Thursday, February 18, 2010
I need to vent my angst.
The only way for me to survive is to write. I am convinced of this. Staring at a blank page is better than not staring at a blank page. I’m going to write until my brain pours out my ears. Heartache is a beautiful thing. I have to remember that. Always. Without it, I will most certainly give up and let myself fall into the abyss that is this world. I must stay afloat, at all costs. I must not disappoint myself.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Some Thoughts on the One True Religion
Choosing a religion to be the right one is like choosing to eat only your favorite food for the rest of your life. It damn well better be broccoli.
I always wonder why people decide to think in absolutes. Good and Evil, God and Satan, Black and White, Dead and Not Dead. Why can't there be things in between? Why can't more than one religion be the right religion? I mean, honestly, what kind of just and loving God would send three fourths of Creation to Hell because they don't read a certain interpretation of a book whose main message is "Be Good". Hell, ET could have told you that.
Back to the Broccoli Thing. Religion, in my mind (NOTE: THIS IS ONLY WHAT I BELIEVE. I AM NOT TOTING THIS AS THE TRUTH, NOR WILL I TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE IT.), is comfort food. Salty soups, fattening cakes, and juicy red meat. The point of religion is to make life more bearable. Why else would almost every single human society ever invented have a religious doctrine to go with it? The human condition sucks. It's one way to deal with that fact (another way is hard drugs, but I won't go into that). Deciding only one religion is true and closing your mind to everything all the others have to offer is like eating only chicken noodle soup. You're not getting your vitamins. Aren't we here on earth to learn from each other? If we close our minds to all ideas but our own, how are we going to accomplish that?
God loves you. I promise. God loves gay people. After all, he made them that way. Don't say the Devil did, because the Devil is just another one of God's creations. My hypothesis is that the Devil was created because God got bored. After all, wouldn't an all powerful God be able to vanquish the Devil with a flick of His finger?
One more thing: What Is With the Capitalization? Does It Make Things Better or More Powerful to Capitalize Them?
That is All.
I always wonder why people decide to think in absolutes. Good and Evil, God and Satan, Black and White, Dead and Not Dead. Why can't there be things in between? Why can't more than one religion be the right religion? I mean, honestly, what kind of just and loving God would send three fourths of Creation to Hell because they don't read a certain interpretation of a book whose main message is "Be Good". Hell, ET could have told you that.
Back to the Broccoli Thing. Religion, in my mind (NOTE: THIS IS ONLY WHAT I BELIEVE. I AM NOT TOTING THIS AS THE TRUTH, NOR WILL I TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE IT.), is comfort food. Salty soups, fattening cakes, and juicy red meat. The point of religion is to make life more bearable. Why else would almost every single human society ever invented have a religious doctrine to go with it? The human condition sucks. It's one way to deal with that fact (another way is hard drugs, but I won't go into that). Deciding only one religion is true and closing your mind to everything all the others have to offer is like eating only chicken noodle soup. You're not getting your vitamins. Aren't we here on earth to learn from each other? If we close our minds to all ideas but our own, how are we going to accomplish that?
God loves you. I promise. God loves gay people. After all, he made them that way. Don't say the Devil did, because the Devil is just another one of God's creations. My hypothesis is that the Devil was created because God got bored. After all, wouldn't an all powerful God be able to vanquish the Devil with a flick of His finger?
One more thing: What Is With the Capitalization? Does It Make Things Better or More Powerful to Capitalize Them?
That is All.
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