christians to me are like a mix box of chocolates. i eat one, it tastes like shit, i spit it out. i eat another, it tastes like shit, i spit it out. i put away the box. now, there's probably some good chocolates in there, ones that don't have disgusting things in them, but it's not worth it to me to pick through the coconut and shit to find them. i would rather have a yummy chocolate given to me straight, not have to taste test to find the damn thing, spoiling the flavor of the good one anyway.

i meet a christian, they tell me i'm going to hell for thinking gay people are okay, i stop talking to them. i meet another, they start preaching to me about how great christianity is, and how i should come to church, and how i should accept jesus christ as my personal savior--even though i've told them i'm agnostic and want to stay that way, i stop talking to them. now, there are some really cool christians out there, ones that don't practice hypocrisy or hatred or prejudice, but it's not worth it to me to pick through the bastards out there to find myself a christian friend. i would rather meet someone, liking them for who they are, and realize they are a christian, than seek out a christian friend, being spiritually maimed along the way, making me resentful and irritated once i find a good one.

i'm sick and tired of people telling me what i should believe, what i should want, what i should do, and i'm especially tired of people telling me that i'm "liberal," with a negative connotation. so i don't think all gays should be shot to the sun in a rocket. so i think it's wrong to blame all muslim people for 9/11. and yes, i do think that women should have the right to choose--not because i believe abortion is okay, but because i know it will happen anyway, and it's safer to have licensed doctors with legal regulations on how abortions are performed than a baby daddy with a coat hanger in the back of a cab.

i'm not opposed to opinions, i'm not opposed to healthy debate. i am opposed to someone telling me i'm wrong about issues that are clearly not black and white, and telling me i should believe what they believe instead.

it's true that there are many different religious people--and non-religious people--who do this. but i'm specifically tired of the jesus stuff. give it a rest, it's my soul, i'll do whatever i want with it.