Problems with Christianity
	First off, it should be noted that I have nothing against Christians and hold no special hatred of Christianity.  But, not only am I in a country where the predominant religion is Chritianity, USA, but I have also been a Christian.  So, Christianity is the religion which I am qualified to comment on.

Arbitrary Morality
	That being said, Christianity has numerous problems.  The first one is that it relies upon the Authoritative Morality, which is inherrantly arbitrary.  Morality is decided by obedience and by nothing else.  Now, if God had handed down to Moses a moral standard by which one can judge good versus evil, the problem of arbitrary morality could be non-existant.  However, he handed down rules.  As such, by Christianity, a crime such as picking up sticks on the sabbath warrents the same punishment as murdering somebody.  And, why is that so, because God sais so.

Impossible Emotion Control
	Some of its other problems come from having such an arbitrary morality.  For one thing, Christianity has rules that require one to have control of one's own emotions in order follow them.  Anger and desire of what others have are both evil by Christianity's standards.  So, one who is angry at another or desires what another has is just as deserving of punishment as one who kills another or robs from another.
	The problem is that it is impossible to control one's own emotions.  We all know, from experience, that our emotions do not obey our commands.  I'm willing to bet that almost everybody who reads this has had a moment when he/she really wanted to stay in a bad mood but couldn't help being a little tickled by some family member's antics.
	The reason for this is actually biological.  The conscious mind and related mental activities are located in the outer shell of the brain.  The emotions, as well as most all involuntary actions, happen in the center of the brain, the primitive brain that we share all mammels and most reptiles.
	So, when morality is applied to emotions, the ability to remain moral is impossible.  How can you possibly remain sinless when the choice of whether or not to sin, even if only a small number of cases, isn't yours to make?

The Hateful Laws From a Loving God
	Some of the laws that allegedly come from a god that is allegedly all loving reflect an incredible hatred.  By levitican law, a rebelious child must be stoned to death by the entire community.  I never considered a brutal excecution, either ordered or handled personally, to be representative of a loving being.
	A brutal death is also the prescribed punishment for those who worship other gods.  This was, if not the insperation for, one of the justifications for such immoralities as The Crusades, the brutalization of Native Americans, and slavery, not a one of which was done in love.
	The same punishment is also meeted out to those practicing homosexuals.  The bible's stance on homosexuality influenced a great deal of hatred against any homosexuals and justified the resulting hate crimes.  And, all this hatred came from the laws that were alleged to come from a loving law maker.

Contradictions
	The book which Christianity claims to be the ultimate truth contradicts itself.  Some of these can be reasoned away by suggesting that the moral truths are what matters and saying that the rest are just stories.  This might take care of such contradictions as Joseph's two fathers.  But there are some this can't handle.
	Is it right to kill?
	Well, the ten commandments say "Thou shalt not kill."  But, levitican law also states that homosexuals, rebelleous children, sabbath breakers, those who worship other gods, women who aren't virgins on their wedding night, ect are to be put to death.  This might not be a contradiction if the plan was to take the offender out to a wide open area, take a good distance, and watch as God strikes the offender down with a lightning bolt.  But, the plan was to have the very people commanded not to kill kill the offenders.
	Which of the following is untrue?  God is love.  God is a jealous god.  Love is not jealous.
	One of those statements must be untrue.  Any one of those statements excludes the possibility of the other two being simultaneously true.  However, all three are supported by the bible.  This makes different parts of the bible mutually exclusive with other parts.  One of requirements for something to be considered true is that it be internally consistant.

Rules Against Thought
	Some of the rules of Christianity tell that even considering certain prospects is immoral.  Considering that God might not be moral in all his actions and orders is considered blasphemy, one of the worst sins by Christianity.  But, if you take a look at all of God's actions and orders, you would have to be in a state of abject denial to think that they are all moral.  If you were to consider that ordering a person killed for picking up sticks on the sabbath to be immoral, then you are evil.
	It is one of the most fearful acts of any totalitarian government to make the suggestions that the government not be right illegal.  If God is so moral a being, why is there such fear of being considered immoral.
	And, a doubt is one of the most fundamental acts of thought.  If any theory, philosophy, assertion of any kind is to survive in the human mind, it must be resistant to doubt.  But, by Christianity, none of God's promises are applicable to you if you have even one doubt.  If Christianity was such a truth as it claims to be, one would consider that no doubt could sway it.

No Rules For God
	And, the biggest problem of Christianity is that there are no rules for God.  He can command genocide and commit it himself without the slightest tinge of guilt.  While we mere mortals aren't allowed the luxury of such emotions as hatred God is allowed to be so hateful as to punish people for eternity in a lake of fire.
	There is no standard for God at all.  He's just assumed to be perfect.  The problem is that with no laws to break or standard to fall short of, perfection, if it can be called that, is incidental at best.

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