Strange Things Mystifying

The closest I come to religious observance during the Easter holiday is listening to the soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar. It's been my tradition for about 10 years now. Some may consider this disrespectful but it is a Passion play after all and I see no problem with enjoying a Jesus that knows how to Rock.

Now, my annual Good Friday Porch Sit and Beer Binge is clearly sacreligious and I'm willing to accept any and all consequences related to that bit of debauchery. I'm greatly looking forward to that tomorrow (although my husband has the day off work, which will seriously hinder my ability to go balls out this year).

It's important to note that I truly believe that no God of mine will ever make me eat fish. I hate fish. Shellfish is fine, just not the non-seabug variety. My God understands that and he has no problem with it. We've discussed it at length.

These are the sorts of comments that make my parents think I am an atheist. They could not be more wrong. I'm not an atheist but I'm definitely not a Missouri Synod Lutheran either. I just have some different ideas regarding faith, spirituality and any answer to the question, "What Would Jesus Do" Example: I believe Jesus would vote Democrat most of the time. He'd be okay with letting gays marry and adopt children. He wouldn't like abortion but he wouldn't be a jackass about it. He'd oppose the death penalty. He wouldn't wear a "WWJD" bracelet and act like an asshole at work.

It's upsetting that people can't talk about religion without getting in a fight over it. It's disturbing that people take whatever they're told by religious leaders as the absolute truth and never bother to question or explore what they think or feel. I get a lot out of my spiritual explorations and its unfortunate that there are very few people I can talk to about this (In fact, I can think of only one.)

I think agreeing to disagree should be worked into the Ten Commandments somewhere. And the whole Easter holiday needs to be reworked. People should have to act out Jesus Christ Superstar at church. More Rocking and Ham, less Fish.