It was not until Year 10 when I started questioning the notion of religion as I learned more and more about the Catholic Church. I saw Catholicism in a darker light, stories of molestation surfaced- the so-called "men of God" were molesting children and the church was hiding their secrets. The Catholic Church refuses to acknowledge same-sex marriages, but its perfectly acceptable for a grown man to molest an innocent child because he has urges that he has been repressing since he joined the church? The Catholic Church abides by the teachings of the bible where it is considered a sin to go to the toilet and God floods the world on his own accord killing everyone except two of each animal and a man named Noah. The Catholic Church does not recognize love between a Catholic and an Orthodox follower but if you pay a little extra they will marry you anyway. The Catholic Church sees fit to take a huge percentage out of your children's school fees because your priest needs a brand new Mercedes while your children have to share a computer to work at school.
I am truly disgusted to call myself a Catholic, I refuse to partake in communion during masses and in every religious conversation I attempt to put as much distance from myself and the Church as possible. Religion is toxic, it breeds hate and ignorance where it should encourage love and faith. It is a form of brainwashing and programs us to believe that we will by judged by a merciless God when we die...if we go to mass regularly and donate money to the church we will ascend into the gates of heaven but if not you will burn in hell for eternity. It was said somewhere that God or Jesus did not require us to build temples in order to pray and ask for guidance, anywhere you were would suffice. So why do we need a Catholic Church? Why must we 'employ' priests to guide us when they have no greater wisdom than anyone else? Why should we invest our hard earned money into a 'business' that is clearly corrupt?
There is a reason why Atheism is on the rise, God is getting a bad reputation by its representative-the Church. I for one will not be fooled anymore by this institutions contradictory beliefs and money-hungry attitude. I still believe in God as it offers comfort in my everyday life but I will 'worship' him in my own way and will not be bombarded by a Churches fake propaganda.
I must agree with you that religion and especially "religious" institutions are corrupt beyond the warped reality of EVEN politics (sidenote: anyone else noticed how fucken retarded Australian politics is?). These religions are nothing more than blackmailing (repent or burn), fear mongering (judgement day), power tripping (Vatican) scam artists. Rule no. 1: Confuse your victim with lies until they feel utterly lost, and then show them the “truth”. As for any half intelligent, common sense-possessing people out there, you’ll have by now realised how completely flawed the concept of a divine being is (no matter by which name you choose to call him\her [let’s not be sexist]). Just because you can’t prove something doesn’t exist DOES NOT MEAN IT EXISTS. By that logic, the spaghetti monster, the Jedi order, Santa Claus & a fucken rainbow-shitting-unicorn, MUST BE REAL. Seriously you can’t prove they don’t exist (think about it). Also, anyone else find it convenient that “god” can be attributed to all that is good but not anything that is remotely bad? That’s about as mature as a five-year old saying “it wasn’t me”. That’s most definitely worse than not claiming responsibility for say, I don’t know… a bastard child. Don’t even get me started on the entire concept of ‘good & evil’, which by the fucken way DOES NOT EXIST. It is a completely arbitrary concept, invented fear-mongering, power-tripping, alter-boy-raping dicks that also brought you religion (coincidence? I think NOT).
ReplyDeleteThe reality is simple and harsh; it is not whether something or someone is good or evil, it only comes down to who benefits, and who gets the short-end of the stick. Somebody always wins, and somebody always loses, that’s a fact. That is nature, survival of the strongest. So to anyone who still believes or finds comfort in ANY religion, you need to harden-the-fuck-up and face reality. Don’t delude yourself with such naïve notions and accept that nothing in life is even remotely fair, or even just (deal with it; you’ll be better off for it). Another fact; you don’t need to be religious to be a “good” person. In fact, religious people are the WORST people. They only do kind deeds after being blackmailed with hell and the selfish promise of salvation. Truly “good” people do such kind deeds because that’s who they are and not out of fear or promise of reward.
The moral of the story kids, is simple; be true to yourself. If you don’t feel sorry for the impoverish, then DON’T. Do not buy into the guilt-trip that is charity. You may think yourself less than compassionate but, that is the truth of this generation. We’re all self-indulgent, narcissistic and clearly deluded (ok some A LOT more than others, but I digress). Believe in what you think is “right” and “just”, not what some old-fool tells you. Make your own dam decisions, and take full-responsibility for them. Think your beliefs through, criticise and be sceptical of what ANYONE (even me) tells you. DO NOT BE A SHEEP. Ok unless you live in New Zealand in which case, CHECK PLEASE!
Also P.S. Sorry for piggy-backing my rant on your blog, couldn't resist. Ok well I am extremely drunk atm, so.... yeah. Kthnxbye.............