It's The People

A while back I was reading the forums and saw something that really got under my skin.  I didn’t respond right away.  I thought maybe it was best not to at the time.  The sentiment was that Christians are bigots and psycho.  This offended me on a couple of levels.  One is that if the same were said of blacks or gays Doodi would surely drop a ban hammer on them.  Describing a person as either bigoted, hypocritical, anti-Semitic or whatever other evil leaning they have is one thing (only with absolute proof of course).  To imply that this is a predisposition of Christians is another. 

There’s been talk occasionally both here and in other circles of people I know that some how religion is the cause for all of the world’s problems.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  People are the cause of all the world’s problems.  We see almost every day an act of atrocity being committed and then blamed on “something”.  That something might be religion, video games, guns, alcohol, heavy metal bands, movies, the list goes on and on.  The sad reality is that it’s much easier to blame the media and the tools we surround ourselves with for our problems than it is to blame ourselves.  The fact is that humans are predisposed to committing evil acts.  That statement may come as an affront to you.  No one likes to think of their sweet old grandma as a gun toting Nazi looking to kill a bunch of babies.  While grandma may not take her predisposition to that extreme, rest assured there is something within her that does commit evil.  Maybe it’s much more benign but it’s there nonetheless.  We all lie, gossip, get jealous, steal, *insert your own vice here*.  Maybe not every day, hopefully not every day, but we do or have done it.  Was it religion’s fault?  Did the video game make you do it?   In the end you (I) commit evil acts simply because that is what you (I) want to do.

So, are there people calling themselves Christians protesting at funerals for soldiers, blowing up abortion clinics and calling for gay people to be put to death? Yes.  Is what they are doing wrong? Yes.  Is it because they are Christians? No.  They are humans and humans very often do stupid and evil things.

On a side note, I apologize if my blogs seem so friggin’ serious all the time.  Those of you who game with me know that I’m anything but serious.  I guess I just see this place (the blog) as an area to rant a little and get a few things off my chest.  So if you haven’t played a game with me before and you see me pop into your room, don’t worry, I’m not looking to preach my latest irritations to you.  This is about the only place I do that for some reason.