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The letter box clinked there a short while ago. I went out to investigate and found a free magazine that had dropped in. It is called 4you.ie and bills itself as “Ireland’s ultimate questions magazine and website.” I turned it over to the back page and there I was prompted to visit their site to view some quicktime movies of some “Ordinary Irish people with real life encounters with god.”

WTF?

Below this was a “Global Warning, 100% of smokers will die and so will you. Are you ready to meet your maker?” and then a sticker saying that it has been delivered by the Youghal Baptist Group. Great. So now we have a baptist group. Curiosity got the better of me so I flicked through it. There are some enlightening articles like “Spititual bad hair day” and another telling me that “We are sinners by nature.”

They might consider me to be a sinner but I also happen to be enjoying myself, thank you very much. I really don’t care what happens to me after I’m gone because I will be just that. Gone! It fascinates me why some people get so preoccupied about eternal hell and damnation. Not to mention worked up about it. Why not just enjoy what you have got?

What really annoys me is when they try to force their beliefs on others.  In my view I see them as fundamentalists. I choose not to believe but some consider that unacceptable. What they consider unacceptable, I consider unbelievable and downright impossible. I don’t question what othes believe so why question me?
Religion is a choice. In most of our cases that choice was made by our parents for us long before we were able to remember. And this is something that the “mainstream” religions seem to realise. They don’t force fire and brimstone at us unless we specifically go looking for it. That’s what churches are for.

The Jehovah’s witnesses call around every now and then. Drop off their magazines and leave. Now we have the baptists. I suppose it is only a matter of time before we have the creationists. They have some pretty screwed up beliefs. But you know what? If I wanted to know more I would ask. So please stop shoving this crap through my letter box or interrupting me in the middle of something. It makes me come across as an ignoramus which is something I don’t think that I am. If I wanted to discuss something I would call to your church, kingdom hall, mosque or whatever.