![]() The parody quoted above has been passed around by those who find it very funny it's possible those people would not have found it so amusing had their own deepest beliefs been lampooned in a similar way. This attitude now pervades our public life, our schools, homes and even parishes to an extent that would have been unthinkable even ten years ago. Whatever the cause, many who do not accept Christianity, or even the existence of God, now feel able to publicly deny, ridicule and attack Christian belief in a way that would have not been accepted before, nor would it be tolerated now if directed towards other religions. Yet, quite suddenly it seems, the beliefs of Christians are no longer either quietly respected or ignored. ![]() Of course, it makes no sense at all - and it certainly isn't Christianity, even in an extreme fringe form. a magical tree.yeah, makes perfect sense.’ ‘Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from. Here we look at the challenge faced by those who try to present the faith in a hostile and aggressive environment. It tries to outline the knowledge necessary to be faithful to Church teaching and which will best help those we teach who call us to account for the hope that is in us. Quite honestly, those nights stretched into weeks and months.and nip at my heels even to this day.'On the Spot' aims to highlight some of the complex positions, questions and comments experienced by Catechists, teachers and parents. There He was, popping up in the most creative and surreptitious ways but during this time, as the Catholic Mystic Saint John of the Cross would say, I experienced many dark nights of the soul. From strip clubs, to Buddhist Temples, to the mountains in Oregon and the caves underneath New York City. Every single place I tried to run away from the Christian God, there He was. It was during this time that I spent homeless or travelling on a school bus (with a lot of hitchhiking along the way). I spent some time at Buddhist and Hare Krishna Temples observing their practices and the ways in which they worshipped. I participated in peaceful protests with Tibetan Lamas, and Peyote Ceremonies with Shamans and Hopi Indians. I traveled the country with Hare Krishnas, Buddhists, Rastafarians, Wiccans, atheists, New Agers, and the list goes on. CHRISTIANITY: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree. I went on a spiritual quest to see if the God of the Bible was who He said He was. I read about Divination and experimented with Wicca (witchcraft). ![]() So I studied as many world religions as I could. I wasn't yet fully convinced that the Christian faith and the Bible represented Him. For me, the sum total of all that I had ever learned or experienced pointed me in the direction that there had to be a God. For many people, the belief in God is foolish. Although I would say that I came to the realization that there was a God and that He had a Son named Jesus at the age of 12, I only put half of my trust in Him. As a child, I spent much of my time thinking about topics such as life and death and the existence (or non-existence) of God. I wanted to know that there would one day be an end to pain and suffering. As far back as I can remember, I was always searching for meaning.
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