Can someone please explain to me why it is that born-again Christians feel they have carte blanche to do whatever the hell they want? I can’t tell you how many times I get cut off in traffic by some self-righteous douche-bag with a fish magnet on the back of her SUV. So, you’ve rededicated your life to Christ and he says it’s okay to be oblivious behind the wheel? Does Jesus pay your insurance bill, too? What part of acting boorish and self-centered is in line with the teachings of ANY god, let alone Christianity’s?
I get that you’re perfect and without sin now, but how does that excuse obnoxious behavior? Aren’t you supposed to be working towards world peace or something? What happens after you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior? You get to just be an asshole to all the heathens? That just seems fucked up and selfish to me.
I understand the feeling of superiority they must have. Really, I do. They’ve been saved. They “win” the game of Life. They found the answer to the Golden Riddle of Religion. Good for them. I’m sure that when they die, they’ll get the magic keycard to the Executive Restroom in the sky. They’ll be hanging out in heaven while everyone else will be suffering in lakes of fire and chains of ice for ever and ever. Because that’s how their God of infinite love works.
If that’s what they need to get through the day, so be it. I don’t presume to judge how another human being gets through this life. It just doesn’t work for me. I figure that if I let them go on about their merry way, in turn, they’ll leave me the fuck alone about it. But what the fuck is the deal with lording it over everyone else? Is that really what Christ would do? Really? You’re saying that Jesus would act like an asshole and generally be a prick to everyone who doesn’t “get it”? If that’s the case, you can stick Jesus right up your ass.
