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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Christian posters on here should practice actually acting like Jesus and be tolerant, kind, and empathetic instead of arrogant bigots. [/quote]

But, I think there's something the Bible about being an arrogant bigot for Christ.  There must be.[/quote]

Yes, I think there is...although it's not worded like that lol. It's INHERENT in the belief system. It's insidious.

I have delved deep into the psychology of belief, the psychology of cults, the psychology of indoctrination.  Just a note: this was done as  an amateur, but I have spent the last 2 years reading and learning due to the intrusion and harm perpetrated on my family from a christian evangelical family. Indoctrination literally hijacks the brain. It hijacks the prefrontal cortex. It uses fear as a motivator. You know those beautiful christian hymns? Most religious music helps the manipulation in order to make people more susceptible. The same goes for any chanting, humming, etc.  
There are also the tactics of coercive control and collective narcissism at play (also insidious...very hard to tease out from the "good" messages people walk away with)
There is a lot to learn, and I've unfortunately had to become an expert. I've met with religious trauma therapists for my children that were harmed, I've met with cult deprogrammers, I've read dozens of books from the top experts in these fields.

Not all christians are intrusive, and I applaud the ones that use the religion to make them better human beings, and the ones that just spread love as that is their takeaway from all of it. However, I do believe it is still ALL harmful in many many ways, even for those like that that never technically hurt anyone else.

If nothing else, look at how much time is wasted just on this board alone because Jesus had a very good marketing team and his name was used to create an entire belief system, then that belief system was forced on a lot of people under threat of death, so that the next generations never had a chance to NOT believe. And it snowballed from there to where we are today.

You know what it feels like to be wrong?  It feels the exact same way as being right.

Prove me wrong and I will believe there is a god and a Jesus. But I will never worship them as their doctrine goes against everything I feel in my heart as a human being. 
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