How do you tell your family that you don’t want to be Christian? I’ve been receiving calls from my cousin and I have not answered one because I do not want take my usual Bible studies class. I love my cousin, he’s my best friend and I love my family and have nothing whatsoever against them. I am just scared to tell them that I don’t believe in a Satan (it’s a pessimistic force I choose not to recognize), I do not believe Jesus was divine, only a very humble and great prophet (I have nothing against him, just don’t believe he is almighty), don’t believe in the Illuminati (if you know your history, you’d know it isn’t real) and I don’t believe in a war between a creator and a pessimistic force being my purpose. I have nothing against Christianity, I am a very open-minded person and I love the idea of religion and can read the Bible, the Torah, the Quran, the Bhadavad Gita, the Dhammapada (I read verses every morning since I consider myself Buddhist), the Pali Canon, etc. without a problem, I study many different cultures and their religions, but I cannot hide any longer that I don’t want to be Christian. If I end up marrying someone who is Christian, I don’t mind and will support her and even hold conversations since I am educated in the Bible and so many other religions, I just don’t consider myself as one. I follow many Buddhist practices and it is the ONLY religion which has helped me and changed my life in a positive way (I’ve gone from a really depressed little guy to a optimistic man xD). But how do you tell your family that you want to be Buddhist and not Christian?
I need help
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little. And if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick. And if we did get sick, at least we didn’t die. So, let us all be thankful.
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Director Martin Scorsese claims that the most important shot in the movie is when Bickle is on the phone trying to get another date with Betsy. The camera moves to the side slowly and pans down the long, empty hallway next to Bickle, as if to suggest that the phone conversation is too painful and pathetic to bear.
“If you’re comfortable with yourself, then it’s sexy. Maybe people think I look sexy because I feel sexy. I am a very liberated person that way. I’m very comfortable with my sexuality, my body, my face - well, sometimes I’m not comfortable with my face, but it’s stuck there and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
