Jan 13, 2010 10:53
See... I respect faith. I was once a person of faith in [the Christian] god and I know, through experience, that this doesn't make someone a bad person.
However... I just got off the phone with my mother where, after we both remarked how tragic the recent earthquake in Haiti was, she said, "Well, that's God's work so... we can't really say anything, y'know? If we never sinned these things wouldn't happen."
As much as I wanted to say, "No, I don't know, and I cannot fathom at this point in my life what that even means," all that came out was, "Mmmmmm."
I could never disrespect my mother's faith... but seriously... if that is the reasoning that evolves from living a life of faith? I never, ever want that shit in my life again.
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