Brainwashing? Christianity seems to be taking weird steps, here at least.

[Gaius Scribonius Curio]

Pever, I have to say that the similarity to the end of my school life was similar (though not quite as drastic).

Basically I am an atheist, but I've no quarrel with people of a religious bent trying, and failing to persuade me, so long as they aren't fanatical about it (ie: You are going to burn in hell, listen to me or be eternally damned... etc.etc.).

Attending a Catholic school, most of the students were not actually all that religious, but I did notice that, at least among my religion class (it was compulsory...) towards the end of year twelve, a number of people were beginning to get sucked in. I mean our teacher was very devout, but also accepting of others opinions, many lessons disintegrated into debates about the nature of faith, me and one other girl taking the atheistic/agnostic side, and three others, and the teacher taking a Catholic viewpoint while everyone else just watched.

Essentially I agree with Kongamato. You're about to leave school, so there is going to be a lot of change in your life in a short period of time. People try to cling to something to keep as a comfort. They will get over it, eventually.

That said it is interesting, and somewhat scary, how people can so quickly espouse radical beliefs that they haven't held before. That can be somewhat dangerous, as you can't tell if they've actually thought through what they are saying and trying to get other people to say. Then again so long as the girl doesn't start abusing homosexuals it is all harmless.

I'd also be interested in what verses she gave you to read. While I don't believe, I'm always interested in what moral and ethical codes such 'reborn' people hold. (This isn't a criticism of such people, merely the only way I could think of putting it. Sorry to anyone of a religious background who may be offended...)

[pevergreen]

I was posing as a Christian to see if I could get into this bible study group, and to make the ex-boyfriend feel better.

The verses I was given:
Romans 1:20
Romans 3:22-24
Romans 5:8
Romans 6:22-23
Romans 8:1-2
Romans 10:9
Romans 12:1-2
1 John 5:4
Psalm 37:d
Ephesians 4:1-2
Ephesians 5:11
Colossians 3:5
Matthew 5:28
Matthew 7:13-14

@CA: I wanted this to happen, ever since the youth "pastor" came to our Lutheran Chapel as part of our Lutheran Faith Week, and tried to get us to realise Lutheran-ism was wrong, and convince us that jesus did not exist, I have just slowly come to loath them.

[AlexanderSextus]

"everyone who looks at a women with lustful intent has already commited adultery with her in his heart."
so basically, if the girl is not yours, i.e. you're not married to her, you shouldn't be lusting after her.

Fornication is NOT adultery. As a matter of fact, i really dont think that Fornication is what we say it is nowadays.

The etymolygy of fornication as a word is that it comes from the latin "fornix" meaning arch, because the Hookers would stand under the arches waiting for "customers"

Ergo, the prohibitions against "fornication" in the bible could be a prohibition against PROSTITUTION rather than sex with your girlfriend.

[AlexanderSextus]

they're actions are very, very wrong. they're actions are evil and should not be condoned in anyway.

I really wanna know how christians deal with pictures of male animals having sex with eachother. Do goats go to hell? Do Dogs? Penguins? Monkeys? Do we go to hell for thinking it's hilarious when we see it at the zoo?

It happens all the time. look it up on google.