Simply REFUSE to OBEY Priests and Never Give Them Any Money. The Catholic Church Forbids Birth Control and that Causes Starving Children in Mexico, Central and South America.

Simplemente NIÉGUESE a OBEDECER a los sacerdotes católicos y nunca les dé dinero.

Simplesmente RECUSA-SE A OBEDECER AOS PADRES CATÓLICOS E NUNCA LHE DÊ DINHEIRO.

Make Birth Control Free and Legal Worldwide

#Runaway The Catholic Church Forbids Birth Control Causing Starving Children in Mexico, Central and South America.

#Fugitivo La Iglesia Católica Prohibe el Control de la Natalidad Causando Hambre a los Niños en México, Centro y Sudamérica.

#Runaway A Igreja Católica proíbe o controle de natalidade que deixa crianças famintas no México, América Central e do Sul.

I have Actually BEEN to Mexico and The Starving Children Selling Chicklets Horrified Me. Remember: If You Give Birth to 12 Children it's Very Difficult to Feed them all but if You only have Two... It's Much Easier... Did You NOTICE That Thousands of People are Walking North from Central America for a BETTER LIFE in the USA? A Fundamental Part of that Better Life is Enough Food for Your Children...

Take Action! Leave the Catholic Church... Their Ideas are about 500 Years Out Of Date. I Realize that their Ideas Made Perfect Sense During the Spanish Inquisition but in 2022?

What's UP with a Vow of Celibacy? Doesn't That Just Encourage WEIRDOS To Apply for the Job of Priest?

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Take a Minute and Think About TITHING... Traditionallt, People Give 10% of Everything they Earn to the Church. That Allows Priests to Live a Work Free Life... They Build Giant Churches filled with Gold while the People often do not have enough money to buy SHOES... Well, Tell the Priests "If You Want Money, Go Get a JOB!"

My Grandfather was a Minister... He earned his Living from the Collection Plate... Until the 1930s when no one had any money so he quit and became a math teacher... that paid the bills, fed his family WHEN RELIGION FAILED... One Summer Grandma, My Father and My Uncle Camped on the Trinity River and Ate fish and Rabbits... and anything they could Gather.. a .22 rifle and a fishing pole was enough to live...

GOP Plan: Declare Jesus the One True God and Start Burning Witches!

Bill W. Invented Alcoholics Anonymous on a Psychedelic Trip. "The Belladonna Cure" - Two drugs - Henbane and Belladonna

Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) had his spiritual awakening while undergoing this treatment. He never drank again.

One Great Idea at AA is You CHOOSE YOUR OWN GOD... OR... Lack of God...

So Many Different Gods... and So Many Believers Loudly Proclaim that THEIR God is the One True God. That's Absurd! I, like 100% of the people on Earth HAVE NO CLUE if God is real or not.

Some people state that they know... but they are just deluding themselves... I don't mind them deluding themselves, but if they Kill people that are of different Religions... They are Crazy and Dangerous.

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Here is An Examination of My Beliefs...

GOD = Group of Drunks

I do pray... I may not believe in God but what if God believes in me? I often send prayers for good health to the people who are sick. If God is Real, he reads my email... and the people who get the email feel better...

I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior in 1976. If Christianity turns out to be the correct Religion, I'm Saved! I was living with my first ex-wife and she was interested in me becoming a Baptist and I was interested in sex with her so... I went forward at a meeting, accepted Christ, joined the choir and then got bored with it all... we rarely attended. I did like Communion... It's a make believe Vampire, Cannibal Cult! Pretend to drink a persons BLOOD and Eat a persons BODY... OOOH! That's Creepy! But FUN!

However, I much later I did become addicted to crack cocaine and when I wanted to stop I went to a Baptist Church and gave my addiction to Jesus, and never smoked crack again. That evening I went to the Pink Floyd "concert" called "Welcome to the Machine" and that helped also because it gave me something to distract my attention while I was suffering thru the withdrawal symptoms. Another time I went to the Presbyterian Church founded by Annie Bidwell in Chico and prayed that God would find my friends a JOB... and later that week both Manuel and Victoria were employed. A miracle... Not only that but if I ever stub my toe or hit my thumb with a hammer I shout out JESUS!

