The Masses Are Asses

I’m often asked why I don’t go to church. Though this is America, and my right not to go to church is supposedly protected by the first amendment, I wish to explain my reasons. Perhaps this essay will quell the “Antichrist” allegations.

First of all, I’m not a big joiner of groups. I’m not a big fan of aggregate human behavior and it’s great, historical track record. By joining any organization, I am giving my blanket approval to all the activities engaged in by that association. Additionally, in any association there are people that you dislike. As a member of their faction, these people now think they’re your “buddy”. This includes every child molester, sheep abuser, and politician that wants to bond.

Secondly, I’ve read the entire Bible twice and am quite able to  effectively research it on-line any time I wish. I don’t need someone that has read one chapter of it to give me their interpretation. Why would I go to an Algebra class to learn Calculus?

Thirdly, I don’t like the thinly disguised quid pro quo innuendos that people have made concerning my pack participation. In a previous blog entry I stated: “Any group of people that needs to trick, bribe, or in any way coerce people to join them is certainly not a group I wish to be part of.”  My feelings have not changed.

Addendum 10-29-09:

Perhaps the biggest reason I don’t go to church is the remembrance of things past. From 1987 to 1992 I was sober. No alcohol. No drugs. Nothing! Hell, I even gave up cigarettes. I jogged, went to the gym several times a week, made a concerted effort not to swear and generally became the best I could possibly be. I did this without becoming an AA or born-again neo-cult member. That was the problem. Since I didn’t give “the victory to Jesus” or go to 52 AA meetings a week, I couldn’t possibly be clean and sober. I got the impression from some of these people that they actually wanted me to fail; that they would rather me drink and attend their do’s than stay sober on my own. I’m still somewhat jaded because of that.