Daylight Robbery

I'm friends on facebook with some of the people that I used to go to church with when I was younger. The ones who didn't betray me and stab me in the back. In general, I have fond memories of church, because I choose to remember only the good... and it was good until towards the end. But, oh how much I regret how brainwashed I became. I'm literally embarrassed of some of the things that I did... the frequency I allowed myself to become vulnerable and emotional... the things I thought I was doing wrong and felt immense guilt for. These things aren't right.

So when these old church people invite me to these "Stand up and fight for Christianity!" or "I'm a proud Christian!" groups, I, of course, deny entry and don't want anything to do with them. I'm not a Christian, and I'm not religious. Don't get me wrong, I believe in God and most of the Bible, and say my prayers most nights before I go to bed... but I don't see the point in singing about Jesus all the time and crying your eyes out, or stalking people down in the streets and forcing your religion on them.

I think that God wants us to worry more about how we treat others than how we treat him. Everyone pretty much knows the whole schpeel about God at this point, and I don't think he wants us to cram it down peoples throats. I think that if God is really all-knowing and all-loving, that he would get more satisfaction from watching the people that believe in Him succeed in life, and help others, fall in love, make friends, etc. along the way. He doesn't need us to suck up to Him, just to respect him.

So, I'm done with the propoganda and I won't be back at church til I have children, because I want them to get the moral and faith based education, and learn the Bible stories, and have a solid foundation for life... but once they get older... they'll be able to choose... because I wasn't... whether or not they want to continue to go to church...

Amen.