Crazed Ramblings from my Mind:

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I'm kind of cheating tonite. I actually wrote most of this page two weeks ago and forgot about it. I just found it today and since Matt and I have to get up early to leave for our honeymoon I thought I'd go ahead and use it. Enjoy!

This is the third of my personal experience with church stories. It is very similar to the second, in that the preacher (who, as a person, I think very highly of) said something, everybody laughed and I wondered for a moment if I had stepped on an alien planet. This happened just last year, too. I'm sitting there, my entire family was with me, of course, since I would never go to church by myself. This was back before I moved to IL. The preacher starts talking about the ancients and their gods, specifically ancient Egyptians. In a nutshell they believed that in the beginning of time nothing yet existed, then the Nile River appeared along with the god Atum, who then created two other gods, Shu and Tefnut. To be honest I was sitting there completely amazed that he was actually explaining other beliefs when he bursted out laughing "Ha ha ha! Can you imagine that being true?" (not an exact quote, but close enough) And, once again, everyone except me started laughing their heads off. I had to bite my tongue hard to keep from jumping up and shouting, "Okay, so we're supposed to believe that our God not only invented the entire universe, but also himself out of nothingness? How is that any different?" I didn't bother though. I'm sure it wouldn't have done any good because most people find new ideas offensive. Besides, most people who believe in organized religon don't see the irony in themselves. I'm waiting for the day when slowly, person by person, we all realize that religion has done far more to harm than help and we stop with the ridiculous farce.

You know, this is an interesting site that compares the creation stories of a few varied religions. It's amazing how much all of these stories have in common, isn't it? Want to read more? Find the book You Are Being Lied To and read the religious section. I have the book, and I'll do a review on it sometime later, but for now, it's thought-provoking and interesting--just to let ya know.

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