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The Horror of Christianity. "A Pagan Joke" A Pagan died and, much to her surprise,
found herself at the Pearly Gates facing St. Peter. ...
... Christianity is now one of the major religions that can be found all over ... fever,
shame, publicity of shame, long continuance of torment, horror of anticipation ...
Christianity. ... The world contains goodness and beauty and it contains horror and pain.
It is at least consistent to claim that both are there deliberately. ...
... in her and it sounded like something you would here in a horror movie, and ... my life
is to say this one thing, with my faith Pentecostal Christianity, this one ...
... such as, the villain or heroine, and a sense of shock-horror were introduced ... was
a time when conformist society was ostensibly dominated by Christianity but yet ...
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"A Pagan Joke"
A Pagan died and, much to her surprise, found herself at the Pearly Gates facing St. Peter. He walked up to her and said, "Hello, and welcome." She stared at St. Peter in complete confusion. "Wait a minute," she said. "I was supposed to end up in the Summerlands." He smiled. "Ah, you must be one of our Pagan sisters. Follow me, please." Peter gestured for her to follow him down a small path, which went through the gates and down a bit to the left. They walked for a short while, then he stepped back and gestured her forward. Looking past his hand, she saw the verdant fields and forests of her desired Summerlands. She saw people feasting, dancing, and making merry, exactly as she expected. While shaking her head in wonder, the Pagan happened to glance over to one side and saw a small group of people a short way away from the edge of the Summerlands. The people in the group were watching the revelers, but not joining them. Instead, they were screaming and weeping piteously. The Pagan looked at St. Peter. "Who are those people?" St. Peter replied, "Them? They're fundamentalists. They're a bit surprised to see you all there, so they stand there and carry on like that all day." "Why? Don't they have better things to do?" Peter leaned conspiratorially toward her. "They don't really have a choice. They're actually in Hell. God doesn't like being told what He thinks."
I start this paper with this joke to prove a point. When read, pagans, athiests, and those that lie outside the mainstream of Christianity will enjoy it, while Christian Fundamentalists and Conservatives will think it is in poor taste. Some might go so far as to say "My goodness, he is going to step on a lot of toes with that!" The question remains, though, WHOSE toes, and why does it matter? The answer can be found if we examine the psychology of Christianity.
Christianity is one of the worlds most widespread and pervasive religions, and has been around a good...
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