I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I'm kinda blown away, but I was recently taken aback by the revelation that people really believe stuff in the bible.
All my life, I just kinda thought that religious people or people that think they're religious were always like "heh cool", and were just hanging out for the community aspect. Like a "wink, nod" kinda thing among friends. Disclaimer, I spent first through third grade in catholic school.
But it hit me recently, "holy shit, people really believe this". Like, I think there are people that genuinely believe an omnipresent ghost-like super-being created the Earth six thousand years ago and that dudes were fighting dinosaurs. I always just likened it to being similar to how children like cartoons. Can't knock it too hard though cause it was pretty sweet in high school when my friend and I hitched a ride with a church group to go see MxPx in scuzzy bar in Milwaukee. Punk rock, man.
It's not like those of us that don't believe that stuff don't actually see any value in religion. The community aspect is definitely there. There's some pretty reasonable but often ignored morals that humanity needs. It's convenient to explain away things that are hard to understand; I guess that's a way to live or whatever.
Even modern religions like diversity & trans fetishism and then like the whole anti-vaxxing/anti-masking doctrines are really similar. It's just a community of people that actively choose to believe things that simply aren't real.
But yeah, again, I can see the appeal or comfort in following these kinds of myths.
1 comment:
heck yeah, man, it's probably been 10 years, no foolin', since I've come to your page and stumbled across this post.
I used to think the Bible wasn't real, God wasn't real etc. For what it's worth, I just ask you to ask God who His Son is. Yep, just like that. You can even say, "God, I don't believe in you, but this guy came onto my blog and asked me to just try it." Honestly, Jesus, the Son of God died for your sins.
That's it. Oh! Yes, I believe fully in the Bible.
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