How to be a Religious Jerk Part 1: (and Miss the Entire Point of Religion: a Multi Part Series)
So you’ve chosen to be a religious jerk:
Congratulations you should be heartened to know that millions to billions have chosen this same path. We are in every religion and if we could count all of us we would probably be the largest religion. Sadly we don’t know how many of us there are but rest assured we are everywhere. Chances are you may well already be one without realizing it. There are some who actually are truly religious and loving and kind people but for the sake of this course you will have to ignore them.
This particular course is on how to be a Christian religious jerk
It may seem daunting trying to ignore and misinterpret scriptures in a way that aids this but I think you’ll find it’s easier than you realize. Also once you get started on the lessons you will find that each lesson gets easier and easier. In some ways you could say that it dominates your destiny.
Let’s start with the first and easiest lesson:
How to be Judgmental
This is one of the most universal paths to starting your journey to becoming a religious jerk.
It may seem daunting at first as you may look at the sheer number of scriptures to ignore and still feel like you are righteous. I mean the number of scriptures that warn against this is huge, so how could it be so easy you ask? Just follow the following method.
All it takes is redefining a couple of things
Redefine being judgmental to love then redefine actual love to enabling.
Boom you are done.
Let me give you an example. Let's say you see a sinner. Obviously that person is going to hell so the best thing you can do is show them your judgment. Your judgment and disapproval will help them to want to change so they won't go to hell. Really your judgment is the most loving thing you can do. In order for this to be effective you need to be mean and unkind about it. This will teach them that in order to win your approval they need to get off the road to hell and back on the correct path.
Remember if you show them any love or acceptance for who they are this will only encourage them to continue on their path to hell. They can’t have any acceptance or this will encourage them to keep sinning. Therefore actual love is enabling.
As you can see, being a jerk is really the most loving path.
If at first you find it hard to be an outright jerk you can always go the passive aggressive path where you pretend to love them to their face but then throw out occasional disapproval and judgment on how much of a sinner they really are. In some ways this is the most popular path to being a religious jerk.
You are also going to have to ignore psychologists, family relationship experts and mental health experts who say that this is actually harmful but we all know that these guys are certainly not godly enough to know that you are just trying to save souls.
You may have to ignore this self righteous jerk right here (even if his videos are super entertaining and make some amazing points)
He (the self righteous but surprisingly handsome jerk) talks about how this method is a form of control that will actually push people away and cause serious damage
Now you are going to have to avoid the following scriptures that specifically warn against redefining things in this way. But I think you'll find this is easier than it looks when you see how good it feels to look down on people.
Here are a few ways to reinterpret the scriptures to help you on your path:
Matthew 7:1-5- This specifically says not to judge and it also says to remove the beam in your own eye first. We all know that you don’t have any beams in your eye so you can just go ahead and jump to removing the mote in theirs
Matthew 9:10-13- Jesus spent time with the sinners- obviously this means he spent time around them to look down on them and point out all of their flaws. How could Jesus love them if he wasn’t doing this?
Luke 18:9-14- Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Obviously Jesus was saying that you are all actually the publican and not the pharisee so since you are humble enough already you can get to the judging
John 8:1-11- Woman taken in adultery- he who is without sin cast the first stone. Obviously this means that if you are without sin (you) then you can start casting stones
Matthew 23: 1-12- And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted- we all know that you are already super humble so you get to be exalted now. It’s your turn go ahead and enjoy it
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