Sarahjayne

It is approaching 3pm on Good Friday and I am 9 years old, seated in a pew, in my local catholic church.

The atmosphere is very grim, we have endured an hour or more of "STAND UP!," commands, followed by "the 'Xth' sorrowful mystery of the cross" where the priest droned a litany of the agony of the crucifixion, as portrayed by another one of the "stations of the cross" images, which were hung all around the church walls.

Then it was "KNEEL DOWN!" and the show moved on a bit more.

I had lost interest by now and was admiring my friends new wristwatch which she had been given for her birthday that day.

We then reached the point at which a two minute silence was declared, during which we were to silently pray for the now dead Jesus.

It was declared that he had died at exactly 3pm on the day of his crucifixion.

I was lost, I could not pray, my mind was confused.

How did they know the exact time?

Did they have wrist watches too?

Or did a church bell ring at that time to let them know?

So, does the catholic church still feed this stuff to its faithful?

I dont subscribe to any organised religion, be it christianity, Islam, Hinduism or wicker.

I believe that we are responsible for our own action, we dont answer to any Gods, now or after death and that all organised religion is a lie.

But, I am not an atheist either.

I believe in a spirit life, where the earth and nature are in harmony and we can be at one with them and transcend the materialism of this world, into a better future for ourselves and those who share our beliefs.

We dont cast spells, nor do we dress up in ritualistic costumes.

We simply feel at ease in our surroundings and take delight in the magnificence of the world each day as it presents itself to us.

There are no gods.

We do not need any.

But, if i try explaining my beliefs to the doorstep Jehovas or the mormons, i often meet with abuse, I am told that I am on the road to hell and in one case, that I was a "witch"!

The Catholic church with all its ritualistic nonsense accuses people like me of being in a "cult" and of being dangerous to young and vulnerable people.

There are no textbooks to brainwash anyone who follows my lifestyle, we do not congregate in groups much larger than 4 or 5 people and we do not set out to convert others from their way of life.

But organised religion hates us!

Why?

We are not the liars!

They are only there when I logon.

I still get a few points, I haven't had any info back from Yahoo to say that I have done anything wrong and been suspended and I dont think that I have asked or answered to much and overstepped my daily limits.

Why don’t some of my answers (or questions) appear in the mainstreams of either.

Sometimes when I check my profile it is as though they have become stuck in my account and aren’t available for others to see and answer or read.

Is this because I have exceeded a daily allowance or something?

If so, will they stay there or eventually get into mainstream?

I've been told that in certain US states, along with tripe such as "mud" wrestling and "nude, feminist Jello " wrestling, ther is now Gay, "******" wrestling!

What has happened to my favourite sport?

I love watching beefy guys in tight trunks, bash the daylights out of each other.

But Gay wrestling?

What will they do?

Slap each other and pout?

It's a disgrace!

If God made us man in his "own image and likeness", how did he come to form women so differently?

Is there a "Mrs" God, from whom he copied our design?

And why are we all so different in size, shape, colour etc?

If there is a "Mrs" God, why did he need the Virgin Mary to carry his son Jesus?

And, if not, from where did he conceive the idea of Eve, with different (better looking) bits dangling off her?

Years ago, in my very distant youth, we had a valve radio.

Then, along came the transistor radio and it was a "cool" thing to be seen with one.

From there we evolved to the massive "speaker" time with mysterious things called "Sub Woofers" and with "Graphic equalisers", whatever they were for.

I know my brother was obsessed with both.

Now, in the silicon chip era, men masturbate themselves into a froth over how powerful the computer chip is in their machine, the size of the memory on their graphics cards etc, etc.

I could understand their lust for power when it was rumbling between their legs or under their bum when seated on a motor bike or in a sports car, but, c'mon boys.... a computer....?

Just started with Yahoo answers.

I took a quick look around the different categories and although a lot of answers are more in fun than relevance, there are also a lot of nasty people who neither provide any useful information, nor do they know how to conduct themselves in a pleasant manner.

I was always taught that if you cant say anything pleasant or useful, say nothing!