Thread: "Jesus Made Me Puke"

Originally Posted by StephenT

Jesus Made Me Puke

Matt Taibbi's account of going to an evangelical Christian retreat in Texas.

It's pretty funny, yet ridiculously disturbing... and a long, yet good read.

A good reference for the people that don't really know the extent of Christian fundamentalism in some communities. This is only a taste.

Enjoy.

Well I can imagine how bad Fundy retreats are, but I have been on Catholic ones, and they were very eye opening.

Back in my own Christian days, I had gone to some of them. I can tell you that they weren't as insane as the one in this article (with speaking in tongues and demons and whatnot), but they were still pretty batshit crazy.

This article is definitely worth the long read. It's insightful and pretty funny.

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

Well I can imagine how bad Fundy retreats are, but I have been on Catholic ones, and they were very eye opening.

eye opening to what?

Originally Posted by Omicron

eye opening to what?

How batshit crazy they are?

Originally Posted by Omicron

eye opening to what?

It sounds really cheesy, but loving one another.

Except homosexuals.

Man...that story was just disturbing. Really shows how utterly brainwashed some Christians can become. And they call us atheists militant...

Originally Posted by Korittke

Except homosexuals.

In Life Teen, we have 2 gay people.

That's the trouble with fundamentalism of ANY kind, though...people start to blindly trust a dogma instead of thinking for themselves. And then they do irrational things because of it.

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

In Life Teen, we have 2 gay people.

When are they scheduled to be stoned?

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

When are they scheduled to be stoned?

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

I reckon that's supposed to mean that you guys will "heal" them, the modern folk that you are.

Originally Posted by Korittke

I reckon that's supposed to mean that you guys will "heal" them, the modern folk that you are.

Stop generalizing.

We had a life teen night about this, and the youth minister said that being Gay doesn't mean you are going to hell, it is a sin which can be forgiven like any other.

I don't believe in hell, or that being Gay is a wrong thing, I just went to the retreat..

Originally Posted by StephenT

Jesus Made Me Puke

Matt Taibbi's account of going to an evangelical Christian retreat in Texas.

It's pretty funny, yet ridiculously disturbing... and a long, yet good read.

A good reference for the people that don't really know the extent of Christian fundamentalism in some communities. This is only a taste.

Enjoy.

Matt Taibbi's a fucking traitor.

He founded The Beast then he dropped it for what? A job at Rolling Stone.
It's gone to shit since then.

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

Stop generalizing.

We had a life teen night about this, and the youth minister said that being Gay doesn't mean you are going to hell, it is a sin which can be forgiven like any other.

I don't believe in hell, or that being Gay is a wrong thing, I just went to the retreat..

.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

Matt Taibbi's a fucking traitor.

He founded The Beast then he dropped it for what? A job at Rolling Stone.
It's gone to shit since then.

True... he is still a great writer, however. I can't wait to get his new book.

Originally Posted by -Tyler-

Man...that story was just disturbing. Really shows how utterly brainwashed some Christians can become. And they call us atheists militant...

Yup.



In other news, we're now watching Monty Python's Life of Brian. It's great.

there are thousands of christians who have gone on various religious retreats and come back with nothing but stories of how spiritual the experience was, and how it made them feel love and one-ness for the people around them. I know a few whom after the occassion *all of them catholic* actually came back a little different. for one, they were a lot less angry and bitchy

do not confuse dogmatic religion with spiritual experiences. don't confuse catholics with pure fundamentalists

Originally Posted by juroara

there are thousands of christians who have gone on various religious retreats and come back with nothing but stories of how spiritual the experience was, and how it made them feel love and one-ness for the people around them. I know a few whom after the occassion *all of them catholic* actually came back a little different. for one, they were a lot less angry and bitchy

do not confuse dogmatic religion with spiritual experiences. don't confuse catholics with pure fundamentalists

I don't think that I've seen anybody who is, unless I missed a post.

Have you read the article?

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

Stop generalizing.

We had a life teen night about this, and the youth minister said that being Gay doesn't mean you are going to hell, it is a sin which can be forgiven like any other.

I don't believe in hell, or that being Gay is a wrong thing, I just went to the retreat..

But the bible says that they should be killed, being the abomination they are.


SO who holds greater authority of what you should believe as a christian: The Bible-the book that the whole faith is based on, or 1 guy who holds no actual importance in the sway of things.

Society changed, now tolerance of the gays is fun, so we the cool Catholic youth ministers suddenly realise all that stuff about them being abominations was wrong. They re-interpret the Bible, dismiss the previous interpretation as a product of an older society, and move on.

Bible must be true then?

Originally Posted by juroara

do not confuse dogmatic religion with spiritual experiences. don't confuse catholics with pure fundamentalists

Every single case that's ever been investigated properly has either shown "spiritual experiences" to either be hallucinations, strong emotions (which secular people also have,) or psychosomatically manifested occurrences.

Many Catholics are fundamentalist. Those that aren't probably can only LOOSELY be defined as Catholic...as they reject some of the teachings of the Catholic dogma.

Originally Posted by juroara

there are thousands of christians who have gone on various religious retreats and come back with nothing but stories of how spiritual the experience was, and how it made them feel love and one-ness for the people around them.

I imagine that most of the people on the retreat in the OP's story fall into this category. Those who are successfully indoctrinated always come back sharing how they felt love and oneness, etc, don't they?

If you're not a fundamentalist, you're not a Catholic but a hypocrite. That's my 2 cents on that old boring argument.