Let's start this first blog topic with one of the untouchables...religion. Here's my beef with religion. I absolutely hate it when people try to cram the bible down my throat. My view on religion and the bible is that it's more of a guide on how to do the right thing and be a good person in general. It drives me nuts when people quote scripture. If you're going to quote it, then you better be abiding by every one of the quotes. You can't pick and choose which ones apply to you. This is why I look at it as more of a book of life lessons and a tool for you to learn from. Now I would consider myself as agnostic, which just means I don't know what I believe in. As an engineer, I deal a lot with numbers and probability. Out of all the billions of stars out there, odds are there's other life in the universe. That's where my issues are. For this to be true, religious ideas are either untrue or they have to change. You don't have to agree with me, but don't tell me you're religious view is right and mine is wrong. You can't prove you're right and I can't prove you're wrong.
My struggles with the bible are that it was written by man. 2000+ years ago, there were no cameras or cell phones or any other technology to capture any kind of proof of anything. Before you get on your high horse and start talking about Jesus, hear me out. Who can prove anybody involved with writing scripture wasn't drunk, high on drugs, lying, or just didn't understand things that were happening. You're placing your faith on a 2000 year old book that could be a complete sham. For this reason, I choose to think the bible is an ancient guide on how to be a decent person.
To you bible thumpers, stop. Your life isn't perfect. Queue the sin forgiveness. Well that's horseshit. In my opinion, you can't do bad things and just ask for forgiveness. Just do the right thing in the first place and you don't have to worry about it. Every child of a pastor I've ever met, has smoked weed and drank but portrayed the innocent image. I've never tried to hide my sins like these kind of people. I've always been honest and upfront about everything, hence the unfiltered blog.
My best friend had a girlfriend that didn't like him hanging out with me because I was a bad influence. Sorry if drinking in college is that bad of an offense. Yet this same girl used to party in high school, had sex out of wedlock, and had 2 kids out of wedlock. I'm sorry that you felt the need to judge me, but don't cast stones when you live in a glass house. I never claimed to be perfect, but I never portrayed that image either. Guess who rarely drinks now and who's stuck with 2 kids living in your parents basement. If what I did was bad and what you did is good, I don't want good. Keep your religion, I'll keep my decency.
Since I have bad ADD and can't organize a complete thought, I'm going to totally switch gears now. How many people have been killed over religious reasons or religious wars. Don't you think its time to just be human and not try to be a god.
