Monday, June 14, 2004

A new installment to the Shinken's slice of myOtaku...
It's name? The Chronicles of Ridic(ulous). The subject? It's basically a summary of any stupid things my brother says, relating to politics or religion (his two favorite topics to be stupid about). If he says something random and moronic, I'll make a little sidenote about it during my rant. Why am I doing this? Because it seems that I always have a little piece of "wisdom" from my brother to pass along, so I figured I'd institutionalize it.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the first installment in the Chronicles of Ridic(ulous).

Today, my brother and I got into another seemingly one-sided discussion about religion. A common tactic of my brother's, whenever the topic arises, is to ignore the subject at hand and instantly start parading around waving the "Hardcore Christian Zealot" flag. For instance? I asked him if he was of the opinion that meditation is "against Christianity" (some people actually belive this, for some reason). His reply?

"Do I think it's against God? No. But do real Christians do it? No, if you meditate, you're not a real Christian. A poll showed that 1/2 of people who said they're Christians haven't read the Bible."

That's right, folks. All you Christians out there who practice Yoga or Tai Chi had best put away your bibles right now and prepare for an afterlife of eternal damnation! Sarcasm, for those who can't tell.

Of course, that's not the extent of my brother's bias and zealotry. The topic soon turned towards religion in general, and the inherent similarities. Being my closet-heathenly self, I brought up the similarities of Christ's and Buddha's teachings. Mi hermano's completely unrelated reply?

"Well, all I know is that I like being Christian, and I'm proud of it. And besides, Christianity is the only true religion." (That's not where it ends, folks. When I ask him about all the other religions, he continued.) "All the people who worship another god and are in a different religion know in their hearts that they're lying, and that Christianity is the one true religion." Yes, he actually said that. You see, we're apparently deluding ourselves and lying just to get God mad if we belong to another religion. >_<

As you can see, my brother is the type of person who condemns such people as any random evangelist pastor who spews fire and brimstone, but seems to harbor those same beliefs. And no, I don't mean all evangelists spew fire and brimstone. I'm just using the Phelps-like pastors as an example.

Well, that's the end of today's Chronicle of Ridic(ulous). Until next time...
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