Can someone, please, explain this to me?
I met a woman today. She told me this:
"Christianity just didn't make sense to me. I mean, why would God have to come to earth as Himself, and sacrifice Himself to Himself, just to change His own rules about sacrifices? And besides, He's mean, and punishes everybody, and I don't see any reason to think He's real, just made up by men to keep men in charge of everything."
I said, "OK, so you are an atheist, right?"
Oh, no. "I worship the Goddess now. The only rule is you can do whatever you want as long as you don't harm anyone."
"What evidence do you have that this Goddess exists?"
"Well, the trees, and sky, and wind, and water are all there, so that proves she is real."
They turn their backs on 2,000 years of Christian tradition. 6,000 years when you add in the pre-Christian Judaic tradition.
They say they turn their backs on it because it doesn't make sense, and there's no convincing evidence because God hasn't hand-held them through their lives and written "I AM REAL" by moving the stars or something.
Then they pick up a cult created in the 1950s, mostly stolen from the work of Aleister Crowley and Rabelais from 20-40 years earlier, but niced-up a bit, and call it "true religion"!
I really can't understand it. I was about ready to wrap my head in duct tape to keep it from exploding, let me tell you!
Can someone explain this to me?