Sunday Sermon.

I think the common thing that differentiates believers from skeptics is this notion that accepting something by turning off your intelligence and choosing to believe in something despite a complete lack of evidence or logic is somehow a virtue.
Believers have been conditioned by the churches and religious authorities to accept that “faith over intelligence” is actually a good thing.
I disagree. Believing in something for no good reason is not only foolish, I think it would be contrary to the will of any creator, if one happened to exist. To believe that a god created us with an intellect, an ability to reason, a curiosity to discover and learn the truth, and then to accept that he wants us to put all that aside and accept a lot of bat-shit crazy stuff purely on “faith” just wouldn’t make sense, not with free will .
 Hate to tell you, you don’t have a “personal relationship” with Jesus any more than Osama Bin Laden had a “personal relationship” with Allah, or Caesar had a “personal relationship” with Jupiter. It’s all in your head.

 I do not care what people believe in but take offense when our political leaders tell us that prayer will help our country,or that America is favored by God. What a hunk of shit.  Oh I may change my mind tomorrow because I have free will.  Shit happens and who knows what I will believe in tomorrow.

I do hope that God would be a better being than the one our churches portray. I just can't wrap my head around some vengeful God. What did I ever do except try to do my best.