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God Bless You in Jesus' Name
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Here is a recent post I did in the Dear Diary portion of my blog. I hope this post will help you to determine my philosophy and outlook concerning religious things, and especially the notion and viability of a God:
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.....Thursday August 21, 2008.
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" God Bless you in Jesus' name "
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...the day started out rather poorly yesterday, which was my first day back at work after my regular four days off. In fact, it was so bad I did not think I would make much money at all. And, then things picked up for me once I got to the downtown core and I started loading for a trip going out east into the Fraser Valley. It doesn't take too many deliveries really to make money if they are priority types and if they are going a bit of a distance. Put these things together and you can have a pretty decent day without too much effort at all. Well, things worked out like I said and I headed out towards the east with a pretty decent load on. It was drizzly-like for most of the day and then turned into some pretty serious rain once I got into Surrey and out into the Valley . We have been having stellar weather of late so I guess we were overdo for some moisture to cool things down a bit. Anyway, after all was said and done I did OK and finished up right around the five o'clock mark out in the Valley. I did my usual end of the day thing and found a McDonald's. Lots of times I just have a coffee and a muffin, but sometimes I have a double cheeseburger or something along those lines. I needed to go to the bathroom, so I parked the unit and headed into the store. I usually just go through drive thru as that is the most convenient thing for me to do. But, this time, like I said, I needed to go, so I headed into the store. I found the bathroom and got things done. After completing this task it was time to walk to the counter area and get my order going. On the way to the counter, just after I left the men's room I heard a voice. It was a loud female voice emanating from my right side: " God Bless You in Jesus' name " the voice rang out. I did not even bother to acknowledge the sender of this message and I did not want to get involved with this individual in any way shape or form. To my mind this was just another nutty Christian spouting off her sense of morality or compassion, or whatever she was trying to accomplish. I was not interested one bit and I kept walking away at a steady pace. Now, it could have been a beautiful young chick or older woman who liked me. It is possible you know. In that case I might have taken time to respond and even bid her a good day or something along those lines. I suspected, however, that the incident, and what she was trying to do was an act of sorrow, sorry for the way I appear to people sometimes. I was not interested in any compassion from any religious stranger as regards my appearance or physical condition. If religious people do not understand that I do not believe in the Entity, and in fact, I am totally against the whole thing then why should I waste my time in explaining my philosophy to them. Now, just think of the possible scenario here. I could have sat down with this person and said: " I do not believe God exists and I honestly think that Nature is responsible for my condition " Just how far do you think I would have gotten with that kind of civil discussion? These Christian types have very closed minds and they do not understand that there are other world views out there. They are brainwashed as I have explained to you before. They will not listen or discuss. They will not broaden their horizons. I know these things to be self evident. And, that is why I chose to ignore this person. If you read my post concerning my health in the main part of my blog you will note that I encountered a similar type episode with a Christian some time ago, and you know what my reaction to these kinds of situations is. So, there is no reason whatsoever to do deal with these kinds of individuals. They are different and for all intents and purposes that is the way they will remain for the rest of their lives. I know these things from experience. And, that is why I did what I did. I proceeded to order my food and once that job was accomplished I headed back out into the rain and sat in my vehicle and ate my burger and drank my coffee. It was relaxing sitting in the rain and resting after a successful day. The incident in the restaurant is of no large consequence of course, but simply another learning experience for me. I like people and I like this job that I do, when it goes well, that is. And, one feels a sense of accomplishment, and I think that is what a job should do for you. The female in the restaurant has no idea whatsoever what kind of a person I am and what my philosophy is. Who is to say what ran through her mind when she spouted off those words. Maybe she felt better inside knowing that she was asking God to help me because of my condition. Think of what the scavengers in downtown Vancouver feel like, or the other down and outers that live in the East Side and what their reactions might be to such a comment. As regards to the scavenger, in particular, I suspect, that in many cases there reaction might be similar to mine. They are doing their best to make a living out what life presented to them. I do not think packing a Bible in their back pocket is going to change their world view very much at all. But, just good old common hard work and perseverance might be the thing that provides a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment for them. I see these people all of the time in downtown Vancouver and I respect them for what they are doing. They are making the best of a situation. They are working with the hand that was dealt to them. They do not need a righteous Christian looking out for them, or some God that they have created in their mind. Don't the Christians know that it is better to make man a fisherman than to provide fish for him? Isn't that one of the things that they teach in Sunday School? People don't want handouts and senseless compassion. Surely, self-sufficiency is the key to human sustainability. Perhaps I should control my bowel movements a bit more and make sure that I do not have to visit the innards of a McDonald's restaurant unnecessarily. Maybe drive thru is the safest method of acheiving one's goals, all things considered, I mean. . ...
