I was thinking today, which i tend to do merely because there’s nothing that pisses a politician off more than a free-thinking indivisual. I was thinking about politics v.s. religion, which we all know are two very dangerous topics, and even more dangerous when combined (like bleach and amonia). It’s just mind-numbing, the evil that is done the name of ‘The Almighty’, and the harmless and innocent people supporting those actions because they’ve been mislead to believe that they are genuinely doing the work of God. I’m not referring to any one or any group in particular. I don’t feel like getting into the Middle East, or even Beck and Palin… just the thought process itself behind that kind of manipulation. I do not personally partake in any kind of traditional religion. Yes i go to church (Unitarian universalist) but I do not consider myself a traditional christian. I don’t believe that Jesus turned water into wine or walked on water or did anything even remotely theatrical. Why is it that we always need to be entertained or JAZZED about something in order to consider it magical, thus worthy of our participation? Why can’t love itself be magical? Why does someone need to turn water into wine in order to show you how to love? This doesn’t mean that I don’t think Jesus existed or that he should be any less praised or loved than he is now, I just don’t believe in praising Him the way modern Christians do.
I remember conjuring a mental image as a child, based on something a family member told me. She said “The bible says that the Devil hides in church”. I immediately imagined a giant crimson red beast with horns and blood dripping from his snout wearing a floral dress, crisp white gloves, and a huge HUGE hat covered in bows and flowers trying to be as inconspicuous as possible while sitting in the last pew on the First Sunday. Obviously years later, i relize that’s not entirely the case. Now I see how right winged hate mongers use their christianity and the fact that they’re on ‘THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD” as a tool to spread hatred to the rest of Gods children. And then, those who grow up in the church and who try to be good people somehow get wrapped up in this, and they too begin to spread the hatred they hear on Fox News, go to teabagging parties, or believe that the President wasn’t born here. It’s such sheep mentality, and it breaks my heart because those sheep just don’t know. They’re victims of their own ignorance, and i want to run through that herd and set them free.
