And another thing...
i was just thinking about this today.. Cat sent me an email abouthow sad she was that people associate 'the red states' with jesus.. [we usually say jebus].. anyway.. it was sad because she thinks they're really missing the whole point of jesus. with all their hating and spiting.
so it made me think... yeah.. they are hypocritically full of hate, but they have justifications, not apologies, not remorse, but justifications... "i can take away your rights or refuse to grant them to you on these grounds...:" see? it's not "oh, i wish i could endorse that.. " or "um.. i'm sorry you feel that way.. but___" morelike "you're wrong/heretical/blashphemous/hell-bound because... " i think this is missing the point. well, the point may have been to give people an institution that could be hidden behind when they need a reason to commit atrocities against mankind.. like slavery.. yeah, i think that's the point. so my newest opinion on the organized religions in this country is that they have fallen into a dogma that ignores [or merely pays false lip-service to] messages of peace and *universal* love, and are tools of those who know how to manipulate this dogma. it is not a good thing. it is not a pure thing, and it is not a genuine thing. it is not valuable for spiritual growth. any belief system that requires deliberation on the words of men posing as god/s cannot be taken as a basis for public governance. it's that simple. just that simple. not if we want to evolve out of the horrors of our past. we're not growing from them, we're reliving them. because of this. someone is perpetuating the hold of this system against us. throw off your chains of chosen ignorance. there are other choices. like thinking for yourself. you can come up with your own reasons to not like people. just so long as you don't share them. because i don't want anymore than i've already accumulated ... because i'm tired of hating the people in the red states*.. it makes me feel as bad as i want them to feel, and they don't even know. or understand.
*note: please, those of you in those states. i dont' hate you, and i didn't hate you. i know about half of you (give or take) feel simliarly to me.. and i don't mean to imply i'm judging you based on where you live. i judge people on what they do and say.. not where they are, or who they talk to.. just ask Cat. .. i also judge people based on how they smell. because sometimes people pretty much stink. although, stinkiness doesn't guarantee i won't like someone.. and smelling nice doesn't promise i'll like you either.. but this note has become it's own topic. so know that i won't make up my mind about you until i see you standing outside with a sign that says something like "all unbabtised people go to hell" .. because that's a good way to tell me who you are.. and who you are is Wrong.
so it made me think... yeah.. they are hypocritically full of hate, but they have justifications, not apologies, not remorse, but justifications... "i can take away your rights or refuse to grant them to you on these grounds...:" see? it's not "oh, i wish i could endorse that.. " or "um.. i'm sorry you feel that way.. but___" morelike "you're wrong/heretical/blashphemous/hell-bound because... " i think this is missing the point. well, the point may have been to give people an institution that could be hidden behind when they need a reason to commit atrocities against mankind.. like slavery.. yeah, i think that's the point. so my newest opinion on the organized religions in this country is that they have fallen into a dogma that ignores [or merely pays false lip-service to] messages of peace and *universal* love, and are tools of those who know how to manipulate this dogma. it is not a good thing. it is not a pure thing, and it is not a genuine thing. it is not valuable for spiritual growth. any belief system that requires deliberation on the words of men posing as god/s cannot be taken as a basis for public governance. it's that simple. just that simple. not if we want to evolve out of the horrors of our past. we're not growing from them, we're reliving them. because of this. someone is perpetuating the hold of this system against us. throw off your chains of chosen ignorance. there are other choices. like thinking for yourself. you can come up with your own reasons to not like people. just so long as you don't share them. because i don't want anymore than i've already accumulated ... because i'm tired of hating the people in the red states*.. it makes me feel as bad as i want them to feel, and they don't even know. or understand.
*note: please, those of you in those states. i dont' hate you, and i didn't hate you. i know about half of you (give or take) feel simliarly to me.. and i don't mean to imply i'm judging you based on where you live. i judge people on what they do and say.. not where they are, or who they talk to.. just ask Cat. .. i also judge people based on how they smell. because sometimes people pretty much stink. although, stinkiness doesn't guarantee i won't like someone.. and smelling nice doesn't promise i'll like you either.. but this note has become it's own topic. so know that i won't make up my mind about you until i see you standing outside with a sign that says something like "all unbabtised people go to hell" .. because that's a good way to tell me who you are.. and who you are is Wrong.
1 Comments:
This was an excellent post though I think you could remove the stinky asterisked tangent by just saying that you hate all the people who acted this way because "they are being narrow-minded and discriminatory and not practicing their religion the way Jesus did or would have wanted them to." You could then go on to say, "It appears, based on [your] geographical knowledge, that most of the people who are narrow-minded and discriminatory (i.e. the ones you hate) live in the red states."
USA Today (and by today I mean either yesterday or some other day) had a county-by-county map of how the entire country voted... and they published the one from 2000 too. It was scary. Skagit County went to the dark side.... and so did a lot of Washington. Scary! In fact, a ton of the counties in all "blue" states were red. And not a lot in the red states were blue. I felt incredibly betrayed and will never go to Mt. Vernon. And If I have to drive through Mt. Vernon to get to B'ham, I'll hold my breath through all of Skagit County. I better start practicing now until I turn blue (ha!) in the face.
You should post something to our blog. Maybe a synopsis of your post and my comment?
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