dealing with the "born again"s. you know them, the ones that suddenly have had the light of god touch them in some manner and now are seeing things through new eyes? they're everywhere, apparently.
when i went to church 4yrs ago, i was never touched by the holy spirit. i think the blessing water often boiled as i put my fingers in it to cross myself. in all that time i attended mass, i never felt anything, other than sadness which would have me crying for part of the mass and trying furtively to hide my tears. i dont think that was the spirit of god. i think it was fucking guilt, my eternal shadow.
my recently reacquainted friend has been touched by the spirit. i have no idea how to talk to her through phrases such as "i am trying to learn as much as i can so when questions come up i will have the proper answers, so many people are turned off of religion and that is from hearing information from someone who maybe wasn't a true Christian, and then people make their opinions from what they heard instead of researching it themselves." how the fuck do you reply to things like that?
and how on earth could i possibly have anything to talk about with this person anymore if it's all bornagainbornagainbornagain bullshit?
religious people have always made me nervous. maybe i've mentioned that before. i'm always afraid i'm going to offend them by being ME. you know, letting out the odd FUCK or DAMN while talking to them. there are some who are believers who say those swears so i feel ok, but there are a lot of them who dont and who make me very uncomfortable as a result. i also believe that the more religious someone is, the less open minded they are. i've never seen it the opposite way.
my reaction? arms length, baby....
Thursday, November 05, 2009
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dealing with the "born again"s. you know them, the ones that suddenly have had the light of god touch them in some manner and now are seeing things through new eyes? they're everywhere, apparently.
when i went to church 4yrs ago, i was never touched by the holy spirit. i think the blessing water often boiled as i put my fingers in it to cross myself. in all that time i attended mass, i never felt anything, other than sadness which would have me crying for part of the mass and trying furtively to hide my tears. i dont think that was the spirit of god. i think it was fucking guilt, my eternal shadow.
my recently reacquainted friend has been touched by the spirit. i have no idea how to talk to her through phrases such as "i am trying to learn as much as i can so when questions come up i will have the proper answers, so many people are turned off of religion and that is from hearing information from someone who maybe wasn't a true Christian, and then people make their opinions from what they heard instead of researching it themselves." how the fuck do you reply to things like that?
and how on earth could i possibly have anything to talk about with this person anymore if it's all bornagainbornagainbornagain bullshit?
religious people have always made me nervous. maybe i've mentioned that before. i'm always afraid i'm going to offend them by being ME. you know, letting out the odd FUCK or DAMN while talking to them. there are some who are believers who say those swears so i feel ok, but there are a lot of them who dont and who make me very uncomfortable as a result. i also believe that the more religious someone is, the less open minded they are. i've never seen it the opposite way.
my reaction? arms length, baby....
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