Jesus Please, Get Off My Back
The friendliest people in the
US are active church going people, but don’t infer from this statement that people not associated with any religious institutions are unfriendly. It seems so, because, the people belonging to God’s house have made their business to be friendly. It’s so conspicuous that sometimes it comes knocking on your door, most of the time catches you on the streets. I guess this is the only time, when middle class Caucasian are interested in people of color, mostly in Sundays.
I wonder sometimes, take the church out of them, would they be as affable? Affability with agenda—to spread the words of God, and mind you, some particular God. But, I should be the last one to bad mouth them, I have eaten their numerous free lunches while I was in school. I have held their hands together, and sang—Glory! Glory! Glory to be thee. Overall good people, but a little delusional.
Do I find them delusional, because I believe in some other God? Nope! I am teetering on the line of believer and non-believer. Every serious, contemplation on religion pushes me a step closer to atheism. But, you might say, it’s a chic thing to do—to go atheist, but believe me, it’s not comforting to lose a faith. In fact, it is very scary, but I would rather be scared than delusional.
Abrahamic religion –Judaism, Christianity and Islam scares me a lot, Vedics are full of superstitions hence incoherent, I am ready to make peace with Buddhism, if they just drop the word ‘religion’ out of it, and make it a personal practice rather than congregation.
Why am I ranting? I am ranting because, my friendly neighbors have gone a bit far this time encroaching my belief—sneaking in and shoving ‘Jehovah Witness’ leaflets and books underneath my apartment door, written in Nepali. How do they know I need to be ‘SAVED’ and that I am Nepali? Unless god makes the information public.
There is nothing spiritual about these books, they are full of ideology. It’s a blunt insult to any rational thinking man, to let you know that your sorry ass would be fried in hell for not accepting the ‘right’ god, the earth is just 6000 years old, and why all gods are fake but this one. I always wanted to catch a guy shoving these reading materials underneath my door, and let him know respectfully that I do not believe in any religious teachings. That he is wasting his printed materials and time, go save other sorry asses, and leave this one alone.
But looks like I am not going to catch this mail man of god, so I have decided to write to the address which they have at the end of every pamphlet, not to send anymore of those materials to my apartment, and what I really feel about them, in Nepali.
Returning the favor in the same language
tyeskai lagi nepali font chaiyeko ho astina??
A man without a religion is like a fish without a bicycle.
malady,
that was a good one, but the problem is when fishes start having argument on Avon or Atlas, the better of two.
twaaks,
hoina, hoina, tes ko lagi nepali font mageko hoina, tyo ta arkoi kam ko lagi ho!!
Would you mind if I linked your blog in my Blog roll?…I think your writings make a wonderful read …
ZaDeD,
That would be an honor for me, to have tagged along at a veteran’s blog, like yours.
Thanks a lot that you find my mindless ranting interesting, in fact it’s mutual, i find your writing very interesting and honest.
thank you so much for finding my writings interesting .. ! but for the rest …..hahaha no, no, I am just a nobody from nowhere who likes to write zpt.
But your writings are kasto ramro. Such a nice way to vent out or rant ( if that’s what you like to call them …Had me hooked, right from the ones on sex to religion here.. i don’t know wht more to say.. ..ajnabi ( a familiar stanger? perhaps he he ) ko blog ma comment garda garo hundo raicha. hmm.. a question again though have written Mr Gols and linked, would you rather want your name there?..