religious rant

maybe it will be an issue or argument for anything to do with the church. i still feel the same way about organized religion. if you're going to use it for social networking that's fine but to actually try to convert other people to believe in the same thing is nothing more than a socially accepted cult. whether or not it makes you act like a good person the fact that you're promoting the bible which explicitly discusses slavery and not only a spiteful god but a supposedly divine god that changes his mind about a number of things throughout the bible. it's a book written by people with agendas and it's a way for people to not only make money but a living. And I'm not saying good things don't come out of religion, it helps a lot of people cope with a lot of things, but you can't ignore that bad things do too, like war, terrorism, and even in africa recently christian churches have been killing children claiming they're witches read story. it gives people the self-righteous attitude and confirmation from peers that they're on the side of good and therefore can do anything for this agenda however misguided they may be. granted modern educated christians are much more mild, but i also think because of this they are less influenced by scripture if at all, they tend to summarize the bible as telling you to be a good person, when it clearly says much more than that. it seems the more you live your life by the bible the more extreme you become and the more you can justify your own agenda or those of your peers.