I am sad that the graph cut off some of the stats!!! :(..
Holy rollers get me down. They are the most intolerant people I have ever met. It is there way or no way and that concerns me. They claim to be so wonderful but deep down inside, they have issues.
I used to be a Catholic but I left the church a while ago. When I was in high school, the bishop came in during the bishop’s annual appeal and told us we had to give such and such amount to the church. I found that to be a little rude and presumptuous considering there were so many catholic schools shutting down due to lack of funding. When I was leaving school that day, I saw the bishop and my principal (who was a priest) leaving in very very very nice cars while the nuns packed in a crappy old station wagon! I found out the next day that the nuns had to give their salaries to the church and get only what they need while the priests kept what they got! Made me a little jaded.
When my best friend got married, my daughter was the flower girl all but 4 years old. She ran up to the altar during the ceremony to tell her godmother how pretty she looked and the priest scolded her in front of the entire list of guests. This also left a bitter taste in my mouth.
Through the years I have learned how corrupt the church is and realized that I don't need a church or a man with a white collar to tell me how I should behave as a human being or to take my money to make the Vatican a little bit richer! Then I saw a pic of the pope with Hitler, which closed the coffin on that one.
I can't say that I am God fearing but I am a moral human being and just want everyone who deserves it to be happy. I am so tired of these people telling me that I need to believe in Jesus. I am so tired of these people going to other countries peddling their nonsense, I say let them be!
These days, I am more scientific in my approach to things. I don't believe in ID, I really don't believe in ID!!!!! I think that if there were a deity, there would be less pain in the world. What kind of God would create just to let us hurt? It is a quandary that I struggle with, I mean I have spent 18 years of my life devout and then to actually start thinking about things and asking questions, it was a painful transition. Am I just some kind of science project like and ant in an ant farm? I sure hope not! I ain't laughing!!!! But I guess that is why they call it faith; you sort of have to have it don't you.
I have seen so much pain and frankly I am tired of people telling me that it is God testing you. What??? What do you mean??? Have I not been tested enough? I mean really!!!!
I am thrilled to come across another human being that feels the same, thank you. If we could all just get past the fact that we aren't all the same and have different views, the world would be a better place! Isn't that the Christian thing to do???? LOL
Sorry for the ramble!!! :)
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