Bitter?

Yes and no.

Yes, because I do not like being preached at. You would be surprised at the number of people who like to be preached at. They fill churches and synagogues weekly asking for it, and in some cases even requesting that the preacher preach harder, louder and more.

I used to be one of those people. For 10 years I was one of those people. Shouting “Amen” and “Hallelujah” from the pew. Then I became a song leader and I begged people to sing along, shout out to God and give it all. I went to Bible School and studied the scriptures inside out. Lastly, I ran a church. I was the preacher. I extolled the virtues of the bible. I told others to believe on Joshua the Christ and be like him. Give up the flesh and concentrate on the spiritual things.

So yes, I am bitter when I hear X-ian rhetoric. I have heard my fair share of nonsense and I do not want to hear it anymore. When you come to my door asking me about Josh the Christ, I like to politely and kindly say “Fuck off.” I have heard it enough. You want me to be tolerant, then start by being tolerant and keeping your idiotic faith to yourself.

Secondly, no, I am not bitter. I do not dislike X-ians. Some of my friends still are X-ians and I do not care if they have faith. And I treat people in my life with respect, who treat me with respect. They understand where I am coming from and don’t come to my house to preach to me. Well, we get into spirited debates sometimes but that’s entirely different.

I am a free thinker. I do not just think that the notion of a god is a bad idea, I think a lot of things are. I don’t believe in Sasquatch, but I am not an A-Sasquatch-ian. I do not believe in alien abductions, and there is not term for someone who doesn’t believe in that. I don’t believe in unicorns or fairies. What does that make me? I choose. There is no label for me.