At 10/19/06 01:48 PM, AloneInTheDark wrote:
I can't believe people take the bible so seriously, when i think it is meant as a classic 'hero' story, a fairy tale, as people in the roman empire had their heroes like Zeus. Reading the bible is one big chain of great stories that are all about courage, compassion and all that shit. It's the hollywood of 2000 years ago really :)
Are you reading the same bible I did through 13 years of catholic school, and 9 years of church every sunday? The bible I read was about obeying your master and being punished for your evils. It was about the power of the church. It was about prostitutes, drugs, thievery and survival.
Cain killing his only brother. The demons in Revelations. The casting out of the wicked in Genesis. The bible is this...
A collection of parables and fairytales meant to instill emotions, covert and control written BY man FOR man.
I had that stuff jammed down my throat for over a decade. When I was younger, I understood what the population wanted you to understand. God is good. The bible is our book of law. Jesus is a savior of man. When I became older and free thinking, I realized how sexist and predudice the bible is, and how... if there is a god, he probably hates the damned book.
I've gotten really, really high before and thought a higher power was talking to me and telling me things. On a few occassions, I've seen him. Drugs were very popular 2000 years ago. Coincidence? Maybe.
Onto TV.
I watch todays TV shows and wonder how our entire generation isn't going to turn out as a bunch of ritilin overdosed pussies. I'm sure Luis will be on the same page as me.
Thundercats, GI-joe, He-man, Pee-wee's Playhouse, Pinwheel, you can't do that on television. There was no "Politically correct." People died on some of them shows. There was violence, sex. It was good. Watch Pee-wees playhouse when you're older and laugh when the genie says "Lick a lick a hine, lick a hieny hole."
Our toys had guns. We had toy guns. We could play dodge ball in school and get into fist fights without getting suit or put on medication. We kept score playing T-ball... we never said "everyone, on both teams, are winners." Bottle someone up and they will eventually explode.
In about 30 years, the generation is going to have no competitive spirit, no outlet for anger and no free-thinking. I'm moving the fuck out of America the first chance I get.