The fallen are the virtuous among us....

So sorry if I ever resisted,

I never had a doubt you ever existed,

I only have a problem when people insist on

Taking their hate, placing it on your name...

- Franz Ferdinand, The Fallen

I like this quote, because it sums up how I feel about religion, in particular Christianity. I have no problem with those who delude themselves into believing a book written 700 years after the events by people who were apparently there... ok, so I have a little problem with them, but that's perfectly alright, I'm entitled to my opinion. At least, I am, as long as I'm not talking to anybody opinionated and considers themselves extremely religious, because then if I disagree I must surely be shot.

There are many decent Christians, as with all people, races, creeds, ages, etc. The few vastly outweigh the many. It is a shame, and to any true religious people reading this, I'm sorry, and I appreciate that you have your opinion, and respect that, as you do with me.

However, when people kill in the name of God, torture for Jesus, etc. that is where I have a major problem. How can you claim to do anything for the greater good, then turn around and act against everything you claim to believe in and still state that you're doing it for those reasons. The contradiction that runs through every religion is just mindblowing, but still people choose to act against it in order to 'protect' it. It annoys me so much.

'Thou shalt not kill' is thrown around a lot when talking about abortion, which medicine, science and each religion still can't decide on an official time where a foetus becomes a life, but when it comes to war it can be justified?

All life is sacred to God, and he gave us free will to choose for ourselves what to believe, but if we don't believe in him and actively try to demonstrate that we are usually taken care of by an extremist. How can this go on? And how come, even though it has been pointed out a million times before, nobody takes any notice? I mean, if you argue with somebody who believes they are in the right and they believe in God, every point you put across is thrown aside as 'God tests people'.

At what point does an argument need only one line to win?

Anyway, this is all pointless... apart from showing people who don't really know me where I stand on abortion (I'm for it) and religion (I understand why people believe, but I personally don't)

Byee.