I feel bad for people who go to church for their entire life.
Let's be honest, the whole idea of a "church", is all man made bullshit anyway.
I'm not saying there isn't a god or a higher being, I'm just saying that there is nothing holy about a "building" that was built by MAN, or the ceremonies that were made up during the centuries after Christ died. It is all made up, and I just don't take any of it serious.
I couldn't imagine spending 80 years of my life signing the same boring songs, reading the same readings, and following the same made up traditions.
And the bible is even worse.
Do you really think that a man named "Noah" built an Ark and grabbed two of every animal? REALLY?
REALLY?
There are over 80,000 different species of animals, do you think Noah was able to grab each one???
Of course not, because the story is made up bullshit. Not every species of animal lives in the same region, so the story is obviously made up. What if the female giraffe had fertility issues? No more giraffes?
Do you really think woman was created from the rib of man? Really? What about trannies and hermaphrodites? What about Justin Beiber, cloning, and DNA?
To be honest, I never really thought about death until I turned 30. I always figured that I would live forever like Peter Pan.
So what would I consider over the hill?
My grandparents all lived to between 80-88, so I would consider myself over the hill when I reach age 42-44. I'm not there yet, but I'm getting closer (33)
So is there a god? I'm not sure. But what I definitely don't have time for is organized nonsense like priests, churches, holy water, and confession.
Lent? Lent is the biggest joke in history. Because Jesus supposedly walked through the desert for 40 days, people choose to skip meat on Fridays. Seriously?
In Brooklyn I see people all the time orderings 3 large pizza's and 2 bottles of soda on Fridays during lent as their "sacrifice". What kind of sacrifice is that??
You want to celebrate lent? Try fasting for every single Thursday and Friday. Do something real, and difficult. You shouldn't put on 15lbs during lent every year.
Surprisingly, I don't usually hear people in the 70's and 80's talking about death often. I always figured that death would be on my mind almost everyday at that age, and THAT is when I would start going to church.
Let's be honest, most likely you are going to be buried in the dirt, with worms crawling through your eyes sockets. But you need to at least hedge your bet. What if there really was a talking snake? What if all the stories are true?
Personally, I just try to live a MORAL life. I try not to steal, curse, kill or lie.
I occasionally donate to charity, I probably should do more. But to me, that is a lot more important than going to some brick building every Sunday in Brooklyn that some Italians constructed in the 1920's.
Live an honest life, stay healthy, and power on!
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