Oh, Religion

Tonight I argued that Catholicism trumps Protestant, Galileo Theology, and Jesuits.

The Protestants said that "We" took their money, and prevented them from getting closer to G-d.

Galileo said that his beliefs and discoveries in science did not contradict the church, and that he was still a firm believer in G-d, although the church claimed that his scientific discoveries went against the bible.

The Jesuits, while claiming to support the church, said that they brought education to schools. They had a pretty weak argument.

A guy in my group kept apologizing for what "We" did to the people, claiming that the church is different now, that it does more for the people, and that being that it is the foundation of Christianity and that all these other breakaway religions came after, then ultimately everyone will find their way back.

I tried telling my teacher that I'm Jewish, thinking that would settle the argument. But he told me to go along with it. 

At the end of the debate, which was pretty funny and had everyone laughing (Galileo said 'follow me or you will die'), my teacher welcomed us to get out of character and say our true opinions.

So I said to the 'Protestants', you gave a good argument, but what do you really believe in?

Religion is a touchy subject. And while I find it amazing that in a classroom of secular students, most of whom are not Jewish, who come from vastly different backgrounds, countries, and religions, we are discussing G-d. And not just a discussion of 'does G-d exist', but more so, that He does exist, and how religion helps one see that.

I was never very good at arguments. I just wanted to say, "I'm Jewish, we are the Chosen people, there was no big bang, we did not just come to be, we were here from the beginning of time, we will be here until the end of time, and all other religions are bogus".

I did not think anyone would take too well to that.

Oh ya, and Jesus was Jewish, he went to hell and he is never coming back, so there goes your savior.