Is Jesus an Eagle Scout?
Saturday January 28, 2006
Surely there aren't people who think that Jesus and God are solidly on the side of the Boy Scouts - heavenly boosters for America's scouting program? Yes, unfortunately, there are - it seems to be yet another example of when the deeply and sincerely religious come to believe that whatever they support and like, God must also support and like.
In essence, they assume that living a godly and religious life given them a special ability to discern whatever God wants for everyone else. Robert Kirby describes a situation like this occurring in the context of the Boy Scouts:
[A] reader recently wrote and asked if failure to contribute $50 to the Boy Scouts of America really meant that he did not have a testimony of Jesus Christ. I hasten to point out that I am not in jail right now, ample proof that I was not present when this stupidity was uttered. But according to the reader, who seemed sincere, a member of his LDS ward's leadership said it was so. [T]hose who did not cough up the money were said to be testimony deficient. At the very least, they were uninspired.
When a person finds that God is often agreeing with whatever it is that they want and like, you can be pretty sure that religion is simply serving as a mask for personal prejudices.
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Every person has the right to believe whatever he or she wants to believe. There are many different beliefs in the world. Who are we to judge each other? What gives a person the authority to judge another human being on basis of his color, race, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. Everyone has choices. And each of us have to live with the choices we make everyday. I just wish that everyone could be civil with each other and get along with each other. The world would be such a better place.