What I'm Thankful For I can't Say Out Loud

Every Thanksgiving people have this annoying habit of saying some stupid thing they are thankful for. I am thankful for many things, most of which are the little things I experience day to day. Many of the things which bring me the most joy I can't publicly announce at the dinner table.

I am thankful I'm not you. If I were you, I would not be me, and I like me--perhaps even more than I like you.

I'm thankful I'm not fat. I think it's natural, but there's no way to know for sure. I suppose I could I follow you around and eat whatever you do and see what happens. But even if you're thin, that amount of food couldn't possibly be good for a creature less than 5 feet tall.

I'm grateful my son can get married without crossing our northern border. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I won't explain it. If you do, you'll get why I can't bring this up with the religious half of the family.

I'm thankful I am not a Black Friday shopper. Shopping Black Friday is neither pleasurable nor smart. I can find much better deals online the rest of the year. Why make myself look and feel like an idiot for nothing? If I need a big screen that badly, I really need to get a life.

The thing which brings me the most gratefulness of all: I was able to see through the myths the religious hold dear. I am completely free. Free to think. Free to live life to the fullest. I don't want to waste the only life I have serving a myth and obeying made up rituals which do nothing that can't be accomplished using basic psychology.

Liberation from religion is extremely underrated in our society. When my thoughts were captive to religion, my deeper self was hidden--or at least restrained. I am now smarter and happier. I behold the universe, and see that it is good. I marvel at my existence. I respect every individual equally, sensing we are all connected as a singular organism. My neighbors who are starving don't need a free Bible they are too weary to read. They need food, shelter, health care, and above all, love and respect.

I'm thankful weed is legal. It shouldn't be illegal to grow any plant which nature created. If it were discovered ferns can make you high, should you start re-landscaping? This unnecessary war on weed has not served our country (or any other) well. Also, I really, really enjoy vaping it in my Pax.

Finally, I am thankful for the Internet. The world is more educated than ever before and it's a great place to blog my thoughts when I cannot otherwise speak.

If This Were Your Universe . . .

Suppose you were a wealthy and powerful parent. How would the world perceive you if these facts were discovered:

On the day they are born, you tell them they are already a bad person.

Some of your children are poor or happened to be born in a dark corner of the room, so you allow them to go without health care and suffer horrible diseases.
 

The diseases they suffer from were of your own invention.
 

You decide to create chaos to "test" them, and send an earthquake to destroy their home.
 

One of your daughters and son in law move away, become rich and happy while failing to adore you, so you destroy their entire city with a volcanic eruption.
 

You tell you favorite children to make war with your least favorite children.

The Story of Noah's Ark

I don't normally like to post 3 videos in a row, but this one says everything I wanted to include in a blog entry. He exposes some critical scientific facts about the possibility & consequences of a worldwide flood. If you are not a scientist of a particular field of study, you probably don't know that if it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, the chemical reaction would cause all life in the sea to perish. It is also discusses the biggest problem I have with the whole ark story: Inbreeding. A brilliant piece by TheThinkingAtheist.

Imagine

A brilliant piece by John Lennon! A classic favorite.

Perhaps if the world were like that he imagined, he would not have been killed.

From his 1971 album, Imagine.

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Facts Of Evolution: Universal Common Descent - The Best of Science

The Evolution of Christianity

When I was growing up, Christianity was a much different creature than today. Today's brand of Christianity has become increasingly fundamentalist in nature. This is a disturbing trend, and—I'll admit—has drawn me away from many Christian individuals and organizations. Christians are increasingly becoming mindless, intolerant ideologues. They don't seem to question what they hear on Faux News. They supported George W. Bush long after the facts were revealed (before his re-election in 2004). They rarely speak up when Pat Robertson calls the an entire culture "evil" and deserving the wrath of God.

The Bible Without Adam & Eve

The scientific facts supporting evolution are overwhelming. Proponents of intelligent design tend to distort/misunderstand the facts, and make reference to rumors which have long ago been debunked in an attempt to refute the evidence. This is understandable when you consider that, should evolution become accepted as fact, the consequences to the religious community will be nothing short of devastating. Darwin's On the Origin of Species threatens the very fabric of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.