i have argued religion until i was blue in the face, with atheists mostly, because they are almost always pompous and belittle "god" in childish manners.
now maybe argue is the wrong word for me to use, because i dont argue, i discuss.
i am catholic and became a devoted one about 4 years ago, i had an "enlightenment" i guess, its the only way to describe the feeling to those who do not possess faith. you will never know the feeling unless you experience it. with that said, make fun of that all you want, but its my truth.
my best friend from childhood, who was my roomate for 5 years, smoked weed with me everyday and was the most genuinely nice person you could ever meet. no alterior motives, no jealousy. no callousness, no irrational behaviors, a model human being, and everyone i introduced to him thought the same thing - what an amzing person. he is now a catholic monk. he has been gone for 2 years and i miss him every fucking day.
this person, and people like him, are true examples of the inspiration of jesus.
you've probably never met a person like this, and i bet few have. truly a very small number of people who call themselves christians or catholics are Christlike and tho i do not presume to speak for my god, i bet all of these people have some answering to do when they are face to face with the one they are suppossed to worship and imitate.
people like to look at the things people do in the name of religion and blame the religion.
sorry, but thats a cop out to lay the blame somewhere.
people are the ones who kill people in the name of religion. not the religion itself.
people are the ones who justify themselves in the name of religion. religion does not justify them.
truly Jesus was the epitome of the perfect human being, and those like him are the truly faithful.