deadanddying

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

God, have Mercy. Give me Grace.

what is god's(the christian version) stand on sex? why do catholic priests take the oath of celibacy? was the celebate life of jesus supposed to be a model to be emulated?(mary magdelene theory not withstanding)i think, yes. god seems certainly like a spoil-sport iron-pants kinda guy who would say stuff like sex is evil.totally. heres why.
forget faith-related inhibitions and look at the bible as literature for a second.i know its not easy for the painfully religious, but im not trying to be blasphemic here, think of it as a reading exercise in english class. ok now i gave my dad the same condition and asked him what he finds most difficult to digest in the bible-not hard to believe, but repulsive to ur moral or intellectual senses. my father went down cliche road and admitted wt a great deal of reluctance that transifuguration was a bit hard to take. i can see wht hes saying but thats not really reading exercise material, ur talking about what the holy communion stands for and i dont wish to venture down that unholy road. not right now.
but i will tell u what i find most insulting to my morality-the immaculate conception.i think and i think and i break my head thinking and im stumped. why? why does mother mary have an immaculate conception? if jesus was supposed to be the son of man, then why, why was jesus not concieved like other normal men? u realize its not just a divine prerogative thats working here, god didnt think, shit i'll spare poor mary some labour pain, coz im assuming that still happened. immaculate or not, it has to hurt pushing babies out of ur body.so god let a poor woman go thru wt cld possibly be the most harrowing physical torture known to man( in a fucking manger, surrounded by barn animals and a bunch of shepherds,no less) but he didnt let her concieve like normal people. oh no. not only did mother mary remain virgin mary, (yeah yeah, jesus had brothers, whatever, the bible doesnt say so does it?)she was also accussed or near-suspected of being a loose woman by mr.joseph himself on first hearing about the friggin baby his platonic reltnshp wt his wife-to-be had yielded. so good old god, creator and protector of mankind, and resident mr.do-good actually let a woman suffer the worst kind of ignominy,and placed a question mark on her integrity just so lil baby jesus could come out screaming in holy glee, genes divined to perfection. (we're talking jewish village of 2000 odd years ago, gossip spreads like AIDS in africa)a son of man too good for human d.n.a??apparently. that would just be too risky wouldnt it, what wt baldness and diabetes n all handed down over generatns.
what exactly is god trying to say here? why such a heavy price on a good woman's name, just so the son of man could be born without man really getting down to the job at hand? there can only be one answer. god hates sex. god probably thought sex was dirty n menial, probably the kind of guy who sits down n pees so he doesnt have to touch the dirty lil thing. well bugger u too.
the whole idea is repugnant if u ask me. ur possibly taking away the most beautiful moment of our lives, putting immaculate babies in our women's bellies. if god wants to see humans being humans, peek into our bedrooms. seriosuly, are we evr more human? that, right there, 2 (or 3 if ur lucky, more if ur vijay mallya)people in absolute complete rapture, that is what being human is all about. its the one thing that binds all humanity together- linguistic, racial, professional, differences dont mean anything in ur bedroom- evrybody talks this language, and we quite enjoy it, thank you. if being a nice person means wearing celebacy-robes and talking pseudo-spiritual bullshit, then i dont think any of us will be needing that tag. we dont have cloudy cushioned comfort, and naked angels waiting on us hand and foot, putting grapes in our mouths. we work our ass off just gettinmg thru the day, we bleed and sweat and piss and cry and do a whole bunch of things that may not seem extremely godly in la-la-land, but this is home. we are home, and we are being ourselves, and we are good people trying to make the best of evrythng thats been given to us. all of us, evrybody, from nuclear scientists to osama bin laden, we're all good people because we sweat. we live by the sweat of our brow, we hav to work to make things work, we hav to slog to put food on the table, we cant just magically change water into wine, or convert 5 fish fries into a thoussand. thats because we're human, a condition god may not be familiar wt, judging by his son-of-man prototype. but we are, and we have our faults and we have our differences, but in the end we're not all that different. because after a hard day, we all want to come back home to the arms of people we love, we all need a kind word and a hug, we need our safe places where nothing can affect us, not poverty, not hunger, not death. and if thats too un-holy for god, so be it. what is he going to do? send another earthquake our way? oh wait thats already been done. plague? done. tempest? done. war, death, misery, epidemics?? check, check, check,check. guess what, its all been done. we've been harassed and molested and ill-treated all our lives, weve lost brothers and sisters and friends to this crap, and im sick of it. who needs eternal salavtion anway? id rather have the love of a good woman any day. happy fucking valentines day.

11 Comments:

At 10:17 AM, Blogger Mannequin said...

Quite predictably.. I dont agree with any of that..

 
At 7:44 PM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

which part? and why..? if u dont hav a reason u dont have anything..

 
At 7:49 PM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

you a homophobe mannequin? hehe..bet crap is gonna crawl under his skin after reading this one..

 
At 10:37 AM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

lol..yeah well theres nothin else to do n theres nothin left to lose..its a no-win situation..so blog away i will..

 
At 10:04 AM, Blogger Mannequin said...

i do have many reasons actly.. like stuff im not even able to explain to myself let alone u.. so.. yea.. but to any believer it makes zero sense.. and im starting to sound like an evangelist so ill stop

 
At 8:11 PM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

blind faith is the saddest thing..its only what the church wants u to have btw..god seems like he would like a few questions..i doubt any of my rantings wld be considered blasphemous by god if there is one..but it must piss off a lot of self-appointed protectors of faith..

 
At 6:13 AM, Blogger SDR said...

first of all a very honest blog post on religion. one of the best i have read! second what makes you think you will not be eligible for eternal salvation? (the rantings not withstanding!) because i personally belive that god has bigger things in life to look after (namely rapists, child molesters,Bush and the like) so questioning the beliefs that are being fed to us im sure is not an unholy act.

questions are good. they make you think. others think. and inevitaby are not answered...

 
At 6:45 AM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

wow..scary how alike we think baliga..lol..wow..

 
At 7:14 AM, Blogger SDR said...

happens! ;)

 
At 4:13 AM, Blogger Mannequin said...

i'm hardly a self-appoined protector of faith.. i never stop questioning even though i never get the answers.. everything single thing which happens does not need to have a scientific/logical explanation.. some things r just meant to be left un-explained.. and i think faith is one of those.. its not upto us to decipher and dissect it.. n come up with all kinds of radical explanations.. when ur brought up to believe in one kind of faith.. its totally ok to question it.. but its stupid to form ur own conclusions when u have little to hardly any knowledge about the theoligical aspects of it.. and the only reason u question it.. is coz of lack of faith. Once a person has complete faith he will not need to find the answers..

 
At 9:58 PM, Blogger ninetieschild said...

mannequin: what exactly is faith? is faith a blind belief in something? if thats true then shiv sena and osama bin laden are true faithfuls arent they? coz contrary to american opinion, i think they believ that what theyre doing is the right way to uphold their faith..if on the other hand , faith does not have such irrational trappings to it, then theres alwyz room for questions and thought and interpretation..just like u love ur parents but sometimes u ask them what the hell they think theyre doing..

 

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