Dont Get Offended @ MindSay

 There has been alot a religous debate lately here on Mindsay. Apparently some annonymous blogger named lavinia (who's account no longer is around) has been bugging people.

This has lead to a bit of Christian bashing.

I am a Catholic but I am not offended by the Christian Bashing I am more offended by the over pious zellots like the aforementioned lavinia.

I was once at a mass and the priest summed up Christians (specifically Catholics) into three groups in his homily:

1: The Saints (or most devout or "true believers")

2. The so called "Cafeteria Catholics" who "pick and choose" what the want to believe

and

3. Those who acts devoted to the religion only to cover up for some hidden sins.

This has stuck in my mind for many years now. The point of the homily of course was to make people think about their sins and want to be a Saints. Did it make me a devout? Heck no.

But I have used these classifications to point out the many hypocrits that call themselves Christians.

I think that most Catholics and Christians fall into the second group. I sure do. But I think that many many of the Born agains  Evangalical types (and many Catholics) fall into the third group.

In fact there once was a time or another that I probably would have fit into that third group.

This Idea of the three types of Christians may have come from a priest but I like to think of it this way: if you call yourself a Christian don't impose your beliefs on others and don't be offended if other's don't share in you belief.

Many Christians guote the Bible very often and say "judge lest ye be judged" but very few follow that. I would rather look at it this way: in the word of Jesus "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye" (Matthew 7:5)

Just because you are a Christian doesn't give you the right to be a zealot. Before you go out and condemn your fellow man because you believe he is in sin ask yourself which group are you currently in. If you can honestly say the first one (which few of us can) then you should not need to worry about your neighbor because you already have your "wings" (assumign you have live a moral life and proven your faith through you actions). If you answer the second two, fix you own faith before you try condem others.

Thanks,

Mark

So let me start by saying I just read the book and finished it yesterday. Well, let me clarify that. I "listened" to the book, and my friends and girlfriend would argue that I haven't "read" it if I "listened" to it. I find this a bunch of hooey. Anyhow, I saw the movie last night. Of course to be expected I got to the theater and there were some dipshit protestors outside. With their little signs up that say, "The Da Vinci Code is a lie!" Well my response to this is, "no duh." Apparently what all these protestors and naysayers have trouble with is the word fictional. It is based on a book people and even says on the book it is a work of fiction. Of course we made our own sign and that said "It's called Fiction morons." And we waved it as we drove by. I don't know about you, but I get upset at people who take themselves too seriously. You can believe in what you want, but stay the hell out of my life with your beliefs. This is almost as stupid as when the Mexican Americans were offended by a talk dog in the Taco Bell commericals. Or Italians being offended by the way they are portrayed on the Sopranos. Or Lesbians being offended by being portrayed as murderers in Basic Instinct. Or more recently the flight attendants being offended by Flightplan. I mean have we come to this? People are offended by EVERYTHING these days. What the hell happened to people haveing a sense of humor?

    I mean I will get to the movie in a second. I think anybody would half a brain or some common sense would know that some Italians are mobsters...let's face it folks if they weren't we wouldn't have The Godfather trilogy or Goodfellas. I just wish people would learn to relax. Now we come to The Da Vinci Code which I must say for a work of fiction is packed full of details. I mean it is so real that one would question whether or not it had some fact to it. I wish I could say the same for the film. But for those who don't know what it is about I will give a very quick overview. It is about this secret society that are keepers of a secret and there are only four people at anytime that know about it. It is a secret that would crush the foundation of the church. It says that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute that she was from royal blood and fathered Jesus' child. The prostitute part was a smear campaign carried out by the church to make anything she said not believable. Then there is another secret society called Opus Dei that will do anything to keep this secret from ever being told. Even if it involves killing.

     So the movie as it were was a snooze fest. Nothing like the book which is why I shouldn't be allowed to read books...lol. I am always disappointed with the outcome. Well not always, if I didn't read the books I may have liked it better. But the movie is so heavy handed and boring. plus they leave out some important parts and add on an ending nothing like the book. The best thing my girlfriend ever said about this is, "only take away, never add." When you are dealing with a book that is so well regarded as this you should stay true to it. So, I digress, people that protest this movie to me seem to be just like the people in the film. These people will stop at nothing to get people to not see the film. Why? Because it will make some people question whether or not this really happened. Well I have news for you folks we may never know. It was so long ago that people may never find the evidence. Me, I don't really believe in a higher power. To sound cliche I would like to quote John Lennon as Ferris Bueller once did...Lennon said, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." I don't denounce God, but I am a realist. If someone can find me proof that he existed than I will believe. But I have trouble putting my faith something I can't see. I truly believe all I need is faith in myself. That is what god's gift to us was. Free Will...he gave us the right o make our own decisions.

    Then you have people like my cousin who is a born again Christian who is 40 and still a virgin because "he is waiting for Jesus to provide him with a woman." I have to guffaw at this...I have told him time and time again, Jesus will not provide you with anything. You have to get it for yourself. Hence the free will part. Anyhow i got off on a tangent, the point of this post was to say read the book don't see the movie. And have a sense of humor folks, life is too short to be angry at everything.

i know that if i post my thoughts, more than one person that really knows me might be hurt

or offended by what i have to say, so i won't. it's better posting pictures

You know what is funny, on sunday i thought that i had my life or whateva together

and now, everything is fucked up for me it's funny but at the same time sad

i was gonna talk to this one girl, and now everything is fucked for me

i gotta go right now, bell rang

omgosh... im gonna bitch. thats it. im sooo pissed. seriously. it started in photography... zach pushed jazmine into me, and we hit heads pretty hard... after that i was kinda dizzy and stuff... but i didnt say anything... and im sick on top of it... so i cant breath or anything... and then zach had to be kinda mean on the ride home... idk. i just was not in the mood for people to mess with me today. and then i get home. thats fine. i was happy. then i see my phone has 2 new texts (adrian and dave) and im already stressing about my texts cause i ONLY get 100 a month. seriously. people dont understand how fast those things go... anyway... then dave i.m.s me... woulda been alright... but he keeps talking about prom... and how people asked if anything happened... nothing happened... and people had asked me today... and its like- seriously. why would anything have happened?! me and zach just broke up... i wouldnt go and do anything with dave. omgosh. seriously. stupid people. anyway. then he goes and talks about josie. another topic i dont LIKE to talk about. its not that i dont care about stuff... but i dont sit there and ask if i seemed "overly happy" that someone called... thats dumb. that was him TRYING to shove it in my face that he likes her. which i DONT CARE. seriously. i said that so many times to myself while we were talking. and then he goes and talks about putting the ac's in. alright thats fine. then he talks about the computer. and i HATE talking about configuring computers. i dont know how to do it, dont ask me. if you want to talk to my dad about it, fine. talk to HIM dont talk through ME. and its something called pick up the phone. omg that just pissed me the eff off. THEN i told him i was pissed. and he didnt care. he kept talking about the comp like i shoukd know something. I DONT. and now... it seems like- idk... one of my best friends... it seems like were not talking anymore. or something. idk... we barely talk online. that makes me kinda sad. but yeah.

okay. bitch session done. i feel better lol. yeah... i hope no one is offended... im just really pissed between school and friends... and tracy. omgosh. i hate her. and i know i didnt give her a chance. but i dont want her in the picture. i just want her to leave. seriously. she doesnt even fit into this family. she should just leave. i wish that pat had never met her........