Attack of the Jeezoid!
I don't begrudge anybody their religion. Buddhism, Christianity, Taoism, Wicca, if it makes you a better person and/or makes it easier to get through your day, I'm happy for you. Philosphically, I'll probably disagree, but I will still respect your beliefs. But DO NOT shove them on me.
For instance, during my learning team meeting tonight, one of my teammates mentioned that she wanted to know how carbon dating worked. She's curious about science, cool. So I started to explain how it works, but she interrupted me and went on to state that dinosaurs are only about 4,000 years old because that's what the bible says. I let it go because I wanted to finish our assignment.
Later, she mentioned that her dad was buddhist... "And he believes in reincarnation." Our other teammate says, "I believe in reincarnation. The idea is that you get reincarnated so you can eventually become a perfect human being. Then you can go to heaven."
The girl shook her head condescendingly and said, "I mean, who would want to come back to earth in a new body with all the suffering in the world?"
Now I've had enough. Not only is she preaching, she's condemning somebody else's beliefs. So I turn to her and say, "You must not have a very happy life. I love my life, I'm not suffering at all. I'm glad I'm on this planet in this body."
All she could say was, "Oh yeah?"
All I had to say was, "Yeah."
We didn't discuss religion or belief systems after that. I think that was for the best.
Rev. Joshua
For instance, during my learning team meeting tonight, one of my teammates mentioned that she wanted to know how carbon dating worked. She's curious about science, cool. So I started to explain how it works, but she interrupted me and went on to state that dinosaurs are only about 4,000 years old because that's what the bible says. I let it go because I wanted to finish our assignment.
Later, she mentioned that her dad was buddhist... "And he believes in reincarnation." Our other teammate says, "I believe in reincarnation. The idea is that you get reincarnated so you can eventually become a perfect human being. Then you can go to heaven."
The girl shook her head condescendingly and said, "I mean, who would want to come back to earth in a new body with all the suffering in the world?"
Now I've had enough. Not only is she preaching, she's condemning somebody else's beliefs. So I turn to her and say, "You must not have a very happy life. I love my life, I'm not suffering at all. I'm glad I'm on this planet in this body."
All she could say was, "Oh yeah?"
All I had to say was, "Yeah."
We didn't discuss religion or belief systems after that. I think that was for the best.
Rev. Joshua
posted by Ueberyak at 7:52 PM
3 Comments:
funny. i've read the Bible and dinosaurs aren't even mentioned . . .
I know! And I don't think it says anything about how old the world is either. But she insisted that Earth was only 4000 years old.
the age of the earth thing (she was probably claiming 6,000) is a relatively new development (19th century) when a guy whose name escapes me used the geneological records in different books of the Bible to date back to adam. the problem being he fails to acknowledge that records are very often not stricly generational, merely showing who one can claim as an ancestor of some type.
i'm really not a loser, kid got sick so i'm stuck sending in sub plans at 2 in the morning . . . really!
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