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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up being forced to go to church and listen to men (always men, always white men) tell me what God said and what Jesus said and what it meant.

Then I read some of the Bible and -- lo and behold! -- that's not what it said. At least in the translation I chose, which was still a translation of a document written by men.

Then I became a writer and an editor and I saw the power that words have and how easily meaning can be changed by the simple flick of a pen.

Any time anyone asks me about religion, I think about the parable of Jesus saying it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.

As I'm sure you know, that is most likely a poor translation. The word for "rope" in Aramaic is very similar to the Greek word for "camel." The saying was almost certainly meant to read "it is easier for a role to go through the eye of a needle.." But, the white men decided not to correct their own obvious mistake.

Which is why religion is bunk. It's just white men refusing to admit when they're wrong, and along the way subjugating women and people of color to a horrifying extent.

Not interested. I'll live and die and be remembered by my own resume, thanks. And when I die, I'm gone -- sorry, the idea that there's some idyllic afterlife that you only earn by being devout (and contributing to the church) is such an obvious manipulation it bearly merits mention.

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