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thenewgreen  ·  4306 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Today's Writing Prompt: Dear Religion - A Formal Goodbye

Goodbye judging all religious people as odd,

I have been angry at religion. I'm tired of seeing people use the bible to set an agenda that seems adamantly opposed to the teachings of Christ. As such, I've fallen away from going to church and I have developed a knee-jerk reaction to assume that people are idiots if they are practitioners of religiosity in any way.

Church goers have numerous motivations for attending. Fellowship, community, friendship and a desire to grow spiritually are all noble things. I just can't stand it when people use "God" as their justification for pushing a political agenda.

I will remain open minded towards "religious" people. I will even strive to pursue that which emboldens my spiritual side and realize that spirituality doesn't need religion and that the religious aren't always void of spirituality.

Bottom line, I'll stop being so damned judgmental and take people on a case by case basis.

I like you I like you too What do you do? I write songs I write songs too What are yours about? They're about God and stuff Mine are about stuff Why not God? God is in the stuff