I don't get this about religion

Why is it only teenagers that can disrespect authority? Isn't the whole point of living in a country where one has the freedom of speech and freedom of belief, that they can criticize whomever they feel like? In a position of authority or not? Being in a position of authority does not entitle someone to freedom from criticism.

professing to a religion is different in i believing in god. its not about shallowness more than god wants you to commit to your beliefs. those hateful people that you meet may use religion in the wrong way, but the belief in god and following gods rules have nothing to do with other people.

people tend to take the worst examples and use it as the basis of judgement of a religion. like every priest is going to rape kids, every muslim is going to bomb buildings etc..... c'mon guys, look at the ideas of the religion. not every person follows their religious doctrines to perfection

Sounds like I touched a nerve.

You know as well as I do that some teens who disrespect authority will go above and beyond their First Amendment rights and take it to a point of harassment when trying to piss off their teachers. It is one thing to say among their friends the police suck, it's another to walk up to their teacher and start making verbal threats.

Also, just because you have the right to be a douchebag doesn't mean you are free from being criticized for being a douchebag. The First Amendment gives the Westboro Baptist Church the right to protest at military funerals and insult homosexuals, but their right to do so doesn't give them a free pass from criticism.

Bacteria can go to heaven too.

No nerves touched here, I was just questioning your generalization of questioning authority as only being something "teenagers do". When in fact, questioning authority (not just teachers and the police) is a healthy thing for anyone to do, especially if that authority might be exceeding their capacity and oppressing those under them or abusing their station.

They'll do what they'll always do, speak with alibi. They'll say things like "maybe god....this and that" or "the bible didn't say.....".

There is a difference between simply questioning authority because you think they are abusing their power and outright disrespecting authority figures because you want to be an asshole. People who are complaining about some of the things the government is doing is questioning authority and is understandable. On the other hand, we were all teens at one time and we know the people who screw with authority figures just because they can.

What's wrong with Sweden? I've never been there.

Also, your damned avatar is tripping me up.

We are running dangerously close to a semantics discussion here, and I'd like to avoid that. I think there was some misunderstanding on my part with your original statement, because I assumed you were generalizing all questioning of authority as abuse sent their way. Thank you for clarifying. I agree with you now.

There's also passages stating you must "do" or act and not just profess.