A few weeks or months ago I let out a nice rant about the Catholic Church and my views. They were MY views and not the views of this website. I am not going to relive the post or link to it, but if you are at all curious just search my name and the word Catholic. I am at odds with religion right now in my life and continue to be when I see things that directly conflict with the message of tolerance, acceptance and love I was taught at St. Mary Magdalen.
I was at the school when one of the shitbags was there. One of the disgusting pedophiles that was ALLOWED to molest several of the students there. Thank god I wasn’t an Alter Boy. I had a paper route that required me to wake up at 4:30 am everyday so I wasn’t able to get to the 5:30 mass like my friend Bobby did. Literally, thank God I had that route. As we all know I was delaware’s first hottest blogger and I highly doubt the hundreds if not thousands of pedophile priests in the Catholic Church would have passed me over.
I am so confused by what I see out there in the world and the Christian leaders that speak for their tens of millions of followers. I remember being taught the story about the people walking by the bum in the road several times and then finally a good samaritan taking care of the helpless dirtbag. To me it symbolized the Catholic Church and Christianity in general. The Church, I thought knew the difference between right and wrong. They sure acted like they did that’s for sure.
I remember having to sit through the incredible Stations of the Cross. The dramatic tale of how Jesus Christ was persecuted and tortured. That he died and suffered through hours/days of TORTURE for us, so we could go to heaven. I remember being at church and having to freaking kneel for hours on those stupid pews and being told it was the least we could do. We were lucky to have padded kneelers we were told. Jesus died for us we could kneel for a few hours if we wanted to go to heaven too. Eventually, this stupid practice was eliminated after several years of kids passing out from lack of blood to thier legs. Poor bastards, they weren’t going to heaven I guess.
I have grown up now, become bitter and realized it was propaganda. It was total horseshit. I was being fed a line of bullshit so thick I can’t believe my parents even believe it and to be honest, I used to think both of my parents were pretty smart until I started to see some of the basic falsehoods taught in all religion that they still contort their brains into amazing objects that refuse to believe reality.
My go to story is asking people if they can imagine being taught about Dinosaurs and then 20 minutes later learning about Noah and the Ark by a Nun? I remember making fun of the dinosaurs eating all the animals on the boat in 4th grade in Ms. Williams class. I mean really?
The first real thorn in my side came when my mother wanted to get remarried but couldn’t because she had been divorced. Well, hey did you know the Catholic church has this great little Mulligan trick up their sleaves when it comes to getting married a 2nd time if you are divorced? Oh, you didn’t? Well, listen closely, all you have to do is pay the church a few hundred bucks for them to absolve the marriage and the church doesn’t remember you ever being married before. They don’t recognize the marriage at all. As a matter of fact it didn’t exist.
Talk about confused when you are one of 4 kids though. Uh, Mom? If the church said your marriage didn’t really happen…then what about us? Ehhh, no biggee for $500 bucks we can make you reappear somehow I’m sure my little donsqyuishie.
I remember how special I thought Marriage was supposed to be. How you are supposed to stay married till death to you part. Meeting your true love and sticking it out thick and thin. How awesome. How cute. How really really neato that must be. I hoped that when I grew up i would get to marry some wonderful woman and things would just be like it was with my Mom mom and Pop pop. They were so perfect. Pop pop would sleep on the couch all day while Mom mom would wake up at 4:30 to iron her bra’s and the bath towels oh and the sheets oh and the pillow cases oh and the socks oh and the dish towels too. She would then scrub the floor on her hands and knees oh and then she would make breakfast! So awesome that marriage thing.
The best part of about their marriage you ask? Oh, it was arranged by the Catholic Church. Pop pop was coming over from Italy after the first war. Mom mom was turning 16 and it was time for her to leave the orphanage.
Ahhhhhh marriage so precious. Meant for a man and a woman that fell in love. Like all those animals that marched 2 and 2 into the ark. Male and Female. In love, forever and ever Amen. You know? The way god intended it. (Insert Dinosaur to eat the entire fucking arks inhabitants)
I could go on but I don’t want to offend anyone more than I already have…Marriage is precious and if I destroyed any of the preconceptions you have had I am sorry. I don’t mean to poke a hole in the bubble you live in. Marriage is precious. The Catholic Church and all churches are not evil. Wait, except for muslims, those bastards are cold blooded killers! (Can I have my crusades with a side of Collesium Lion fighting please)
So, let’s move on to the reason for this post. Proposition No 8 in California is having one hell of a time getting a majority to support it in California. Apparently the End of Days is near if “the Gays” get to marry.
It amazes me the lengths that religion will go to keep people from wanting to marry. Mind boggling. But what makes what is going in California more angering is what the Church of Latter Day Saints is doing to keep gays and lesbians from marrying. The amount of money the Mormon’s are pouring to defeat gay marriage is staggering. They are sending millions, actually 20 millions into crushing a law that allows gays and lesbians to marry.
Could you imagine what that $20,000,000 could go to instead of that? If you were a member of that church wouldn’t you be upset? Didn’t this church have some cutesy-wutsey commercial showing people picking up a wallet and handing it back to it’s rightful owner? Don’t they have a series of commercials that show an individual making the “right” choice when placed upon a situation that questions them morally?
So here we go, yet again. The Sanctity of marriage is so fucking special right? Only for a man and a woman right? I don’t get it. I just don’t get it. You don’t want gay people to marry then you know what here is an idea….Don’t let them marry in your church. End of it. Can you imagine the good that 20,000,000 could do in say California? Do you know how many children that could feed?
The sanctity of marriage…what a crock of shit.