Here's something I wrote a while back. A slightly meandering ramble about my views on Christian people. Feel free to agree/disagree/sit on the fence...
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The first of these is that Christianity is based very much on faith and not just faith but blind faith. The only proof of God's existence is a book - and the origins of this book are shrouded in uncertainty. Blind faith is placed in a God that has no known existence. Christians are expected to live on promises that they never see fulfilled in their own lifetime. They're expected to live a life that goes against their very nature, cross their fingers and hope to go to heaven. They're expected to survive through tests and temptation. And all they get is a simple promise made to them by their parents, priests or a mysterious uncomprehendible deity. Against the battle for survival and natural behaviour Christianity fights a losing battle.
Yet blind faith surrounds us throughout our daily life. The blind faith that your partner will be faithful - they can't prove it to you but you just trust them. Something inside you tells you it's right. You don't question it - you just cross your fingers and hope for the best. Sometimes your faith is well-placed - sometimes it isn't. If it isn't you grit your teeth, brush yourself down and tackle life again. The trials of life are actually a set of faith tests. This is why people who have beliefs that they uphold strongly have such a rough time. They're fighting for something - they're faith becomes important to them. They're put through tests that push them to they're limits. Christians get this often in the form of temptation - they believe it comes from the Devil of course. The temptation to drink alcohol, do drugs and live promiscously all pushing them to their limits. They have to close their eyes and whisper silent words of invisible strength to themselves - or else their faith in their God could break at any point.
The trouble is that with Christianity rather then having a set of faith tests, they go through one long lifelong faith test. From the moment they choose their faith they have to believe in it till the moment they pass away. There are no shortcuts - life is one long road to their reward. And if it turns out that their faith was misplaced and there is no God and heaven awaiting them then they can't turn back the clock. Life has passed them by. If they're lucky they could reincarnate - but even then they could end up living the same pattern again.
So this is the first point I want to make. You might think Christians are delusional, out-moded and ridiculously old-fashioned. That's fair enough it's your opinion. But there is no doubt in my mind that Christians are brave, strong and resilient individuals. They place a great providence of their life in the acquisition of a promise that they can never prove exists. It takes a mentally strong person to run the risk of wasting their life for something that they can only cross their fingers for. So you can mock the Christians as much as you want - though you'll often find that a lot of them are a lot more well-informed and fair then you might think. But you need to respect them. For that one sacrifice they make Christians will always have my attention. I bow down to them for making that choice. It might seem stupid but ultimately it proves there is something of substance behind that pleasant face. And that is worth much more of my time then the ridiculously over-exaggerated individuals that fall into the world without boundaries and limits to abide by.
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