During my four-year stint at a Catholic high school, after 9 previous years of Catholic schooling, I finally developed enough of a personality that I was able to make and keep friends.  And, given that my personality was yet (and remains) unrefined, those friends were rather encouraging of my bizarre ideas and creative ploys for attention.

Like most teenagers, I was trying to find myself, and like a percentage of those, I battled with the added confusion of religious doctrine not making any damn sense.  So, dabbling in a newfound appetite for creating Webpages, I founded a quaint Geocities Webpage called Kristianity.  For the sake of religious parody, I presented myself as the center of this so-called religion, made my own commandments, and tried to find my personal limits of blasphemy.

(more…)

Narnia 2: Now with Extra Jesus

So I went with my parents to see The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian today (Caspian x Peter wut), and overall I really enjoyed it!  But while I recognize that the story has its firm foundation in Christian allegory, this time around the “message” is more of a punch in the face.

So on Sunday I was watching 60 Minutes at the parents’ house, and they ran a story about a man who was sentenced to be put to death for murdering a woman because he was, at the time, judged fit for trial. But they are trying to earn him an appeal because he’s fairly insane now, and there’s ample evidence that he was insane at the time, too, and the attorneys just never argued for it.They interviewed the woman’s sister, who after all this time was, of course, still upset about it.

Sister: But I know I should forgive him. It is the Christian way to be forgiving.
Interviewer: But you still think he should be put to death?
Sister: Yes, I still think he should die for what he did.

*headdesk*

I think when she said “Christian” she meant “hypocrite.” Jesus isn’t presumed to have said “Forgive them, for they know not what they do, but please strike ‘em down anyway, ’cause I’m real pissed right now.”

>O The desire for vengeance is only human, and I can’t blame her for that, but please don’t think you’re being forgiving and Christ-like at the same time.