When I joined Alcoholics Anonymous I was introduced to the concept of a "Higher Power" helping me with my addiction. The "Higher Power" that worked for me was The "Group of Drunks" an acronym GOD... We were supposed to seek guidance thru prayer and meditation. However I always got Nothing from Prayer or Meditation. ZERO. The Group did help and I stopped drinking alcohol. Remember, Bill Wilson invented Alcoholics Anonymous while tripping on Belladonna and Henbane. Both POWERFUL Hallucinogens. He saw the "White Light" and had a vision of God. Me TOO! Me TOO! LSD, DMT, Peyote and Magic Mushrooms all give you a vision of God. I do like AA so Bill's Trip was a great help to mankind.

If the Hindus or Buddhists are right I'm set to reincarnate as a human or better because I've lead a good life. I have NOT killed any people but have eaten a few hamburgers... I love Bacon too... Oh Well... Maybe I'll come back as a Cow... and then a Hamburger myself...

If the Mormons are right, I'm not in luck. I liked meeting the Mormon people in Utah, they were very friendly and helpful but I just can't believe that God is an Extraterrestrial... Moroni from a star in the constellation Orion... Not very likely to be true.

However, maybe the "Ancient Alien" theorists are right. There sure is a lot of really strange evidence of Alien Visitation... For Example: Why did Mexicans, Cambodians and Egyptians all build Pyramids? What is their purpose? Did they have Alien Help?

If Islam is correct I'm screwed... But then, their Religion JUST SUCKS.

I like THOR... Valhalla I am coming. Led Zeppelin "Immigrant Song"
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I have a few members of my family that are Jewish and I think that on Judgement day they will let me in. I've been nice to them and that's important in a world where some people put them in gas chambers and kill them.

Of COURSE, Gaia makes a lot of sense. I can really relate to the fact that all plants and animals are brothers and sisters... I really GROK this idea when I'm in a Redwood Forest. I lived on the edge of a second growth forest for 15 years and I "owned" a specific tree in Eureka. I sat on it daily and smoked cigarettes... I sat on it more often that anyone else so it's MY TREE and I'm It's Human. I will share that tree with our cat Meadow as she liked it too.

Then there are the Goddess Religions... Thankfully, I've met a couple of Goddesses and I sure am glad. One was nicknamed "Nature Nurse". She became my Second Ex-Wife.
Another was Ja-Kay R. from Chico. We played the drums in a band in Paradise, California and performed "Miserlou" at the Farmers market in downtown Chico. A beautiful Blond Nordic Goddess.
Another was a GURU/Teacher named Sonya Sophia who lead a group healing seminar at the Utah Rainbow Gathering. I also bought admission to her weekly internet sessions where we studied "Tapping" a self-help Acupressure technique... I did that for about a year and learned as much as she could teach. "I Love and Accept Myself"

Rastafarians? Sure, I've smoked a lot of reefer... I can play reggae music... it's got ONE CHORD! Easy but I find it boring even when I'm stoned. Cannabis Psychosis is REAL. If you smoke every day you remain stoned even if you don't smoke... You stay stoned for about a month... and I saw things that were not there but I believed that they were... Difficult to take care of business when I'm THAT Stoned...

Pastafarians? - The Flying Spaghetti monster is a good joke.

The Church of the Subgenius? OK, another good joke.

I'm a registered Minister in the Universal Life Church. Why Not?

Scientology? No thanks, that "E-Meter" is BOGUS science and I know enough about electrical engineering to see that the great OZ is just a man behind a curtain... It's a GREAT religion for L. Ron Hubbard but not for any of the followers.

Timothy Leary and LSD? Ultimately it was disappointing and just an amusing ride... No more meaning than a good roller coaster...

Ram Dass? He took a lot of LSD and then went all the way to India to find a GURU... Then he learned to "BE HERE NOW" from a 6 foot 7 inch surfer from Laguna Beach. He could have saved a lot of time wasted on air travel if he had just gone surfing in California FIRST and Ignored the Indians... but he writes great books...

Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead... Fun to dance to rock music on LSD. However it all has the creepy feeling that it was just an experiment in the CIA Project MKULTRA. What IF we dosed millions of people Nationwide? Would that be useful as a Weapon of War? Make the enemy too stoned to fight?

