My Hope For The Future
Please God, Please...make "Religion" the new "Smoking."
What do I mean? Well, it seems like smoking has finally been put in the right light. It used to be cool, everyone thought it was socially acceptable...if you smoked in public no one was offended...if you were offered a cigarette you would gladly take them...if you smoked, you felt accepted by others in group settings.
Then it seemed that smoking was bad for you, and the big tobacco companies covered up that smoking was bad for you! Society though "Oh my god, kids start smoking so young these days because smoking is forced upon them." Peer pressure, the addictive nature of nicotine, the immoral use of advertising to create a demand for cigarettes, and the contents of them, damage your health and well-being, but you are hooked and can't quit it. Parents who smoked have kids who smoke...
People knew that if they didn't quit they would die...some were cavalier and didn't care about the results...they just wanted to smoke.
THEN it got to the point where non-smokers got fed up and realized there were a lot of them. When their voices were heard things changed. Now you can't smoke in planes, can't smoke in bars, some towns you can't smoke in public, and even recently a condo association banned it so people couldn't even smoke in their homes.
Religion (not God) is just as bad and has so much in common with cigarettes. I hope soon, the world realizes how bad the influence or organized religion is, and what its influence does to undermine the health and well-being and the saftey of the world. I really hope it gets to the point where you can worship at home, worship at church, but not on a plane or in school or in a bar or in public...keep your faith out of my face. Second hand God? No thanks, I can go straight to the source without you.
What do I mean? Well, it seems like smoking has finally been put in the right light. It used to be cool, everyone thought it was socially acceptable...if you smoked in public no one was offended...if you were offered a cigarette you would gladly take them...if you smoked, you felt accepted by others in group settings.
Then it seemed that smoking was bad for you, and the big tobacco companies covered up that smoking was bad for you! Society though "Oh my god, kids start smoking so young these days because smoking is forced upon them." Peer pressure, the addictive nature of nicotine, the immoral use of advertising to create a demand for cigarettes, and the contents of them, damage your health and well-being, but you are hooked and can't quit it. Parents who smoked have kids who smoke...
People knew that if they didn't quit they would die...some were cavalier and didn't care about the results...they just wanted to smoke.
THEN it got to the point where non-smokers got fed up and realized there were a lot of them. When their voices were heard things changed. Now you can't smoke in planes, can't smoke in bars, some towns you can't smoke in public, and even recently a condo association banned it so people couldn't even smoke in their homes.
Religion (not God) is just as bad and has so much in common with cigarettes. I hope soon, the world realizes how bad the influence or organized religion is, and what its influence does to undermine the health and well-being and the saftey of the world. I really hope it gets to the point where you can worship at home, worship at church, but not on a plane or in school or in a bar or in public...keep your faith out of my face. Second hand God? No thanks, I can go straight to the source without you.
posted by Chuck
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