19 Weeks 0 Days: Imagine All The People

Dear Baby,

God is not going to save you. Just like politics, only you can make things happen for you. God is not going to reach down and clear a path and make everything work out for you. There will be no series of lucky breaks that are really God looking out for you. Everything good that happens to you will be due to your own hard work and determination. Just like anything bad that happens is not because some Devil is trying to tempt you into a life of sin. It will be because you got lazy or unfocused or unmotivated or something like that.

I've been thinking about religion because I heard a pastor on the radio today who believes that the President should die because he is not making abortion illegal and therefore he is killing babies. ??? Though, when asked if, since he is in a position of influence, someone kills the president because of his preaching, should he be held responsible? Of course he said no, because he's not responsible for someone else's actions. But the President is responsible for the actions of an abortion doctor? What kind of double standard is that? This pastor also believes that gays should be put to death AND since the bible says that any child who curses their mother or father should be put to death, that we should be carrying out that little biblical rule as well. And he is the reason I question Christian teachings so much. This guy, as stated on his web site, has no college education, but has most of the bible memorized. He is a fanatic, who has no other life experience, who read the bible over and over and decided to start a church and did. And now he preaches his own interpretation of what he reads in the bible. There is no qualifying process. He just wanted to preach, so he does. And he preaches a bunch of evil, hateful beliefs and people are flocking. That's Christianity? That's the message that "Christians" are looking for? And that is the religion we are supposed to base our moral standards on?

We really are better off with no religion. My biggest pet peeve is when people say, "well, with no religion, how would we know right from wrong?" I'm not religious and I know right from wrong. And who's to say that what the bible says is right or wrong is so. Killing your child when he curses his mom or dad seems wrong to me. I think we as human beings can figure out what's right or wrong without any of the many religious trying to jam it down our throats.

So, Christianity; this thing, this belief, this ideal that is all about morals and God doing good things has spokespersons in the media preaching that the President should die, gays should die, and children should die. And these rules were created by the guy who's supposed to be guiding you and making good things happen? No. You're doing good things for yourself.

So don't sit around praying to some imaginary giant to make things happen for you, because you'll be sitting around for a long time. You have to get up and do it on your own. God isn't making it happen, the government isn't making it happen, not even I can make it happen. I'll support you in whatever it is you want to do, but I can't do it for you.

And not all Christians are like the aforementioned crazy pastor. I'm lucky to know a lot of Christians who have, um... brains. But it's the few extremists in the group who really sour the whole idea to me. Don't discriminate, a cool person who happens to be Christian is still a cool person, but if you happen to meet anyone like crazy pastor, RUN! Run like you've never run before.