I'm starting to understand the attraction of evangelical Christianity -- you can do whatever the fuck you want to, and you will be forgiven. Think about it -- you can act on all your impulses and there are NO CONSEQUENCES, as long as you believe. Steal your neighbor's TV, shoplift, rape little boys in the choirloft, cheat on your wife or husband, embezzle money from your boss -- none of it matters, as long as you believe that a Jewish guy 2000 years ago who got nailed to a cross was put here by God and died a horrible death so that you could do whatever the fuck you want.
Go ahead, Bill Donohue....make my day. Of course, I'm not talking about Roman Catholicism, which at least has the ritual of confession, thus requiring you to acknowledge your sins.
Exhibit A on the appeal of clean slate Christianity is Newt Gingrich, who has decided that despite cheating on his first wife with the woman who would be wife #2 and then giving wife #1 divorce papers on her sickbed, then cheating on wife #2 with wife #3, he's gotten on his knees, sought God's forgiveness, and now he's an A-OK guy.
Doesn't it seem a little strange that a universe should be ordered so that you can be forgiven for any crimes against humanity by just asking for it, but being skeptical damns you to hell for all eternity?
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