Church of the Holy High Reefer...dude!

You know, I support everyone's right to worship. You can worship here, you can worship there. You can worship the sun, moon, stars, Jesus, Mary, Jesus and Mary, the sun and the son, any combination of things or nothing at all. It's really a private matter.

Well, just like every college kid's wet dream there a church of the Holy Reefer, complete with a Mary Jane alter. When they pass the plate around for collection people are taking something out of it rather than putting something in. Now, "the man" is really sticking it to them. The government doesn't think that using marijuana during church is all that religious. They've told them that they're not a legal church. They must stop worship immediately. Commies, hypocrites, villains of democracy!

How many times have all of us sat in church, mass, synagogue, temple, or whatever and thought how nice it would be to have something interesting to do. After about the first five minutes most of us are thinking, "When is this going to be over?" and "How many more minutes??" I bet the guys at the Holy High Reefer aren't thinking that. They probably don't want church to be over.

I say BACK OFF you government control freaks. Let them do what they want. If you start telling people how to worship before you know it, someone will be telling you how to worship. It's bad to mix government and religion. If this keeps up, we'll have churches who have Starbucks Coffee Shoppes in them. Oh, the horror of a MEGA CHURCH!!!!

If You Love Jesus...

I want to announce a new policy for my email, blogs, etc. Do not send me anymore "If you love Jesus" emails, comments, or messages. I do not want to be told that I don't love God if I don't sign and repost every insignificant message that comes my way.

My main issue with this is the "religious bullying" aspect. The issue is that someone actually claims to have some test out there to tell if you are a good Christian. That test is the reposting of an email or the signing of an internet petition. A person feels bullied to complete the request because, heaven forbid, someone would think you didn't love God!

A few months ago I received an email from "a friend". This friend claimed that if I didn't send the email to 10 friends telling them I loved God that bad things would happen. I guess the Jesus Mafia would put a hit out on me or something. Yet another example of the prevalent religious bullying in this world.

Don't let someone tell you what defines "the right way". Don't let someone tell you that asking questions is wrong. Any person, church or organization that makes you check your IQ at the door is not a place to be. The truth should be something we all seek no matter what. Even when it means that what we have believed for so long may not be exactly correct. Even when it means our world won't ever be the same.