The Self Made Man

Message to all you "self made" men (and women) out there.  If you had been born a black male in inner city Watts, you would most likely be dead or in jail right now.  If you were an orphan in Afghanistan you would be begging in the streets and sleeping under a bridge.  If you were a female you would be a prostitute.  Get over yourself.  Try to have a little gratitude for all the help you've had along the way and a little compassion for your fellow human beings.  When was the last time you wondered where your next meal would come from and where you might lay down to sleep without being fucked with by someone.  God, I'm sick of listening to people bitch about their taxes.  Do you think a willingness to work hard entitles you to the lifestyle you've enjoyed?

Modern Day Pharisees

Ever notice that many of the people who describe themselves as Christians, specifically Evangelical Christians, bear a much closer resemblance to the pharisees of the New Testament than to Christ or his followers?  I think if you took all the teachings of Christ, which were mostly presented in the form of metaphor, interpreted them figuratively to the best of your understanding, applied them to your life, then eliminated all the doctrine and dogma that has developed over the past two thousand years, you would have a pretty good religion.

What's to be done when your world view more closely resembles that of people who describe themselves as Agnostics or Secular Humanists?  And what is an Agnostic anyway, but a person who simply says "I don't know what the truth is, but I'm open to various possibilities"?  That just sounds like someone being honest with themselves.  I can find no fault with that, and any God I choose believe in wouldn't either. 

Happy Easter

Do you think God gives any credit for bi-annual token gestures to religious traditions that play essentially no role in our daily lives? I don't either.