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" God Bless you in Jesus' name "
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...the day started out rather poorly yesterday, which was my first day back at work after my regular four days off. In fact, it was so bad I did not think I would make much money at all. And, then things picked up for me once I got to the downtown core and I started loading for a trip going out east into the Fraser Valley. It doesn't take too many deliveries really to make money if they are priority types and if they are going a bit of a distance. Put these things together and you can have a pretty decent day without too much effort at all. Well, things worked out like I said and I headed out towards the east with a pretty decent load on. It was drizzly-like for most of the day and then turned into some pretty serious rain once I got into Surrey and out into the Valley . We have been having stellar weather of late so I guess we were overdo for some moisture to cool things down a bit. Anyway, after all was said and done I did OK and finished up right around the five o'clock mark out in the Valley. I did my usual end of the day thing and found a McDonald's. Lots of times I just have a coffee and a muffin, but sometimes I have a double cheeseburger or something along those lines. I needed to go to the bathroom, so I parked the unit and headed into the store. I usually just go through drive thru as that is the most convenient thing for me to do. But, this time, like I said, I needed to go, so I headed into the store. I found the bathroom and got things done. After completing this task it was time to walk to the counter area and get my order going. On the way to the counter, just after I left the men's room I heard a voice. It was a loud female voice emanating from my right side: " God Bless You in Jesus' name " the voice rang out. I did not even bother to acknowledge the sender of this message and I did not want to get involved with this individual in any way shape or form. To my mind this was just another nutty Christian spouting off her sense of morality or compassion, or whatever she was trying to accomplish. I was not interested one bit and I kept walking away at a steady pace. Now, it could have been a beautiful young chick or older woman who liked me. It is possible you know. In that case I might have taken time to respond and even bid her a good day or something along those lines. I suspected, however, that the incident, and what she was trying to do was an act of sorrow, sorry for the way I appear to people sometimes. I was not interested in any compassion from any religious stranger as regards my appearance or physical condition. If religious people do not understand that I do not believe in the Entity, and in fact, I am totally against the whole thing then why should I waste my time in explaining my philosophy to them. Now, just think of the possible scenario here. I could have sat down with this person and said: " I do not believe God exists and I honestly think that Nature is responsible for my condition " Just how far do you think I would have gotten with that kind of civil discussion? These Christian types have very closed minds and they do not understand that there are other world views out there. They are brainwashed as I have explained to you before. They will not listen or discuss. They will not broaden their horizons. I know these things to be self evident. And, that is why I chose to ignore this person. If you read my post concerning my health in the main part of my blog you will note that I encountered a similar type episode with a Christian some time ago, and you know what my reaction to these kinds of situations is. So, there is no reason whatsoever to do deal with these kinds of individuals. They are different and for all intents and purposes that is the way they will remain for the rest of their lives. I know these things from experience. And, that is why I did what I did. I proceeded to order my food and once that job was accomplished I headed back out into the rain and sat in my vehicle and ate my burger and drank my coffee. It was relaxing sitting in the rain and resting after a successful day. The incident in the restaurant is of no large consequence of course, but simply another learning experience for me. I like people and I like this job that I do, when it goes well, that is. And, one feels a sense of accomplishment, and I think that is what a job should do for you. The female in the restaurant has no idea whatsoever what kind of a person I am and what my philosophy is. Who is to say what ran through her mind when she spouted off those words. Maybe she felt better inside knowing that she was asking God to help me because of my condition. Think of what the scavengers in downtown Vancouver feel like, or the other down and outers that live in the East Side and what their reactions might be to such a comment. As regards to the scavenger, in particular, I suspect, that in many cases there reaction might be similar to mine. They are doing their best to make a living out what life presented to them. I do not think packing a Bible in their back pocket is going to change their world view very much at all. But, just good old common hard work and perseverance might be the thing that provides a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment for them. I see these people all of the time in downtown Vancouver and I respect them for what they are doing. They are making the best of a situation. They are working with the hand that was dealt to them. They do not need a righteous Christian looking out for them, or some God that they have created in their mind. Don't the Christians know that it is better to make man a fisherman than to provide fish for him? Isn't that one of the things that they teach in Sunday School? People don't want handouts and senseless compassion. Surely, self-sufficiency is the key to human sustainability. Perhaps I should control my bowel movements a bit more and make sure that I do not have to visit the innards of a McDonald's restaurant unnecessarily. Maybe drive thru is the safest method of acheiving one's goals, all things considered, I mean. . ...
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