A Change Of Heart

since i've been home from my trip, i really find it difficult to be as frustrated with things as i have been known to be.

maybe i'm actually growing up...

as for the blog: i don't know what it means.

of course, these issues are far more complex than i can capture in a single rant.

but i'm glad that's off my chest now...

The Freak'n Pope

World Youth Day is upon us, people. 

How do I know? Because I just spent THE longest fucking tram ride back from the city absolutely crammed into the thing with dozens of overexcitable god-heads in WYD all-weather blazers babbling about how freakin' awesome it is to heart Jesus. I didn't want to be the one to break it to them, but the meet's in Sydney.

Frankly, Sydney can have 'em.

God is a superstition. An imagining for a time when we didn't have the means to understand the world around us, so we attributed it to divine beings. Guess what? We've figured out a few things. Firstly, there's all the fucking evidence that we're monkeys. Now, I'd like to say "Hey, let's all just respect each others beliefs and get along swimmingly", but the truth of the matter is, I can't. Why? Because it's so obviously fucking delusional!!

Sure, I'm perfectly in my own right to believe that I shit rainbows and can fire lightning from my fingertips. But I think that's classified as schitzotypal behaviour. How is hearing voices and seeing things that aren't there any different? Because lots of people do it. Lots of people also rape and murder, but we're not about to go sanctioning THAT when everybody starts doing it.

Wait, the Catholics already did that. Maybe not the rape; but certainly torture, murder and mass-oppression.

No to Homosexuality! It's your own fucking choice who you sleep with, and who you love. Free will and all.

No to Condoms! Great, thousands of STIs and stupid stupid little children everywhere ad infinitum. 

No to Abortion! Sure, it's a tricky moral area with what constitutes life and all, but by religious teaching women don't get a choice in what is their matter, and their choice alone. Raped and pregnant? Deal with it, says God. How far we've come as a society when we're revoking free will in such a revolting way.

No to Sex! Yeah, good luck with that.

No to Other Religions! Well, they are scary and mysterious. Surely the Devil doth weave his ways amongs them.

Oh, and here's the big one: No to Free Speech! If you want to take your issues up with the Church, do it on your own time, apparently. WYD is all about sweeping the glaring issues under the rug and appointing powers-unnecessary to prevent people having their say. For the uninformed: you can't protest World Youth Day or you'll be fined on the spot - over $5000 for wearing a Pro-Choice t-shirt. Kinda takes the 'choice' out of it, doesn't it?

If anything, we should all descent on Sydney and overrun the place with protests against all the ills that organised religion and the ignorance it promotes. Witty t-shirts for all! Water-bomb the Pope! Or maybe we'll take the intelligent path and try to reason with them. Wait, we FUCKING CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S SUDDENLY AGAINST THE LAW!

Does nobody else see this as a massive affrond to progress?

Backwards-thinking superstitious-types promoting wars in the name of their sky-fairy's prevalence over someone else's sky-fairy.

Tradition defying logic, understanding and societal growth?

Goody.

TO BEGIN:

So to kick this bad-boy off, I thought I might give a few warnings:

1. I swear a lot, and will be offensive to make a point if need be

2. am rather opinionised

3. don't often make sense

4. or have point

5. am still undecided as to whether this blog will contain anything worth reading

So there you have it Enjoy!

Soon...