Open Minded.

I am always told to be open minded when speaking of religion, but there is rarely any open mindedness coming from the other party. There have been a few, but not many. I'm asked if I read the Bible. If I did not read it, then I would say nothing about it. I'm not one to start a conversation or voice an opinion on something I know nothing about. Some people may, but I do not. If you speak of something that you know nothing of, then you end up looking stupid. That's just a fact, not an insult. I don't question people because they believe something I don't, I question them because their actions are harsh or have no knowledge of the debate they started. Yes, I have read the Bible and there are things in it that I do not agree with. I don't see how killing someone because they don't worship your god or killing a man because he chooses to sleep with another man as having good morals.

If I did believe that there were god, I wouldn't choose to devote my life to the Christian's god. There is much, according to the Bible, that he's done that is just plain cruel. Like killing every living thing on earth, with the exception of Noah and his family, because he didn't approve, or killing children for the actions of their fathers, or punishing women for the actions of their husbands, or killing people for touching or even looking at his ark. If I am to be punished for something, then I should be the one who done the crime, not a member of my family or person in my city. Everyone should be held accountable for their own actions.

And as for this country being based on the Christian religion, I suggest you do some research.
http://bmccreations.com/one_nation/nation.html
http://www.nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htm
http://atheism.about.com/od/americachristiannation/a/AmericaChristianNation.htm
http://allusionsofgrandeur.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/was-the-us-founded-on-christian-principles/
http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-01/politics/mccain.christian.nation_1_john-mccain-christian-nation-christian-nation?_s=PM:POLITICS
http://www.cybercollege.com/fog25.htm

If these sites are not enough for you, then get off your ass and look some more.