God Is Laughing At Me...

On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote:
I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.

On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote:
I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.

On July 04 2012 13:03 Birdie wrote:
I was forced to attend church as a kid; was pretty bored at the time. Now I thoroughly enjoy it as I understand what is going on and am able to listen to the sermon with comprehension and come away benefiting from the service; I attend of my own desire every Sunday. probably not the kind of reply you were looking for.

On July 04 2012 13:07 don_kyuhote wrote:

This. Not even Christian kids like not being able to sleep in on Sundays.

On July 04 2012 18:51 Aerisky wrote:
To be fair, Catholics do have to endure mockery and contempt generally speaking. Perhaps in a limited scope specifically with regard to his city, not so much, but around the world (for example on TL) Catholics and Christians do face a lot of abuse, but that's probably bolstered by the effects of anonymity. You're right about the early Christian martyrs; online it's more of a universal intellectual disdain or a general contempt for religion/Christianity, but compared to some of the early Christian martyrs, the kind of abuse they endure is nothing.

The idea about crowds is spot-on as well. Since modern Christian worship usually entails having the entire congregation become one, and people who don't subscribe to it can find it incredibly awkward and off-putting especially with all the random passion going around--I've experienced it firsthand too x_x

Edit: felt bad about a misplaced comma lol

On July 04 2012 16:00 Th1rdEye wrote:
I once went to church with my uncle.. it was a local Catholic church.

I just sat there and hung out for a bit listening to the sermons they did..then I had to go in a line and hold my hands a certain way or something and be blessed by the minister. I wanted to take a sip of the cup they had.. but apparently i was too young for that :D

In the end, my uncle gave me a dollar for coming with him, hahaaa

I also went to methodist churches when I was younger as well. Most of the time I hated getting up on Sunday and going to Church.. I stopped at a certain age.

Now I realize that I wasn't missing much anyway.

On July 04 2012 13:18 VirgilSC2 wrote:
How are you not a featured blogger yet?!

On July 05 2012 03:30 starcraftmastersix wrote:
My parents never took us to church. I did go a couple times growing up when with my grandma or friends who were religious. Then at one point when i was in middle school my sister got into it and took me once and i decided it wasn't for me. I'd also go to her bible studies with her before school because she was my ride, but it was at a starbucks and i didn't even sit with them.

I was hoping you would have drawn the t-rex shark. Next time...

On July 05 2012 08:12 eSgTheBear wrote:
Great post! I especially loved the part where you talk about stupid people. I can relate to the things you mentioned; seeing as I have to live with morons on a day-to-day basis.

Anyways as for the question of the day!

I was forced to attend church all the way up to 7th grade. At that point I was a bit better with words and explained to my parents how stupid and childish I felt going to church was. I haven't gone to church since then, but it was a boring experience. I much rather have spent that time downloading porn from LimeWire.

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On July 05 2012 10:40 PiGStarcraft wrote:
I love your blogs man great pieces of writing!

Yeah my parents forced me to go as a kid I remember it being boring as crap and always just going outside to play rugby with the other kids as soon as possible and dirtying my clean clothes lol. When I was older in my teens and pretty much an atheist towards all established religion they'd force me to go on easter and it would be hell. I'd pretty much just feel bad because I couldn't help looking down on these people and their views which were clearly so important to them. I knew that religion was having a great positive effect in their lives and just wished I wasn't forced into the middle of it where I couldn't help but feel contempt for their beliefs..

On July 05 2012 21:25 KING CHARLIE :D wrote:

Every church needs a rugby team that practices around the time that service begins. Why isn't rugby more popular in the US...good sport.

On July 06 2012 04:52 sc2superfan101 wrote:
i was forced to go to mass. mainly i didn't like it because getting up ass early sucked, but i always liked the homily (thats the part where the priest explains the portion of the gospel that he just read)

then as i got older i had to become an alter-boy, which sucked because now if it was my day on the schedule i had to go to church and couldn't feign sickness or hope that we just would skip it that time. but being an alter boy is actually kind of cool too because you are actually doing stuff so it's hard to be bored and you feel kind of like a secret agent when you're in the back room getting the stuff ready.

as i grew older, my family stopped going, but i will probably start going again sometime, most likely when i have kids. i think it's healthy to be forced to go to church as a kid, as long as it's within reason. also, EC (easter christmas) Catholics always pissed me off. i'm sitting in the damn pew every week and these rubes come in on the only two days that you can probably be excused for skipping, which means that every service is jam-packed to the point of no sitting room. ugh... i wish people who didn't care would just not care.

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.