Ahh, confession. It's been years for me. My thing is, what have I got to confess, if I've had fun? "Yes, Father, I did this and this and this and this, but it was AWESOME." It kind of ruins the purpose of it, I think. I'm no hardcore Catholic, either. We had this discussion (somewhat) with Merry this weekend and I think God is whatever you want him/her/it to be. Religion should be something personal, you know?
When are you moving out, do you know? And where to? I think it'll be good for you. If you need help moving stuff, lemme know...we can load my car up or somethin.'
there is truth out there, claudia darling, and it is not in the form of your whimsical imagination. God cannot be whatever you want him to be. However, religion is personal, and independant of Truth, because it can only be supported with theories and conjectures.
You raise a very good point, my dear. I don't agree that God can't be whatever I want him to be, but that's what makes us human, no? The only thing I can say is that nothing can ever be proved to anyone if they don't wish to believe it, which is why truth is also a personal thing. My truth isn't necessarily yours, but that doesn't make either any better or worse.
Truth is Truth. if i shoot a man in an alley and he dies, i killed him. that is the Truth. if i believe that i was in the right, that is subject to debate, and can't be Truth. there is no possible debate about Truth. Truth cannot be judged. Truth is.
I can picture me all excited in the confessional booth thing telling the priest all about my adventures. "Ya man, we went to this party and got so friggin wasted, oh father you should have been there! Oh good times good times! So um yeah five Hail Marys and a Halleluyah? Sounds like a plan."
I probly wont move out till next month, probly to Wenatchee, Id like to find a roomate, we'll see how things work out. Im in no real rush though.
God has a blast toying with me already, Im serious, he'll be like come here happy Nora, yeah thats right, you just keep smiling, yah... now you see that path take it it's a happy path, with ponies and rainbows, go ahead Nora, then as soon a start of on it he flips things on me turns my world upside down and am thrown in every direction, then he gets bored and forgets to fix me. Story of my life I tell you, I dont even question him anymore.
As I like to say, not all is glitter and fairies and happy bunnies prancing in sunny meadows, or ponies, my friend. What does that have to do with anything? Nothing.
I've found that I really do always get what I want, just in really different forms than I expected (perhaps I should be really specific when I ask God for things?)
"You want excitement and declarations of love? Okay, here you go." But it's never this neat little scenario like I pictured.
To sum it all up,
"We have learned that love is never civilized."--Sherman Alexie
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When are you moving out, do you know? And where to? I think it'll be good for you. If you need help moving stuff, lemme know...we can load my car up or somethin.'
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And my whimsical imagination?
What can I say. I'm a dreamer.
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I probly wont move out till next month, probly to Wenatchee, Id like to find a roomate, we'll see how things work out. Im in no real rush though.
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Watch, I'm going to get bad karma from God just for laughing at that. He likes to have fun at my expense.
...wait. You do, too...
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I've found that I really do always get what I want, just in really different forms than I expected (perhaps I should be really specific when I ask God for things?)
"You want excitement and declarations of love? Okay, here you go." But it's never this neat little scenario like I pictured.
To sum it all up,
"We have learned that love is never civilized."--Sherman Alexie
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