An Indepth Exam Of Life, People and Where We're Going Wrong

I swear, if we all die and it turns out that our 'grand deity' is really the Flying Spaghetti Monster or that all the Wiccans were right, I will laugh until I die a second time. Because I am sick and tired of these extremist Christians being treated better then all other extremists. I could sit here and call them names until the cows come home but, to bring it right back to the basics, the undeniable truth, they are xenophobes.

"What this is coming down to is who runs the country. It's us against them. It's the good guys versus the bad guys. It's the God-fearing people against the pagans, and some of the pagans are going to church." - Randall Terry, published in the New Sentinel, August 16th 1993.

I was born that year and it is words like these that make me ashamed. Ashamed to have been born into such a society, almost ashamed to be human. But, for all our flaws, we, as a species, are learning. We are learning acceptance, we are learning peace. Admittedly, it is slow going but we are still learning. It is people like Mr. Terry who are forcing this process to drag out.

I am not asking anyone to renounce their beliefs, goodness no. But, I am asking people to open their minds. I ask them, not to change their thoughts on issues such as homosexuality and abortion but to grow as people and understand that there are people out there who feel differently then they do. No one is essentially right or wrong.

On topics such as religion, how can we ever know what is right until we have passed on and learn? A lot of you will say 'Faith' and I agree. The issue is that some people become so commited to their faith that they refuse to entertain the idea that other people have a different faith, believe in a different path to the same destination.

Even as I type, the tone of my writing changes. That is because I started out angry but have gradually calmed and thought through what I am saying. I remembered what I stand for, which is freedom and the right to be who you are without fear of recrimination. I learned that anger is not the way to face these things. Anger solves nothing, it merely creates more anger. There are examples of this all around us and yet we refuse to see them. Why? Because they are ugly reminders that we are not perfect, that, even though we have placed ourselves at the top of the food chain, we are not as at peace with ourselves and others as we would like to believe.

I'm going to finish there as a combination of energy drinks and t.v have distracted me from my original point. I may continue this post later on. For now, please, let me know what you think.

Touching On A Touchy Subject

First of all: WE MUST SACRIFICE BIEBER TO APPEASE THE VOLCANO GODS! -ahem- Read the tagline on the top if you don't like it people. I make my insanity well known.

Today's topic: Religion

Now, I don't normally talk about this kind of thing but I feel like making my opinion known.
There are a lot of people out there that call me all sorts of names. Heathen, freak and, when I made a brief foray into the world of Wicca, witch. None of this phases me in the slightest, especially since the people that are shouting these names after me are usually people that I wouldn't give the time of day. However, I'm well aware of people being attacked because their religion doesn't fit in with the so-called 'norm' of the area in which they live. Bullshit. Just because say, I happen to focus my belief on a number of Goddesses associated with various elements and more and your belief focuses on one God does Not give you the right to scorn me in the halls.

Today, I'm going to pay attention to Christianity and the church as it's the only religion that I have enough knowledge on to feel right forming a decisive opinion about.

Now, I'd like to make it clear that I have no qualms about people believing what they want to. I'd like you to show me the same courtesy as this is an opinion not a statement of fact.

Earlier I mentioned dipping a toe into the sea of Wicca. A lot of you may condem me for that. I suggest those of you leave now to avoid further offence.

I'm going to assume the rest of you reading are of the more opened minded breed or nosy gits who ignored my warning.

I believe in God, let's get that clear from the start. I definately believe in A God anyways. The gender and/or forms of that God is still up in the air. What I don't believe in is the church and the human element. I feel that the church has warped the teachings of the bible beyond recognition. They change it to suit them and, should someone point this out, the main excuse is 'Oh, it was translated from Hebrew and no one's really sure about what it's actually supposed to say, we're just getting closer to the original meaning' or something along those lines. Mmmhmm, and I shit rainbows.

TBC