A strange title for a post from a professed non-Christian, isn't it?
Not really. I left the church in the first place largely due to the overwhelming hypocrisy I saw on all sides. People professing one thing on Sundays and doing just about any other damn thing every other day of the week. People who proclaimed their faith but found so many excuses to weasel out of those pesky restrictions, like not lying, not cheating on your spouse, not ripping people off.
Case in point: A man I know volunteered to testify in court on another's behalf. It's a case of landlord vs. tenant, and the tenant is getting royally screwed. I didn't raise an eyebrow until the volunteer, a professed Christian who attends church regularly and participates in many church activities, commented that he'd say anything the tenant wanted him to say. He said, and I quote, that he had no trouble lying through his teeth because this was a civil case and he wouldn't be under oath.
**boggle**
There's another one I know whose favorite game is the martyr game. Her technique involves doing something at great personal effort (and occasionally expense) and expecting thanks. The catch is, these aren't things people have asked for or necessarily wanted. The unwilling recipient is put in the impossible position of being asked to thank someone for breaking their back to do something they didn't want. She does this to get her own way without looking like a pushy bitch. She repainted my office in a shade that makes me feel like I'm buried alive in a mud puddle. Had she asked me, I would have told her that I respond to light colors of the cool variety. Of course, she already knew this. She just prefers brown. I would have preferred her painting her own office brown. This wasn't a charitable act, but a selfish one, no matter how she tries to paint it, and no matter how other people see it.
The interesting thing to me is that these people seem to feel that God is only on part-time duty. If you believe in God-with-a-capital-G, then you need to take on all of the baggage that comes with it. If you go to church, read your Bible, and believe in the 10 Commandments, then you need to practice them on a daily basis.
God is everywhere. Everything you touch, everything you smell, everything you taste, everything you see, everything you hear, everything you think. The divine is in every single aspect of your life, every day of your life, waking or sleeping.
As soon as you forget that, you're off track. And I don't care how much time you spend in church or how many things you say to the contrary.
Agree with you that GOD is EVERYWHERE,
and the burden that you have to carry about believing the "GOD"
Feel that when decided to let go the burden ... GOD seem to be much closer and more LOVE!
Posted by: seng | December 08, 2004 at 04:30 AM