I just don't get white fundamentalist Protestant culture

[bluestateguy]

I don't connect with it. I do not get it.

[anonymous171]

1. Me neither.

Way too individualistic/nationalistic for this Catholic.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Why, WHY worship such a humorless, vengeful god? nt

[Cassandra]

5. Authoritarianism.

That's the kind of God they're looking for; one that will be strict with them because they don't trust themselves to be behave on their own.

[havocmom]

7. And insist on strict adherence to a set of irrelevant rules

while worshiping a god who supposedly granted Free Will? Oh, and they sure seem to pick and choose WHICH rules they have to live by while attempting to apply all of them to others.

It's the Terrible Twos on steroids.

[HughBeaumont]

14. Fear works.

Their lives aren't complete unless they can attest and firmly believe someone upstairs is running this great big show.

Apparently, you really, REALLY have to kiss God's ass to make God work for you. And give you a new Buick.

[Warpy]

3. I went to high school at ground zero

in NC, home of Billy Sunday and then Billy Graham, tent meeting central, and I've never gotten it.

And people wonder why I left.

[boobooday]

4. My question for them

If God didn't want Adam and Eve to reproduce through "sin," why did he make a uterus for Eve? Storage?

Edit: for clarity

[havocmom]

9. If god didn't want us to enjoy recreational sex

why the orgasm?

[TheDebbieDee]

18. I came (no pun intended) to the same conclusion, Havocmom.

If God didn't want us to enjoy sex and have it often then why does it feel so good....if done properly, that is.

[MineralMan]

24. It's a joke. When God created humans, It gave them the capability

of having orgasms. Then It forbade sexual activity, except under specific circumstances. When humans weren't capable of resisting having orgasms, It watched and laughed to see the conflict.

There are lots of jokes like that. We don't get them, but God and his buddies do.

[madrchsod]

26. that would be paul`s problem....

he did`t think men should have sex with women or men...paul was a bit conflicted by his own sexuality.

[Tesha]

28. Even God creates firmware (programming) errors. ;-) (NT)

[AlecBGreen]

35. my pastor (a Lutheran)

told my youth group that God gave us sex for two reasons - PROcreation and RECreation. hehehe :7

[hlthe2b]

6. simple tenets.... all based on

fear, hate, exploitation, greed and superiority

[havocmom]

12. Fear for crowd control and political/economic gain

Not much spiritual nourishment in any of it practiced for power.

[Jamastiene]

8. Join the crowd. n/t

[villager]

10. Neither do I. If only England had kicked out some Pagans, instead.

But the American DNA has always been a little too...Calvinist.

[ThomWV]

20. One lousy King with a more or less perpetual boner and we get stuck with these idiots

[Jackpine Radical]

11. What part of Delusional Disorder do you not get?

[xchrom]

13. I finally decided -- 'what's to get?' nt

[The_Commonist]

15. They're brainwashed?

Creepy "culture" for creepy people...

[marginlized]

16. Should we blame disestablishmentarianism?

After all, you open the gates to "personal gods" and sooner or later you'll get Crazy.

[Stevenmarc]

17. It's easy, some people find comfort in abandoning critical thinking skills ...

It takes all the complication out of a complicated world if you can live with tunnel vision and wear the Bible like kevlar to defend against uncomfortable ideas.

[asdjrocky]

19. Congratulations, you're normal.

[The River]

21. You Need to Understand

the evolution of consciousness to understand religion.

Briefly described here:
http://www.integralworld.net/rev/rev_ashok2.html

[DeSwiss]

23. Thanks for the link. n/t

[PassingFair]

22. Can you tell me what the difference is between the "protestant" part and the "catholic" part?

What's the difference between "White Fundamentalist Protestant culture"
and "White Fundamentalist Catholic culture".

Really.

I need to know, now that you've made the distinction.

[bluestateguy]

27. There are some

Highly religious Catholics are more inclined to at least support government assistance for the disadvantaged, and more inclined to be against US military adventures all over the world.

Catholics are much less inclined to proselytize too.

[PassingFair]

29. Better let these guys know....

[madrchsod]

25. they are afraid of the world around them.

they listen to people who have the power to convince them they need only to believe and not question. their lack of the understanding of the biblical passages and events is profound.

they are entitled to believe as they wish but they should`t tell me their christ is better than mine.

[RagAss]

30. Fear and Hate...and exploited by clergy for their money....any more questions?

[Odin2005]

31. I grew up Lutheran and I agree.

[raccoon]

32. I thought Lutherans were more on the liberal side. nt

[darkstar3]

33. Depends on the Synod.

ELCA is pretty liberal, LCMS is pretty conservative, and Wisconsin is practically Amish.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. I refuse to live in fear of myself and fear of the outside world.

[Christa]

36. I don't get any religion

They are all based on old myths, written by people thousands of years ago to control the societies of those times.

It is totally irrelevant today, has been for hundreds of years.