The question to him was: What are your thoughts on religion?

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I can't speak for anyone else but myself. I was raised to believe that I should be forgiving, that I am a sinner by birthright, that I should confess my sins, that there is a devil and he will burn me eternally if I don't confess, and that I would go to heaven if I was good. People would sing there and we'd live in eternal harmony. I was told if I was lucky enough during the course of my life that a man named Jesus died for my sins and was going to come back to free me.

Fast forward to today. Let's say Jesus comes back on this planet. Where does he start? First off, many people won't believe it is him unless it was on teevee. To make this clear I suppose he would have to perform miracles or start punishing people for their bad habits. You know, punishing the people that try to break into my house to steal cd's because they have addiction problems caused by dependence to chemicals and fruits that were found on this artist formerly known as a green earth that we were told to reap and sow and pick from (except for that apple). After he announces he is back, I will be so relieved that I won't have to work again or sing or try to make people in my life happy because he will free us from this crazy place of suffering and sin. Why am I not just waiting this out? Hey, where are you Jesus? Are you listening?

So Jesus, how come you don't believe in me? You ask us to believe in you but you don't believe in me so you have to come back to Earth again. Why couldn't you finish the job the first time? Make me a sinner and make me donate money to your organization and make me feel guilty for being who I am - which is supposed to be a creation that spawned initially from your poppa.

Good god, God. Why don't you come down and visit sometime? Give me a warning though because I will build a boat when you flood everyone again...just because you feel like it. Thanks again.

Well, this is getting old. Thanks for asking the question and for having me here folks. I'm off to do my chores and live the daily grind. In parting, everyone has their own spirituality and you should respect that. I only say believe in yourself first. If you do that and there really is someone else out there, you should be fine. But until then, don't waste your life wondering about things you won't find out about until the very day you are a rotting corpse.

Am I a bad person for what I wrote above? I don't think so. I mean no harm to the people around me. So please forgive me like a good Christian if I offended you.

Thank you class of 2005, and best of luck to you.

Signed,

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