~hippie3

were you kidding when you said that you were once a preacher or was that true?

it's true,
i spent a few years as a bible-thumper.
studied every religious book i could get my hands on,
christian bibles, koran, hindu, buddhist.
raised a catholic, went to catholic school,
even was an alter boy, briefly.
lol
like a lot of folks
i got religion in a jail cell.
when they threw me in there,
i knew i'd hit rock bottom,
the end of the line.
i also knew i had a lot of time to kill
so i picked up an old worn copy of good king james' translation
and started reading.
being the type of fellow i am,
i threw myself into the task,
and after a couple years of study
i knew my bibles inside and out.
better than most preachers do, i daresay.

i even preached the gospel
in the markets, on the street corners,
even house-to-house.
was never a presiding minister in a formal church,
just a deacon but i prefered the old fashioned
ministry, we met in our private homes instead of cathedrals,
we had discussion groups instead of masses, very informal.
but i did do my stint as a foot soldier for the xian god.

but i gradually became aware of the tiny flaws,
the little cracks in the doctrines & translations
that give away the horrible truth that it's all manufactured, packaged and sold.
i began to see the churches as instruments of oppression,
just another power block in the social construct
that enslaved our species so many centuries ago.
i no longer practice any religion
but i proly come closest to being some kind of buddhist at heart.

(Message edited by admin on December 07, 2004)