like a phylosophy in life than a religion for real ...

mkr32208

I work in a prison. Trust me I deal with satanist and witches every day. I've had hexs and curses put on me, hell it happens all the time. I've had voodoo dolls with bits of my hair on them and all that crap. I once bet one of the resident "warlocks" he couldn't start a fire using his mind, he couldn't (I posted something about that on one of these threads) all of this is a wack job. People are just so desperate to not die, to not be done, to pass something on to the "next world." I wish it were true I HOPE it's true. I don't look forward to the long sleep (especialy since I have a dangerous job and lots of fairly dangerous hobbies) but reality MUST intrude at some point Jesus died... He didn't die for your sins he died because he couldn't keep his trap shut. David korsh died... He didn't die for his followers sins he died because he pissed off Janet Reno. All of these guys are dead if you worship animals they die too and SO WILL YOU. I had a discussion with one of the indians in prison one day about his belief in reincarnation he was telling me when he died he was just going to be reborn. I asked him will you remember being bob *(names have been changed to protect the guilty as hell) he said no. So I said if everything that REMEMBERS being Bob is gone all of your thoughs and memories and family and emotions are all gone... isn't Bob dead... So then I got cursed again, no rash but I'll keep checking!

I've had LOTS of discussions with guys getting ready to ride the lightning in old sparky (welcome to florida) they are ALL religious they are all going to LIVE on in some way... well live this life the best you can and hope is all I've got to say!

LittleToe

Mkr:It's funny how those rashes appear in really hard to get to places

Please be assured that in heaven there is no rash!
LOL

GermanXJW

I left the Watchtower and at the end I came to conclusion that religion has no substance to me.

What I cannot stand is believers that look at me with this all-knowing smile and say: "The Watchtower has taken your faith away." I am pretty clear that it was my own decision, I am now rather agnostic, I do not care if a god exists before he has not found a clear way to communcate with me.

But there are a lot of people that are soooo sure about their not-provable beliefs that they "know" there must be something wrong with me.

And of course, they all belief in the Final Judgement and they have an idea what that means to me. (And of course, I do not believe because I am in fear, that is what they say.)

I find this self-rightous and ridiculous.

Am I now narrow-minded and not tolerant?

Max Divergent

I'm only really bothered when they get jobs like Prime Minister or President... right now I'm very botherd since they've gotten those jobs in the UK, US and Australia...

Since the conservitive god-fearing nutcases got re-elected with a majority in the House and Senate in Australia, the abortion issue has suddenly come up out of nowhere... apparently there's a newly discoverd 'epidemic' of abortions that they didn't notice until after the election...

God, please help us against Your followers...

undercover

Your comments clearly indicated that you do look down on some others, because you view them as holding an inferior belief set. That is entirely your perogative.

If someone believes one thing and someone believes different, then by default, one has to view the other as holding an inferior belief set. You believe one way, I believe differently, therefore from your viewpoint my belief is inferior and from my viewpoint your belief is inferior.

But the comments do not clearly indicate that I look down on other people. Just because I think your belief in a religion is inferior does not mean that I look down on you. You may choose to see it that way, that's your perogative. I've read your posts over time, and usually enjoy them. Even when I may not agree with all that you say, I see the value in what you say and how you reached it. It won't change my mind usually, but it gives me a different viewpoint to think about. If I looked down on you, I wouldn't respect your posts and opinions.

There's no rule that says you have to be politically correct. The appeal is merely for you to see it for what it is, given what you wrote.

That's good that there is no rule, because politcally correct I'm not. The appeal for me to see it for how you(and some others) see it is noted, though not intended the way you see it. I know what it is, I wrote it.

Xena

If someone believes one thing and someone believes different, then by default, one has to view the other as holding an inferior belief set. You believe one way, I believe differently, therefore from your viewpoint my belief is inferior and from my viewpoint your belief is inferior

Not necessarily....I tend to just view them as different from mine for the most part. I don't know other people's life experiences and how they formed their beliefs well enough to make a judgement as to whether they are inferior or not...even if I wanted to make that kind of call.

LittleToe

Undercover:Believe it or not I don't look down on others for a difference in beliefs (though I don't negate the possibility that there are exceptions to the rule ). I believe it's rare for two people to be presented with exactly the same information, and a huge swath of environmental factors mean that (even if they were) it is unlikely they would interpret it the same way and react accordingly.

Disagreement is not condescension, IMHO.
However declaring another to be foolish, can be.

German:
Then there are folks who are convinced in their own minds, but without satisfactory evidence to convince others, nor the desire to do so
I agree that self-righteousness sux, though.

Max:

God, please help us against Your followers...

Arguably a truer word was never spoken!

Do You Look Down on "Religious" People Now That You're No Longer a JW?

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