Little God snippets piss me off!

“        I was asked to send this on if I agree or delete if I don’t. It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding  why there is such a problem in having “In God We Trust” on our money and having “God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don’t we just tell the 14% to Shut Up, lay down and BE QUIET!!!”

 

Why put this in the email? The only time God was mentioned in the forward is when Andy finished his rant with the first sentence of the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Now I am not part of the hard core atheist group. I do believe in Separation of Church and State. Anyone that disagrees with me on this point, please go read some history books.

 

I decided to check that validity of the email and come to see… It was just some asshole that has too much time on their hands.

 http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp 

The problem I have is with the 20% of the 86% population that believe in God. It is this group of people that make the 14% shout we will not lay down and be quiet.

 

These people can’t take responsibility for their own actions. They pass the buck off to God or the Devil. Then make this religious group back up their claim with anything substantial and they back pedal to their faith or a book. Below I will give my two second opinion on living by Faith and a book.

 

Faith is not substantial; it is just some brain chemicals making them feel moved. So it is only an opinion really.

 

Getting enough people to believe your book does not make it true. Any of these people believe the Book of Mormon? Don’t get me wrong, if I see some dude or chick descending from the Heavens (not Chris Angel) without strings or gadgets, then yeah I would probably take up a cross and follow. Until then I am not going to follow a book that has been rewritten numerous times by different groups over the past 1,700 years.

I think I finally grew up this last weekend. I have tried to keep my childish ways as long as possible. The main thing I am talking about is my unhealthy habits. That includes social smoking (cigarettes and pot) and the heavy drinking that follows. I guess I should explain the difference now from last week.

In a previous post I mentioned the pain I was going through because of Hemorrhoids.  I finally went to see a doctor about them. The P.A. decided they were bad enough for injection sclerotherapy and, while they were at it with my family history, a colonoscopy. There were no openings with the doctor’s and my schedule for two weeks (this last Friday). Of course during the past two weeks I lived fairly healthy and no problems. In fact I did not have any flair ups. I almost cancelled the appointment, but I remember the pain I have gone through this last time. They just seem to keep getting worse. I wanted to be sure that it is nothing else that is the problem.

I went through with the procedure. I am hoping it will be another 10-15 years at the earliest that I will need this done again. Thursday was prep day with laxatives. The morning wasn’t bad, but the afternoon was a gut wrenching, ass burning experience. Friday actually wasn’t that bad. It took maybe an hour to get checked in and get an IV. The nurse was really good with the IV. They laughed at me about having a tattoo but scared of an IV. The procedure was a process of the two nurses working together and distracting me until the doctor stuck his finger up my rectum. I admit, I screamed like a girl and then seriously sang “blue moon”. After that I was out. Supposedly when I woke up I told my wife and nurse that I was a ninja. Ninjas and blue moons are funny but besides the point.

The point is I am not yet 30 and already gotten stuff checked out. I really, really think it is my lifestyle. I know it should be a big “duh” but like all addicts there are excuses. The main one is the magical feeling of being high. There I wrote it. The only time I feel that childhood euphoria of wonder and enlightenment is when I am high. I know I am not smarter with hits from a bong but I do analyze things (sometimes over analyze) differently. I feel almost like I am a different person. And I like it.

However my hemorrhoids (and wife) do not like this lifestyle. I guess they put up with it. However it is painful. So I guess I need to do what I don’t want to do. I need to grow up.

Why do I feel different about growing up now instead of before? Well, I like to stare off into space, laugh, and then sing to myself “blue moon.”     

In-Laws

Why is it that something always goes wrong when the wife and I go visit my family? It seems like every time we go there something goes wrong. Tonight I said we would be home by 9pm. It is 10:34 right now. I got her home an hour and a half late.

She was worried about the Dogs.I mean she does have points. I did say we would be home at 9 and one dog does need medicine for an infected wound on his leg. Points taken. I think. We haven’t talked for the whole drive back home literally doing 90mph or more most the time. I have said I am sorry a couple of times but …. She is clammed up tighter than… shit, I don’t know. We just aren’t talking. I will try to get communication from her again tomorrow.

This kinda seems the way it is going to be though when we visit my parents. I have no problems with her father or family. She definitely does not like mine though. I guess that isn’t fair. She does like them. Right? I am not sure. She says she does, but then every single time in my memory there has been an uncomfortable feeling around her when she is around my parents. I am guessing that is it. It is not that she does not like them, but that she doesn’t feel comfortable around them. And that is the reason she wants to leave so bad every single time. I am trying to remember a time………. Yep, every single time we have gone to visit them the dogs have been a scapegoat to get out of there.

So how do I make her feel more comfortable? I honestly don’t think I can. We can’t bring the dogs. Mom doesn’t want them in the house. Wife doesn’t want them outside. Dammit sometimes my wife treats the damn dogs better than if we had some damn kids. They are dogs! But they are also part of our family. I guess I am just going to have to arrange it so that the dogs can be taken care of by Dad-in-law, but then we have to get back before it is too late to pick them back up. I would be in the same boat as right now, except getting home later b/c having to drive out of the way to pick them up.

My parents are not going to change. They are pretty set in their ways. They have actually gotten better in the recent years vs. when I was in school.  Her family is nonjudgmental and more reserved. The opposite is my family. I come from a bunch of Southern Baptist folk. My family likes to say what is on their mind when it is on their mind. They also have a way of pestering us about going to church. So, pretty much, my wife does believe there might be something out there but doesn’t really care and probably never will care. She feels like most evangelistic Christians are hypocrites. (Yeah I am screwed.) I guess growing up in a household with a prayer alter and church three times a week makes my family at one time very evangelistic. Gladly I can say that presently Dad still teaches Sunday school, they go to church only Sunday morning, and will occasionally drink some alcohol. There have been some good changes but there is still tension.  

I guess I am just used to my family and brush off some things that they say. My wife is not as forgiving about some statements. I had to live with them most of my life. I got pretty good at being good around them. They would be disappointed with me, if they knew a quarter of the stuff that I have done. My family to me is just a daily balancing act of acting one way certain times and another way at other times. My wife is pretty much the same person all the time. Let’s just be honest. She is the most honest and law abiding citizen between the two of us. The glaring problem with this is that she will be the one going to Hell b/c she is not saved. HaHa, lucky me to be saved when I was young! Ah, I am now just rambling.To sum it up…(Yeah I am screwed.) 

Richard Thieme’s future now.

I have written Mr. Thieme below. I was going to post my reply here. However it honestly was mostly a rehashing of what he already has said in his past 10 years of essays and speaches.

2 important points that have stuck with me.

The edge is the new center and Ferg’s Law.

I do hope he finds new material because I have found that he has done a nice job of summing a lot up. I might even go so far as saying he is a modern day prophet.

 

Unless the world ends in 2012.

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well, that’s nice of you, thanks.

 

I am in the process of deciding how to frame the next phase. If you feel you can and have a minute, I would really be interested in knowing what resonates most with you,. what you care about most.

 

Thanks.

 

Richard Thieme

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I wrote: 

> Richard,

> 

> I stumbled upon you in the net. Please send me more of your insights.

> I have almost read and listened all of your site _www.thiemeworks.com_

> <http://www.thiemeworks.com> and want more.