Sunday, April 01, 2007

Every...Freaking...Time

I was reading this comic today, and I tell you..no I ASK you to reread the last frame, and replace it with "bible".

I won't lie, I seriously thought it was just your basic conversation that an Atheist has with a Christian. Let's think about that for a second. Could it be that I along with others have bought the idea that everyone and their mother is a Christian? You betcha. It's something I seriously thought for the longest time. I didn't meet my first Jewish person until I was in 4th grade, and even then I think I scared her because I was like "wow, that is so cool!". I didn't meet a Muslim until I was in college, and I had to go to LSU for that one. First Hindi? LSU. First Atheist? Somewhere in High School but I was too busy witnessing to them to really listen to their thoughts and ideas. Why? Because I wasn't really taught how to deal with anyone who thought differently than me, unless you count the "witness to them until they repent" part.
Note: To anyone who knew me in high school, I am so sorry!
Anyway, back to what I am trying to say. What am I trying to say? I am trying to say that in a way, my upbringing sheltered me to the point where I couldn't function with different people. There are moments where I fall into "faulty Christian thinking" and have to shake myself silly going "okay, this is NOT a theocracy..try the f$%k again".

And that's all I am going to say about that.

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