The Prodigal Son
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With tomorrow (today) being Easter, I like to sit back and think about all the hypocrisy that I'll deal with tomorrow. You see, I am going to church with the family. My father is a protestant minister, and my mother is Irish Catholic. From the age of 11 until 23, I was an atheist. Nothing to do with my parents, because they are good people, not to mention incredibly liberal (my father HATES the religious right, and my mother is pro-choice).
But back to my point. I had a 'experience' when I was 23 that changed my perception of life. I came to believe in god (notice the lack of capitalization), but here's where it starts and ends: There is a god, and I'm not it. Anything beyond that is someone else's ideas. And I'm not really into other people's ideas. So no Christianity for me, thankyouverymuch. And tomorrow's zombie celebration (religion or not, rise from the dead = zombie. That's how it works) will be filled with a bunch of people who assume, by my attendance alone, that I agree with them. And I don't.
I deal with this at work, and in my life, more than I'd like to admit. How often have you just stood aside and allowed a policy or a decision to be made, without even voicing a single thing about it? It's one thing to have a discussion with co-workers or friends and be out-voted, or if nothing else the disagreement mentioned. But to say nothing? Does that mean you agree?
Think about that before communion.
But back to my point. I had a 'experience' when I was 23 that changed my perception of life. I came to believe in god (notice the lack of capitalization), but here's where it starts and ends: There is a god, and I'm not it. Anything beyond that is someone else's ideas. And I'm not really into other people's ideas. So no Christianity for me, thankyouverymuch. And tomorrow's zombie celebration (religion or not, rise from the dead = zombie. That's how it works) will be filled with a bunch of people who assume, by my attendance alone, that I agree with them. And I don't.
I deal with this at work, and in my life, more than I'd like to admit. How often have you just stood aside and allowed a policy or a decision to be made, without even voicing a single thing about it? It's one thing to have a discussion with co-workers or friends and be out-voted, or if nothing else the disagreement mentioned. But to say nothing? Does that mean you agree?
Think about that before communion.
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