God Is Laughing At Me... - Page 3

On July 06 2012 09:07 Spikeke wrote:
Awesome blog, the Hallmark of a stupid people was exceptional.

Mother's family side are Jehovah Witnesses. My mother used to take me when I was young, I didn't care for it so much. We had service 3 days a week, Tue, Thus, and Sun. I was a kid and wanted to play video games, some of the stories were interesting though, The ones about Hell, Dragons, Magic, etc.. But as I grew older, I realized that people believed these stories literally, and don't even bother thinking for themselves or were just crazy. "I did it because God told me to", These people are just too much for me. My mother stopped taking us soon after. She said she did it to mostly satisfy her parents and family, but didn't like forcing us, her children, to attend. I'm glad my mother decided to stop attending. I didn't find a use for it anyway. Obviously I have no problem and don't care what your beliefs are, just don't shove them in my face. I don't follow any religions or even consider myself religious in anyway. But I would say I'm a spiritual person, and one of my beliefs is to keep your beliefs to yourself. (Also as soon as we stopped attending, the regulars who I thought we were friends with. Chose to ignore us and avoid any contact, like we didn't even exist anymore. But whatever, I moved on) Can't say this for all congregations, but you know what I mean.

I didn't grow up with a religion, and I like to think I'm a good person, Help out as much as I can, last week I walked an old lady that wasn't feeling well back to her apartment... I work everyday, put in overtime even. pay my bills mostly on time, no crimes committed, lol etc. Being kind and honest, its just common sense to me, I don't need a sermon every week telling me (or my future kids) how we'll burn for an eternity if we don't do what God wants us to do.

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On July 06 2012 11:34 Fumanchu wrote:
I was forced to attend church until I was able to drive so... like 18 I guess. It sucked balls. When I was younger I daydreamed.The church had these great pictures on stained glass and I always used to imagine the characters brawling it out mike tyson's punch-out style. When I was a little older I bought a Gameboy Pocket and would hide in the bathroom playing Pokemon. One day my dad kicked in the stall, and hucked my GP in the urinal. I couldn't sit down for a month. And then when I was older still, I just waited until church ended so I could play basketball with my friends afterwards.

I still can't stand church, just entering one puts a bad taste in my mouth. Ugh, just thinking about entering one makes me shudder. I never attend church any more, and I don't plan on doing it any time soon. I'm definitely a CEO Christian (Christmas Easter Only).

On July 04 2012 12:45 KING CHARLIE :D wrote:
This is a hallmark of a stupid person. Stupid people constantly assess blame. There's an old saying...When you point a finger at someone, there are at least 3 fingers pointing back at you and one thumb that is kind of pointing off to the side. At least, I think that's how it goes. When a 900lb grizzly bear is sodomizing your wife and kids in your tent, is it absolutely necessary to find out who left a sandwich in their bag? When a great white shark breaches the surface of the ocean, lets out a roar similar to that of a T-Rex and begins biting chunks out of the side of the boat like it was made of gingerbread, is it imperative to find out who didn't pack the harpoon? Stupid people constantly wait around poised to divvy blame for any adversity that comes their way. It is important to note that analyzing a problem to take steps towards correcting it is rational and pragmatic. Stupid people assess blame and hide behind the guise of an intent to solve problems when, in actuality, they do it in the interest of self-preservation. For them, it's always about belittling the person and the feeling of superiority that comes with it; not about actually solving the problem. At it's core, the behavior comes from low self-esteem and a feeling of insecurity. Heaven forbid they say nothing and then have it be the unvoiced consensus of the group that they were the cause of the problem that arose. It must be a pathetic, agonizing existence to constantly feel as though you need to maintain an image of perfection because you are afraid that your mentally-handicapped friends may cast judgment on you. Actually, it must come natural to them, because I don't think the brain of a stupid person has the capacity to be able to consider what someone else might be thinking.


B.F. Skinner once conducted an experiment on pigeons where he placed a dish of food behind a small window that would open and close every 20 seconds. One pigeon was flapping his wings at the point that the window opened, and as a result, when the window was closed, it would frantically flap it's wings trying to get the window to open again--assuming that it's wing flapping caused the window to open in the first place. We often assess blame as a society and are not much different than the pigeon. A teenager on a bicycle will get killed by an elderly man in a Buick that ran a red light, and we will say the kid needed to be paying more attention. A perfectly healthy 40-year old vegetarian man will drop dead of cardiac arrest on his evening jog, and we will say that he wasn't balancing his phosphate levels properly. Yes, there are situations that can be avoided. In fact, they say the ONLY certainties in life are death and taxes, but I would like to add something else to the list: Shit happens. Some things we have ZERO influence over. When tragedy strikes, we exhaust far too much energy as a society trying to always have something to point to and blame for why it happened. The sad reality is that at any point of any day you could die for absolutely no reason at all, and always having something to point to makes us feel like we are impervious to this fact as long as we avoid the mistakes that we've deemed to be fatal. All the smart people really do is find the things they have an influence on and spend their effort nurturing the positive growth of them. Personally, I just cross my fingers and enjoy the time that I have in the gauntlet as much as I can.

On July 06 2012 18:37 FractalsOnFire wrote:


Best bit of the whole blog. If i could feature you, i would do it just for this section. So very relevant today. Though i don't know whether the generalisation of all stupid people is necessary or true.

As for my religious experience, i was forced to goto church a few times by my parents. Thing is they didn't even go, they made me go with my Uncle and Aunt who were christian. Parents are 'buddhist' but they don't practice. I'm glad its only a few times though, church bored the fuck out of me and i hated it. I later did my time with the 'christians converting everyone they could find within their own social circle' thing and almost did convert. Then i found atheism and realised religion disgusted me.

On July 04 2012 22:21 metbull wrote:

I wonder this all the time.
King C's ratings are way up there.
Do the right thing mods and make King Charlie a featured blog (I'd actually look at the featured blog tab then)

On July 07 2012 05:26 eSgTheBear wrote:
Showed your blog to my wife, SHE LOVES IT!

On July 06 2012 18:33 ShadeR wrote:
I stopped when i realised god was never going to answer my prayers and send me a super nintendo.