Almighty then…
I talked to Matt last night about his non-denomination church. 2,000 people go every week, there are no limits to how many times you can go and there is no set routine throughout the service. They follow the message of the bible strictly, but try and apply it to modern life, such as one man who made a rap song about Jesus. I’ve been thinking about faith and religion for the last 6 months, figuring out what it means to me, I haven’t been to church for about 8 years…I was so fed up and un-inspired with it, going every Sunday became a chore, something a religion should not be reduced to. But lately I’ve been feeling as though religion is about to enter my life again. This church that Matt talks about appeals to me, I must admit…I know of a few people who attend and they all seem to be well mannered and decent folk, they seem to have a fulfilment or a happiness about them, maybe its just coincidence or I’m only seeing a front, either way it strikes a chord with me. God to me for the last few years has been someone I pray to for good fortunes, someone I blame when something goes wrong and someone to look over me, my family and friends. I still pray every night and there is one story in the bible that fascinates me. When Jesus died on the cross and then came back to life, he ascended to heaven and blessed all the disciples with the holy spirit, this holy spirit gave these people the confidence in themselves to express there beliefs. Wouldn’t we all want the holy spirit? To have no fear of any situation, to truly strive for what we want in life? Matt says this is one of the things they address, they try to breed this holy spirit into members.
But I dunno, my view on Catholicism has been scarred by such things as “We do not agree with gays” this is a ridiculous viewpoint in my opinion and I cannot support it. There are many other things that disturb me about Catholicism, such as the famous collection plate, every Sunday I went to church this was made out to be the main part of the mass, with the priest frothing at the mouth when seeing all those £10.00 notes thrown in. Then there is all those choir boys that are molested by the priests, I’ll say no more about that.
All these factors nearly spoil the religion, if I could have a conversation with God, I’d ask him about all these problems, and I know the God I believe in would not agree with any of them and that’s what essentially keeps my torch for my faith burning, because I believe God is a good guy and that he does try to bring balance in the world. I’ll try not to get too romantic about it, as there is no physical presence of the big man and it us who make the decision to get out of bed every morning. But I’ll always look up to the sky when I’m feeling down and pray for better days, and I’ll always be thanking him under my breath when something good happens, I’d like to think of God as not the Almighty, but more like a big brother and a friend.
So I went out last night, had a few drinks and had a few laughs. Work this morning was OK, I was sat next to Sally so as usually we had a laugh/awkwardness…and Danny Williams beat Mike Tyson, although Danny is a Brit, Mike Tyson is still my boxer.
And Leeds beat Hibs 3-1, bring on Derby next week!
But I dunno, my view on Catholicism has been scarred by such things as “We do not agree with gays” this is a ridiculous viewpoint in my opinion and I cannot support it. There are many other things that disturb me about Catholicism, such as the famous collection plate, every Sunday I went to church this was made out to be the main part of the mass, with the priest frothing at the mouth when seeing all those £10.00 notes thrown in. Then there is all those choir boys that are molested by the priests, I’ll say no more about that.
All these factors nearly spoil the religion, if I could have a conversation with God, I’d ask him about all these problems, and I know the God I believe in would not agree with any of them and that’s what essentially keeps my torch for my faith burning, because I believe God is a good guy and that he does try to bring balance in the world. I’ll try not to get too romantic about it, as there is no physical presence of the big man and it us who make the decision to get out of bed every morning. But I’ll always look up to the sky when I’m feeling down and pray for better days, and I’ll always be thanking him under my breath when something good happens, I’d like to think of God as not the Almighty, but more like a big brother and a friend.
So I went out last night, had a few drinks and had a few laughs. Work this morning was OK, I was sat next to Sally so as usually we had a laugh/awkwardness…and Danny Williams beat Mike Tyson, although Danny is a Brit, Mike Tyson is still my boxer.
And Leeds beat Hibs 3-1, bring on Derby next week!
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