04 October 2010

Where's my sign post??

Outside all the Churches across here in Canada they have this aggravating (well it's aggravating to me anyway) habit of displaying what is supposed to be a soul inspiring/faith affirming message like "prayer is the oil to the grind of life" or "whilst there are exams there will always be prayer in school" or something equally trite and smug. Anyways, todays latest update on the church sign opposite the hospital is "Coincidence is when god chooses to remain anonymous".

Look idiots. That doesn't even make any sense. So what about when two people discover their younger brothers died on the same day or at the same age. That's a coincidence right? I'm getting sick and tired of driving past this building everyday wondering what their latest publicity stunt is going to be and having to just tolerate whatever garbage they decide to preach in a public space like it's unquestionable fact. Surely those statements are to stroke the ego's of the people already entering the building. Please tell me they don't think these are inspirational statements that will win the mind and the common man causing them to make a detour into the church to see what other teaching they are missing in their otherwise soul-less lives? Where do I get to post my response? Where do I get to ask about their research or references for whatever offensive statement of 'fact' they have posted that day? I'm really not a supporter of evangelical atheism but seriously where is my sign post. I'd never even need to change my response too often, just something along the lines of "no, no, no, no, no fucking no".

I try hard not to be a judgmental person. I strive to be open, honest and broad minded.  I'm friendly and sociable. I make jokes and laugh on a regular basis. I love life and love to share it with people. I appreciate my above rant sounds very bitter and you know what - it is! I'm bitter that I lost so much of my teenage years to this story books and it's blind followers. I wholly encourage free thought and skeptical inquiry into anything and after applying this logic to Christianity I now choose to reject religion in it's entirety. I am tired of their intolerance of one another before I even begin talking about the way they treat people who decide to tread the path of life without 'faith' in deities. As far as I am concerned there is no external higher power and that faith that people point so confidently towards to skies should be located wholly within themselves. I'm tired of the churches bull-shit propaganda. It's getting more desperate as they fear as much as I hope that in the not too distant future, their days are numbered. 

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