Surfing as a religion? Yes, that makes sense. Or to put it more simply, doing what you love to do as a way of life... Playing the ukulele or throwing pottery or oil painting or computer programming or dancing or bicycle riding or snow skiing or camping or taking photographs or ... etc etc etc... Yes there is a bliss when a person is doing something they love and are totally focused... TIME itself seems to pass more rapidly... I have experience this myself while programming graphic arts... Suddenly hours have passed while I was "in the zone".

A Christian fellow was giving a lecture at Humboldt State University one time and he said that there was only ONE WAY to go to Heaven, Jesus. He said that you couldn't find God by Mountain Climbing OR Drugs... What he forgot to mention was finding God by Mountain Climbing AND Drugs. BOTH! at the same time! It's not an either/or question... I have hiked to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite on LSD and I"m really glad I did... He also said that Premarital Sex was a SIN. Like, BAD and you shouldn't do it. What an Idiot. I bet that attitude prevented him from getting laid.

Once I read a book called "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz and there was a lot of Toltec Wisdom there.

Another Book Series: "The Teachings of Don Juan" by Carlos Castaneda... Yaqui Indian Brujo Wisdom

I've played the Father Drum with Native Americans and THAT was "Big Medicine"...

"The Temple of the Screaming Electron" and Digital Immortality. Ray Kurzweil plans to upload your entire Brain to the Internet and Living forever in the cloud. I'm working on that too with my Blog by typing almost every event in my entire life and every opinion I've ever held...

So, if you don't like your God simply FIRE him and Write your own Religion!

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Here's a FaceBORG Meme that

Got a Few Comments...

Question about God and Suffering FaceBORG meme

PA Said: He doesn't! Sorry. I'm not religious my friend. Figured I'd better put that in there..!

I replied: If He Doesn't, What DOES He Do? Make the Birdies Sing and the Flowers Bloom in the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room? No that was Walt Disney...

SM Said: Supposedly Satan betrayed God, that means he caught God off-Guard, if true, it means God can't be all knowing. There are thousands of religions, Athiests practice none. Believers practice one. Everyone is an Athiest to someone else.

SL Asked: HE? I Replied: He, She or It... I corrected the Original Question...

HB Said: Because God (A.K.A. human beings) is an asshole. I Replied: It could be that God Enjoys Our Suffering. Like a Child with a Magnifying Glass Burning Ants... It's a Symptom of a Mental Health Problem.

SS Said: We allow it. I Replied: There are Plenty of Events That We Have NO Control Over. Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Floods, Blizzards and Earthquakes Come to Mind. All those Events are Called an "Act of God." We Don't "Allow" Any of Those.

KDS Said: I am free from this quagmire as I am a Deist. I do NOT believe in an interventional G.O.D. I Replied: In Alcoholics Anonymous G.O.D. is an Acronym for Group Of Drunks. As an Agnostic in AA, I couldn't use a Higher Power to Cure My Drinking... So I Used G.O.D. Many People in AA Have Lost all Faith in Christianity... I Don't Know what the Buddhists, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Shintos, Scientologists, Rastafarians or Pastafarians Do in AA... I guess they have Lost Faith as Well... Otherwise Their Religion would solve their Problem...

JL Said: Adam loved Eve more than G?D. I Replied: I Too Love Women. and when my First Wife asked me to Convert to Christianity, I said Yes... and Was a Christian until we got divorced five years later... Then there was Nothing in That Religion that Interested me. I'm not alone in this behavior. I was interested in Sex and Couldn't Care Less about Religion...

SB Said: Because the invisible friend doesn't exist.

I Replied: This Meme is a Classic Example of FaceBorg AI... My Posts are only shown to people that already agree with me... They did a study and found that people will stay on FaceBorg Longer if Everyone Says "You are Right." and More time on FaceBorg means More Advertising Dollars Paid to ZuckerBorg... I wrote a Poem Called "My Invisible Friend." because a Real friend of Mine decided to Fast until He Saw God... About the Third Day he started acting weird and I stayed Far Away from Him... I'm an Agnostic and Don't Believe in an Invisible Friend... But I'm Not Enthusiastic About this Subject to Be an Atheist.

