Here’s a post I found in the Rants and Raves section of Craigslist (which, as you might expect, is a bizarre and stupid political screamfest wasteland):

Liberals - Be Thankful I’m a Jesus Freak

I know how Liberals and you R&R people HATE Christians. Just be Thankful I believe in God, and believe I will have to answer to God for what I do.
Because IF NOT, I would kill all of you pathetic Liberals Scum.

Hahaha! Love thy neighbor just enough to not murder that pathetic sonnuvabitch!

I hesitate to make a point about the ridiculous person who posted this, but isn’t it strange that for some people, it’s really about the punishment/reward part of religion? Rather than the message itself? “Well, Jesus, that whole universal brotherhood and understanding shit is idiotic, but if you’re sending me to Heaven I suppose I can go through the motions.” Talk about the letter of the law. It’s like he obeys the word of Christ grudgingly!

The primary thing I don’t get about this flavor of Christianity is: you can divide the whole Jesus thing up into 2 claims. First, that he was the Son of God who may or may not smite thine ass with his incredible magic powers. And second, that he had a perfect philosophy of peace which could lead the world into a golden age if we would only accept it into our hearts. If you’re forced to pick one, if only one of those statements is credible, who on Earth would pick the first? How could anyone possibly think that, yeah, the water to wine and the raising from the dead and the walking on water- all THAT stuff is true and super important. But the business about turning the other cheek? That’s not serious- we only listen to that cause of the scary magic powers.

Man, that really didn’t warrant a response at all. Obviously this guy doesn’t represent religious people in general. I’d still love to talk to him and get inside his head though.