8:40
It's pretty late to write now, but I'll still write! It's been a long time since I've had an interesting topic to talk about, but here it is:
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Tonight, I talk about religion. Actually, no. I talk about religious people, but not religious people in general. The topic for tonight is about the religious people I live life with and how they try to raise the youth "well".
So how do you raise the youth well? Apparently, you have to raise them as children of God and make sure they grow up with God. So, if you raise them as respectful, humble and modest kids without God, you're the son of Satan (a little exaggeration there). You teach them how to pray, and you force them to go to church every Sunday. You tell them that God loves them so much that He gave everyone the freedom to live their lives, but if they don't do it His way they burn in hell. So how do you make sure you do it His way? Burger King.
Seriously though, let's get to the main point.
But before that, I want to share one of my beliefs in life:
Intentions beat actions. No matter what you do, if you don't mean it then it's worthless. And let's say that you intend to do something good, but there is just really no way to, then you are good. And don't give me that "If there's a will, there's a way" crap. That's a load of bullfeces! The thing is, it's your deep and honest intentions that count, and not your plastic actions.
Now on to the point:
My message to parents or whoever the flip raises children:
Why raise your kids to believe in something that they don't understand? There's no intention in that. Do you think that's what God wants?
I think that the average kid gains the rationality to decide for themselves at around the age of 14... or probably 19. I don't know.
By telling your kids about God when they're 3, they'll think that God is some kind of old guy sitting on a cloud. They'll then do the things you tell them out of fear that they'll go to hell if they don't. And that's not right at all.
If I become a parent, (yes, if. I hate kids.) I won't tell my kids about religion or God until I decide that they're old enough to think rationally and practically. Then, I would let them choose what religion they want, or if they even want a religion. I'm not going to force someone to do good things just so they won't burn in hell. It's their lives. And I'm not evil for not spreading the word of God. I'll be evil if I force someone to do things they don't want to do for the rest of their lives. And you can't tell me to make them want to do it, because true emotion is something that you can't force. So I won't force them to go to church. I won't force them to pray. I'll let them do whatever they want.
Next, my message to teachers who teach their students to be "righteous" and "holy":
Everyday, I witness teachers forcing students to recite the prayers that we do every time we start a subject. Am I the only one who thinks this is twisted? If you want them to pray, leave them be and let them go to God on their own. That's the only way they'll actually be sincere about praying and stuff. But if you make them recite a memorized prayer that every 40 minutes, I'm telling you that these kids will grow up and not even understand a single word in that prayer.
So, my point in all this is: if you raise the youth towards God, make sure they're sincere about it. Don't force them to do things they don't want because in the end, they won't even understand why they're doing those things, besides the reason that you tell them to.
Think of it this way: If God tells you, "Give 50 bucks to the poor with all your heart, or else you're going to hell." Do you think that you'll still be able to be sincere about it.
Give to the poor because you want to > Give to the poor because you're told to.
So how do you raise the youth well? Apparently, you have to raise them as children of God and make sure they grow up with God. So, if you raise them as respectful, humble and modest kids without God, you're the son of Satan (a little exaggeration there). You teach them how to pray, and you force them to go to church every Sunday. You tell them that God loves them so much that He gave everyone the freedom to live their lives, but if they don't do it His way they burn in hell. So how do you make sure you do it His way? Burger King.
Seriously though, let's get to the main point.
But before that, I want to share one of my beliefs in life:
Intentions beat actions. No matter what you do, if you don't mean it then it's worthless. And let's say that you intend to do something good, but there is just really no way to, then you are good. And don't give me that "If there's a will, there's a way" crap. That's a load of bullfeces! The thing is, it's your deep and honest intentions that count, and not your plastic actions.
Now on to the point:
My message to parents or whoever the flip raises children:
Why raise your kids to believe in something that they don't understand? There's no intention in that. Do you think that's what God wants?
I think that the average kid gains the rationality to decide for themselves at around the age of 14... or probably 19. I don't know.
By telling your kids about God when they're 3, they'll think that God is some kind of old guy sitting on a cloud. They'll then do the things you tell them out of fear that they'll go to hell if they don't. And that's not right at all.
If I become a parent, (yes, if. I hate kids.) I won't tell my kids about religion or God until I decide that they're old enough to think rationally and practically. Then, I would let them choose what religion they want, or if they even want a religion. I'm not going to force someone to do good things just so they won't burn in hell. It's their lives. And I'm not evil for not spreading the word of God. I'll be evil if I force someone to do things they don't want to do for the rest of their lives. And you can't tell me to make them want to do it, because true emotion is something that you can't force. So I won't force them to go to church. I won't force them to pray. I'll let them do whatever they want.
Next, my message to teachers who teach their students to be "righteous" and "holy":
Everyday, I witness teachers forcing students to recite the prayers that we do every time we start a subject. Am I the only one who thinks this is twisted? If you want them to pray, leave them be and let them go to God on their own. That's the only way they'll actually be sincere about praying and stuff. But if you make them recite a memorized prayer that every 40 minutes, I'm telling you that these kids will grow up and not even understand a single word in that prayer.
So, my point in all this is: if you raise the youth towards God, make sure they're sincere about it. Don't force them to do things they don't want because in the end, they won't even understand why they're doing those things, besides the reason that you tell them to.
Think of it this way: If God tells you, "Give 50 bucks to the poor with all your heart, or else you're going to hell." Do you think that you'll still be able to be sincere about it.
Give to the poor because you want to > Give to the poor because you're told to.
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I'll finish now because, well, I'm lazy
And I think that I've already explained my point.
So good night.
And I think that I've already explained my point.
So good night.
