When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place. - Pearl S. Buck
I spent all day thrusday with Max. We went for sushi for lunch, which was a first for me. I'm against eating fish, the only thing i allow myself is tuna once a month. But it was really yummy, i got one with chicken, another with cucumber and the third with yams. I'll definitely have to go back for that yam one, wow. I had a hard time getting use to the chopsticks though lol.
We then spent the afternoon at the zoo, in celebration of Earth Day. The weather was gorgeous that day, but we were both so flipping hot that we had to go get some ice cream. It's this tiny ice cream shop that has the best hot fudge sundays i've ever tasted in my life.
Yesterday i went to a hockey game with mina. We got amazing (but expensive) seats right close to the center ice. Which was fun to watch the players warm up with their stretches ;)
There was one player on our team who's last name was 'Sexton'. So we obviously had to cheer for him the whole time. And i decided if i'm going to buy a Moose jersey, it will definitely be his name stitched on my back.
I'm at work till 8:30 tonight. But my parents are having their friend from high school come over tonight. I've been around him and his family since i was a kid. And i always had a blast hanging out with his daughter and three boys. The only thing that bothers me, is that he married someone who incredibly religious. The entire family is like that.
I don't have a problem with religious people. I've had the mentality of 'if you're happy in your life, then who am i to judge?'. But being around them, and listening to some of the things they say.....makes my blood boil. I don't say anything out of respect to their lifestyle, but i just have such a hard time understanding how people in the 21st century can still follow something so blindly without asking questions.
I still remember sitting in church at the age of 7 and thinking these stories are ridiculous. Then i asked my mom why we had to hear them, she said something along the lines of 'god made them happen so that we can learn from them' so i said like all those other stories like 'the boy who cried wolf, etc...' and she answered with 'except these ones really happened'.
Right then and there i knew it was all horseshit. At the age of 7. I would ask the most simple questions, and they either could not answer or the answer was always running around in a circle that didn't answer anything at all.
So i took matters into my own hands and researched everything that i could about christianity. Then i started to look into other religions. I'm not the type of person who just accepts things because that's the way it's been for a long time. Other generations might have been too afraid to go against their parents and grandparents ways. Individuality is the thing to strive for. If you follow religion because you truly want to, then good for you. But if you're only doing it because you're too afraid to ask questions, then shame on you.
I have nothing against spirituality. It's the organized religions of the world that are doing the most harm in our history as human beings.