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Breaking The DumbChristian Code

"Dumb" is probably not the right word. "Annoying" is closer. "Annoying" over "The DaVinci Code."

I had forgotten from my days in 'the church' that Christianity as a whole does not allow for questioning or free thinking. You are figuratively beat over the head with the Bible and told 'This book contains what you now think. If you think something that is not in this book, you are sinning. Any questions you may have are to be left in God's hands, not verbalized, because questioning is a sin too.' And lo, the opiate of the masses. You have half a world full of varying branches of Christian drones who go monkey-nuts, screeching frantically and grabbing at their bars over any perceived threat. And to add insult to agnostic injury, Christianity is not possessed of any trace of a sense of humor.

Enter the "The DaVinci Code."

I read it the last time I was in the hospital and I was exhilirated by it. Jesus possibly a married, sex-having, non-divine mortal? Who willed a woman to further his church?? Squee! It just does not get any better for a disgruntled, grossly disbelieving, hugely cynical former Christian, lemme tell ya. Alas, the book is not to be found in your library's reference section, but rather under 'fiction.' Of course, some things--like the description of paintings, the existance of Opus Dei and some historical facts--are indeed accurate, so you might also check 'non-fiction.' But it is no more a work of irrefutable "truth" than the 2000 some-odd-year-old Bible is. It does raise questons, though.

Enter the monkey-nuts Christians.

The monkey-nuts Christians who squelch any questioning of the Bible. Who assign you to the fiery pits if you benignly entertain a 'what if?'. Who fling their religious shit at anyone who doesn't think like them. Because they represent THE Way, THE Truth and THE Light.

But what of the people who liked the book and counted the days until the movie opened? Will we really burn for entertaining questions that will never be answered with 100% accuracy? Would the impact of Jesus really be so belittled if he had been married? Would 'the rock' he built his church on have crumbled to dust thousands of years ago had 'the rock' been a woman? So many questions...but that's not the smoke of hellfire you smell. It's smoke from your brain turning rusty wheels. If God gave us brains, how can using them to think be a sin?

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Bits of fire in the sky push me east back home. I used to live in flames but it's hard on the wings. Choke me. Smoke me. Scare me back. You try but you just can't. I peel the layers in my spare time, and you're easy to see through. I can fly, I've discovered on my own. I may be the lesser butterfly but my wings are just as strong. Who are you to tell me to find a place to land? I may be the lesser butterfly but baby watch me glide.