Just cause I don't want to..........

[pamsback]

be accused of takin up for Tiller I'm startin this here. And this really ain't the place for it I suppose but.........I ain't the one who brought religion into all this stuff. So Teresa feel free to get rid of this if you think you need to....I just GOTTA vent.

I just have a question for all yall........do you REALLY think you are qualified to judge the spiritual fitness of another person?
I'll be honest because I'm not ashamed...... I have ABsolutely no use whatsoever for organized religion. People get to thinkin because they "belong" to such and such church or religion or whatever that all of a sudden they are the moral authority for everybody they see. Did yall not read the part about not buggin your neighbor about the splinter in HIS eye while you got a plank in yours? Have yall not heard about the Spanish Inquisition? The witch burnings? The Crusades? The Jihad? All of them caused and perpetuated by religious NUTS who think/thought they are/were the "Chosen" quardians of the "true" religion and the ONLY ones who are gonna go to HEaven while the rest of us turn on a spit? The ONLY ones qualified to judge the fitness of another persons faith?

I read the part where Jesus said basically that God is in us all and we COULD have HEaven on Earth but we are too STUPID to see and accept it.

[Wilma]

I think I like the way you think, Pam.

[Teresa]

This thread will stay Pam..
Well spoken..

[Mom70x7]

I think I like the way you think, Pam.

Me, too! 

[srkruzich]

I don't like religion either. 

[pamsback]

 Thanks yall.

[flo]

  now I know what you meant.  That statement says it all and tells it like it is.  I fully agree with you.   

[Tobina+1]

People get to thinkin because they "belong" to such and such church or religion or whatever that all of a sudden they are the moral authority for everybody they see.

Pam; I'm not bashing you because you think this way, but I must politely disagree with you.  I think your statement that I quoted above makes you just as guilty of judgement as what you're accusing people who go to church to be. 
Just because I attend church and enjoy organized religion, doesn't mean that I'm judging you because you do not.  I respect that there are many different religions out there and people believe in many different "gods".  My thoughts are that as long as people are faithful to a higher power, then that's all that matters.  There's many more non-believers or non-faithful out there to "battle" against, rather than bash other religions. 

[Tobina+1]

Also...
Besides, Dr. Tiller was going to church in an organized religion!  So, obviously those people of that church did not judge Tiller on his employment or his beliefs!

[pamsback]

 Lol, I never SAID I was perfect, I have judged church on my past experiences! I never said I didn't!

A few people on here have been throwin the holier than thou around and I merely asked if they actually thought they were qualified to do Gods job. The whole point of my rant was No NONE of us are.

I also wasn't bashing "other religions". I figure your religion is your business not mine same as mine is mine and nobody elses.

  This also had nothin to with Tiller which is why I seperated it from the Tiller thread. Sorry if I did not make myself clear enough. I stand by every word.