I Said:

"If the World Was Already Perfect, Why Would Anyone Aspire to Go to Heaven?" - Paramahansa Yogananda.

and then I Said:

Was God Taking a Nap when all those Catholic Priests were Molesting Children?

JH Said: There is No Gawd. I replied: How do you know? Got any Evidence? Why is Your Opinion any More Valid Than the Billions of People that say there Is? What about the Opinions of the Buddhists, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Hindus, Shintos, Scientologists, Rastafarians, Pastafarians or Jesus FREAKS?

JH Replied: because I am not delusional... I don't feel compelled to convert others so that I can sit back and feel superior to anyone else.

I Replied: That Missionary Complex is Popular with The Followers of Jesus... I read in the Newspaper that a Dozen Missionaries were Kidnapped in Haiti and Held for Ransom... for a Couple of weeks... They were released because the people that were hoping to get Paid gave up hope of ever getting a penny... Everyone in that Entire Scene was Insane. Why Go to Haiti in order to Convert The Locals?

MB Said: Because God doesn't exist. It's simply a coping mechanism for weak humans. I replied: and we are all weak eventually... Facing Death is Difficult... I just read "Still Here" by Ram Dass and That is a Pretty Interesting Book... for a 68 Year Old...

RC Said: Because God did not make robots! He made all with a brain so we can think. Gave us a heart so we could reason, He gave us legs and feet do we could walk, gave us ears so we could hear, eyes Si we could see, a butthole so we bout sht and fart, and a very carnal body do we could enjoy different parts and surroundings. So if you made somebody suffer or someone made you suffer? Don’t blame God, of course if you believe and have faith in the Lord and follow his Biblical scripture (please don’t include the 86% so called Christians that voted for #45, cause many are called but only a few are chosen as it shows in the book of Mathew), you’ll have a much better chance of enjoying a much more sweet life and He’ll even allow ya’s into heaven. Idiots and hateful people make others suffer and God has nothing to do with that. It’s like if you decide to get a gun and shoot someone? You’re the one pressing the trigger, not God. If you shoot at me? Me being a “real”(not perfect)born again Christian I “will” have a better chance to survive your craziness. Regardless? I’ll end up in heaven, where’s no more suffering, headaches, problems, etc and I’ll eat from the Tree of Life, which has various fruits that we can endlessly enjoy and live in a beautiful place, etc: Revelation 21.

I Replied: That Reminds me of Dr. Seuss... “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahv_1IS7SiE Oh the Places You'll Go at Burning Man.

RC Replied: We’ll? See? Even a myth creator knows what I’m talking about. Trust me! I was a worse non-believer than you, till I saw the light and the light showed me the way. And trust me my carnal tastes of the flesh were and are delicious, yet today I have 98% control over them.

Only Jesus(God in the flesh) was, is and will be perfect!

and I Replied: Thanks. I Read every Word of your post... I Too am Going to Heaven. In 1976 I Accepted Jesus as My Personal Savior... and I went to a Baptist Church with my Wife for 5 Years. Then we got Divorced. And I never went to Church again... However, The Rules State That you Only Have to be saved ONCE and You are Good for ALL ETERNITY! I'm a Backsliding Christian but... SAVED!

and then I Asked: Why did God Create So Many Magic Plants? Magic Mushrooms, Peyote, DMT, Marijuana, Opium, Ergot (LSD) - Is That All a Part of The Plan that we Don't Understand? Just Be GRATEFUL? Did the Prophet Ezekiel Eat Mushrooms before he Rode on the UFO to Heaven?

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TC Said: God is a logical fallacy invented by humans in order to cope with the temporary condition that is life, and to assign answers to phenomena we can’t explain.. there isn’t a shred of evidence that a sentient god exists, which means if their is one, it is none of our business to understand.. If you feel god allows too much suffering, then task yourself to act to minimize the suffering in this world… the beauty of it is, that you don’t have to believe any religious doctrine in order to act on behalf of the better angels of our nature, just an able enough heart mind and body to do so.

I replied: Yes. We May Help People... and It's a Great Idea to do so...

John Lennon Said: "God is a Concept by Which We Measure our Pain." I Wonder What That Means? and then he Lists all the Things He Doesn't Believe In... and at the End... The Only Thing He Does Believe in is Yoko and Me... and That's Reality... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCNkPpq1giU