Way of the Mind

It doesn’t happen all the time (for instance, there have been some very articulate and educated Christians commenting right here on WotM), but, quite often, on discussion forums and blogs, Christians tend to be some of the worst writers. Terrible spelling, grammar, coherence, and so on. Their arguments are also always “original”: you’re going to hell, I’ll pray for you, you’re a slave of Satan, you’re stupid if you can’t see God’s signature in everything around you, etc..

Besides their poor communication skills, another typical characteristic of such Christians (again, not all of them) is their hate. For a group that believes “God is love”, a lot of Christians spew forth such hatred, spite, cruelty and wishes for others’ harm, that it’s difficult to take anything else they say seriously.

Still, it can be a laugh to read some of their hate emails and comments. For instance, the Flying Spaghetti Monster site has a hate mail section where the website owner posts emails he receives. It’s amazing what those people believe… and what they’re capable of writing.

Depending on your mood, reading those mails will either be hysterically funny… or a bit scary. Either way, they should be more than enough evidence that Christianity doesn’t make people “better” or “more caring”.

I know, I know, not all Christians are like that. Still, there are a lot of those… and they certainly make the most noise. It’s amazing how so many people have a need, when they see an opposing voice, to email someone and say how they are going to laugh from heaven when the recipient dies and goes to hell for all eternity.

I also loved one of the replies to one of the “I’ll pray for you” mails:

Please do not pray for us, go outside and pick up some garbage or help the elderly. Do something for others rather than praying so you will feel good about yourself.

I’ll have to start using this one.