Religion

Well said! I often wonder how many religious people do good deeds because they feel they have to to ensure they get a place in heaven rather than doing them because they think it's the right thing to do!

@MALUSE I don't mind that, because there are no rules that dictate that we have to discuss one topic or another and we're free to ignore any and all discussions that are on topics that don't interest us. The same is generally true about other sites. @WorDazza I had an acquaintance on my friends list on Facebook several years ago who was constantly posting things about how grateful she was to God for events that happened in her life, or saying that it was "God's plan" when things didn't go the way she wanted them to. It occasionally seemed to me that the "God's plan" line was a convenient excuse, and she would rarely take responsibility for her own actions and behavior. I finally threw up my hands and unfriended her when she was on the verge of being evicted from her apartment for not paying her rent and her only response to the situation was "I'll leave it in God's hands." Of course, that's an extreme example, but I certainly feel it's true that she was not behaving altruistically most of the time. It felt like everything was part of the "I'm such an awesome person!" show.

@yukimori I often say that some of the least christian people I know are Christians.