Re: I feel like college is changing my friend
I'm going to share two things here, and at least some folks will probably be tempted to reflexively take a swing. Do try and resist the urge until you've processed. The first is an example of why I, personally, am turned off from most shall we say traditional ideas of Christianity, and the second is my opinion in general on this whole higher power thing (note: not religion, because you don't need religion to believe in a higher power - as one of my ex-girlfriends was more than happy to explain to me one night after we'd had a couple drinks).
Thing the first. I don't recall exactly where we were coming from, but this same ex-girlfriend (the non-religious one with the belief in a higher power) and I were going back to her place. It wasn't insanely late, but late enough, I think. This woman we'd never met before stops us on the sidewalk to ask us if we know how to get to this particular church. Now, I wouldn't know my way around that part icular city if my life depended on it, but my ex had been there for years (still is, as far as I know). So I figure okay, this lady's probably new here and needs a pointer. If either of us would have a vague idea where in the hell she ought to be going, my ex would. She didn't, and she told this lady as much. Lady turns around and says, "Well, it's over this way and we have services in an hour if you're interested". The ex and I just looked at each other and must have looked like a couple deer caught in the headlights, but I think all we said was "Okay", at which point she went her way and we went ours. It's things like that that make me question exactly how close I want to be to the church. And I decided a long time ago that, uh, not that close.
Thing the second. The rough summarization of my opinion on all things divine approximately boils down to this. Doesn't matter, don't care. Now, before someone starts to brandishin g the bible at me, let me explain. If you believe in a higher power, whether you call it God, or Ala, or the flying spaghetti monster, it doesn't matter whether or not that higher power exists. You believe it exists, therefore, it exists. If you don't believe that higher power exists, you very probably don't care. Not in general, but in the particular - about what that higher power's opinion may or may not be on your life choices. You've got your own things to deal with.
The true fact of the matter is this. The folks who believe there is a god may or may not be exactly right. Or they may be the walking, talking, preaching personification of completely and undeniably wrong. They don't know. Moreover, we don't know. The only one who knows for sure is God, and if he's out there, he's not talking. Everyone else, from the Pope on down, is just guessing. And we're not going to find out if we guessed correctly or not until we're long dead and gone, which - in my case, at least - I hope is still a great many years down the road. Since none of us is there yet, all we can do is live our lives, in whatever shape and form those lives take. And if in the process some of us are well on our way to hell, at least we'll have a couple politicians holding the door for us.
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