when did I become so jaded?
Posted on | November 3, 2003 |
I don’t know when it happened. Perhaps, it was four years of college during which everything was questioned and overanalyzed– a time when I allowed myself to be independent as well as think independently. Now I can’t sit through church without finding some sort of contradiction, judgment, or widesweeping stereotypical conclusion. Three picked up in the last few services:
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Apparently the fact that people are having fewer kids in recent years means the downfall of the morals of our society
Seventy-five percent of those with AIDS obtained it through homosexual activities (no cited sources given)
God intended for people to live in rural settings. He did not mean for us to live in large cities like NYC, Chicago, and LA.
First of all, when did the number of kids we have become a gauge for the piety of a society? I don’t think I’m a bad person if I choose not to procreate. Nevermind the fact that this issue is related to economics. It has been proven that as the standard of living of a group of people advances, they choose to have fewer kids.
Secondly, I would like a citation on the AIDS statistic. If it had been tempered with an ‘in the US,’ I might believe it. However, given the ravaging of the AIDS virus in African countries, I really doubt the validity of that stat. Also, I object to the all-encompassing judgment being passed.
Finally, I must question the idea that God wants us all to be farmers, shepherds, and the like. I don’t think prosperity is a contradiction to spirituality or christianity.
I need to find a new church.
(Sidenote: This has nothing to do with the rest of my post, but how did winter sneak up on me? I’ve lived in SoDak all my life. And the blizzard outside must have come in through the back door. I need oil to make zucchini bread, but I don’t think I will be braving the weather to go to town. I would make it most likely, however, I lack the ambition needed to drive through drifting snow and possible whiteouts for the sole purpose of obtaining some canola oil.)
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One Response to “when did I become so jaded?”
November 4th, 2003 @ 9:49 am
I wouldn’t say you’re jaded. Or if you are, it’s for good reason.
Some people don’t seem to get that you can have firm moral positions without being prejudicial, painting people with broad brushes, uncritically accepting anything that supports your position, or generally being a jackass.