"Christians" depress me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wrote that a few days ago... .I explain it in this editorial. I just needed to say it somewhere, some how. I remember now that I thought another reason people get depressed is that they can't even tell the people who are depressing them that those people are depressing them.

I will use a real example, - the example which caused me to write Christians depress me.

I explained it in the abuse8 editorial I just mentioned above, but here is a little more.... When I realized that these two "Christians"

What is a "Christian"? I have been thinking about this a lot since I met these two people who say they are Christians. For now I will just say it seems that a Chriistian is anyone who says they are a Christian. Other than that they seem to share the believe that Jesus was the son of "God." And most of them seem to believe that it is okay to punish and hurt children in order to teach them and it is okay and necessary to punish and hurt others while talking a lot about the love of Jesus and God. And they seem to be almost impossible to have an intelligent discussion with. Trying to talk to them and get answers that make sense is frustrating and in some cases, depressing. It is depressing for me at least because they leave me feeling so powerless - powerless to get a new or rational idea into their heads.

Sorry to any people who call themselevs Christians and who don't believe its okay to punish and hurt children and teenagers in order to get their compliance, cooperation etc. And who will admit that maybe they could be wrong and that what they say is the "truth", might not actually be the truth. I am trying to think of anyone who calls themself a Christian who fits into these categories, but honestly I can't. I am not saying they don't exist, but I would say they are few and far between. It seems it is almost a requirement of Christianity to beilieve you know what is true and to stop any further thinking, questioning or listening. In fact, one of the women who I met last week said something like that. She said something like "I have found the truth so now I don't need to look any more."

Well maybe she is satisfied, but personally that kind of thinking depresses the ____ out of me.

SH May 4, 2008