If you know me you may also be aware that I like to criticize organized religion. It is a past time of sorts. Some days it angers me but most days the irony and hypocrisy is quite comical. The problem though is the influence of organized religion is so pervasive and deeply ingrained that although our common sense might send us away from it our FEAR keeps us desperately clinging to the structure of it even if we do so secretly and silently. In this way I find it akin to Nazi Germany. That's just my preface for the words I am about to write which will almost assuredly seal my place setting in hell if hell does in fact exist.
Yesterday as I was driving towards home around noon on a Friday there seemed to be a slight traffic delay. This struck me as very unusual for the location and time of day. I figured there must have been an accident. As I inched along I saw a row of about 50 or so people walking on the road. I thought "totally cool" as I assumed I had stumbled past some sort of political protest. As I got closer I saw a man in the front pounding on a small drum and then a group of folks behind him carrying something. Yep. A cross. Seriously? My posture changed immediately from cynical curiosity to irritation. I rolled down my window and screamed, "Get on the f***ing sidewalk!" Not really, but I did want to.
Then I started thinking what if any other religion besides the country sponsored Christianity tried this? What if the satan worshippers carried along a sacrificial dead goat? Or if the Buddhists walked along in their loin cloths? Maybe people wouldn't stop them but they would be directed to the damn sidewalk in the least. I can't really express my feelings on this...I just think the ostentatious display of devoutness might actually be more devout if it was done in a way that wasn't screaming "Look at me! I am Christian/Catholic (or whatever they probably did have matching tees) I am going to heaven!! That's why I am allowed to stop traffic and run on the road." Ok, I'm not even being funny anymore. This is just irritating...I'm all for freedom of religion but also freedom from religion.... get off the road.
2 comments:
first it was the lady with her own shopping bags, now the Christians - you really don't like to be kept waiting do you?
No, I really don't. But I especially don't like to experience waits that involve causes I couldn't care less about. That's the trigger. Give me a group of feminists marching on that road and I'll gleefully honk though others might be aiming their cars at them. I thrive on drama and controversy. You must know that by now.
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