Back in black

Well, it's been an extremely long time since I've posted anything here, but I figured I'd attempt once again to escape from facebook and share some of my longer and more offensive rants here ;)

I am currently re-watching Dr Bart Ehrman's lecture entitled "Misquoting Jesus", while on a book tour promoting his book of the same name.   Re-watching for probably the tenth time :)   here's the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0zWbL8Uqfw

I posted this on FB after getting particularly excited and passionate over the issue, thinking deeply about a few things he had said.   Another reason I decided to post over here again is that I haven't taken my lithium, cipralex or clonazepam for nearly a week and I think part of the reason for the speed and tone of my writing and thoughts can be contributed to this.  I'm working and feeling truly hopeful for the first time in many years, but I know I need to take them again.  Anyways, here's the rant. take care.

C.K.


--- I've often wondered, as have many others, why I even care about religion. If I don't believe any of it's tenets, then why am I obsessed and trying to push these ideas? (somewhat ironically, like a preacher haha). Ehrman puts it very simply near the beginning of his lecture "Misquoting Jesus". The Bible is "one of the most thoroughly misunderstood books," as well as "the most important book in the history of Western civilization". Even to agnostic/atheists like myself. It has helped to form a framework within each of our minds and many of our ancestors'. "It continues to be used in public debate, over abortion, gay rights" and other decisions like whether or not to invade a foreign country. I was never on this "crusade" because I was angry at God, or miserable and seeking company in that. I isolated myself for a decade, which most ppl can't even begin to fucking imagine....and I finally awake and start to come out of my shell and I'm greeted by a world full of lunacy and absurdity. It's the most important discussion we can have, because it influences so much...even moreso in other countries like Iran. Religion doesn't give power OR glory to God.....it gives power to the people who shepherd the faithful and often take advantage of people's discomfort and fears about mortality. In closing, no one can say(at least no one with any intelligence), that there can't be some sort of higher power and that there's absolutely no chance of some sort of creative force which created the universe(s). But anyone who tells you what to do, how to think,l who to fuck or in what position....well, maybe I should stop there  peace