Jesus Obsession?

There seems to be a lot of talk about Jesus these days. Online, in newspapers, on tv..I can't even log onto my facebook account without seeing a reference to Jesus. What I don't understand is what is the sudden obsession with Jesus? Why does everyone feel so compelled to mention his name lately? I wasn't raised in a religious home and was never "baptised" into any religion. I think that being raised in a home that was not religious has helped me to be able to be more open minded and to see things from several different view points and understand why people feel the way that they do about their view point. I am not an atheist by any means, but the older I get the more trouble I have believing that there is ONE Almighty being out there that controls and creates everything. Personally I find it much more plausible and easier to believe in multiple Gods, like the Greek gods and goddesses for example. It just makes more sense to me that there are multiple "beings" that are in charge of overseeing and creating things.....I can't completely explain it, I just have trouble with the fact that there is just one, like I said. Also...the other thing I have trouble with is how do we even know that Jesus existed and that he really did all the things that the bible says he did. I mean if you think about it, this book has been re written and translated MANY times...how do we know that some of it wasn't embellished or translated wrong? But I guess my biggest problem is how could one almighty powerful being who is supposed to love us and all creatures allow the atrocities that occur on a daily basis to happen? Yes, I understand the whole "free will" thing..but really? Where is the free will of the child being abused or molested and has no choice in what is happening to them and no way to fight back? Where is the free will of the animals that are neglected and abused and tested on? They cannot voice their pain and outrage and in some cases they can't even fight back. How could anyone not only allow this to happen, but let someone so toxic pollute our society? I could get into murderers and rapists and so on, but I think you get the idea. I believe that evil does exist and it has nothing to do with Lucifer or hell or being led into temptation. I believe that some people come to the earth already evil and no amount of religion or faith will ever change them. I also believe that being evil has NOTHING to do with free will. I believe that free will means choices, you can choose to be good, you can choose to be bad. You can choose to be nice or mean. You can choose to help that person struggling to grab something off the shelf or you can choose to walk right by them and let them fend for themselves. Free will implies that the child molester, animal abuser, murderer, rapist etc. could choose to not do what they are doing...meaning it would never happen in the first place. Meaning those labels I just used would not even exist, and that there was no evil in the world. I guess I am trying to understand that if there is one almighty creator who is good, and kind, and loving....why is he creating evil? And why are we supposed to follow him blindly? Do we know for sure that there is a heaven and a hell? And do we even know for sure what it takes to get sent to either place? And for that matter, what gives us the right to determine who is going to heaven and who is going to hell? I do not believe that your religion defines where you will be going when you die, there are very devout evil people out there, not every one who attends church and believes in god is a good person. I do believe that when we die we will be held accountable for the things we have done in this life and that we will all have to face the consequences for our actions, whatever they may be. I feel like if I had had as much faith as a lot of people seem to, I would be having trouble keeping that faith in the world we live in today. I respect people who have faith, and I respect their choice to follow a religion. I just wish they respected my choice to not follow one, and I wish they would stop pushing their faith on me.

A Change Would Do You Good.....

So for some reason ever since I turned 30 I have just felt so trapped in my day to day life...
I am sick of the monotony of my job, and to be quite honest I have not been happy at my job for quite some time now, but the job market has forced me to stay there as it provides me with a steady income. I feel like I am at a point in my life where I should be in a career, not the dead end job I am in right now. All I can think about most days is just how much I want out! And I feel so powerless in the whole situation. I have been job hunting for over a year now and so far I have had one interview out of the many jobs I have applied for and for whatever reason I did not get that job that I interviewed for. I tried going to school, but the recent layoffs due to the economic downturn forced me to quit after only one term...my husband was laid off and we could no longer afford my tuition. I feel like I have nothing to show for my life...I mean don't get me wrong I have a wonderful husband, my babies (my cats), and my family...but I am in a dead end job, living paycheck to paycheck and paying pretty much a mortgage payment on my 2 bedroom apartment. I don't know, I guess I just thought that by this point in my life I would be in a house and have a career. Or at the very least be in a house. So I have been mildly depressed lately just thinking about how I am stuck and how bad I want to change things but I just can't. It's very frustrating. I am sure that I am not the only one feeling this way, it's kinda hard not to with the way the economy is, pretty much life in general sucks for a lot of people right now. Anyway....just felt like getting that out of my system...till next time!

Ignorance......

Here is something that I have been thinking about for a few days....I work at a bank, and recently I had a customer come in, she started asking me random questions about our policies regarding asking people to remove hats, sunglasses, etc. when they come in so that we can see their faces and in turn properly identify them. She brought up the fact that we do not have any signs posted anywhere asking customers to remove these things before entering the bank and she questions how we are able to enforce having them remove the stuff without a sign posted. I informed her that even though there are no signs posted we are still allowed to ask that customers remove their hats and whatnot so that we can see them. Then she out of the blue says "well what about fundamentalist Muslims? What is your policy for them?" I'm thinking to myself "What???" So then she says "Well what do you do if a woman shows up wearing a Burka?" So at this point I am thinking "Ummm....what does that have to do with anything??" So I tell her that it has not been an issue and therefore we do not have a specific policy in place for that type of situation. So she proceeds to tell me that her sister-in-law was in bank recently and a woman in a Burka walked in and her sister was just freaked out the whole time.....so apparently to this customer a woman in a Burka=suicide bomber! I was just so shocked at the ignorance and racism coming from this lady. I had no idea what to say! I just basically reiterated that it has not been an issue and quickly walked away (I was letting her into her safe deposit box so I did not have to remain with her thankfully) I just thought what am I supposed to say in that kind of situation?? I'm like maybe we need a policy in place for how we deal with ignorant racist customers, I am sure we have all been in a situation where we have been shocked into silence by what someone has said, I think it would be helpful to have an appropriate response for this kind of thing. If I had said what I really wanted to say, which is somewhere along the lines of "just because a woman is in a Burka does not mean she is about to blow us all up, she is following her religious practices plain and simple and there is nothing wrong with that. The sight of a Burka does not automatically mean that evil is afoot, and I find your comments a little offensive" I probably would have gotten in trouble because I was at work and she was my customer. Plus let's be real here people...what would they have to gain by blowing up a bank in Utah of all places?? NOTHING!!! I just don't get people sometimes....

Hello!

So I finally caved and created my own blog.....
Not sure where it willl go from here or how often I will be posting to it, but I have one none the less! If you are curious as to where I got the name for my blog, it is my name and my husbands name smooshed together :o) I figured it would be unique enough that it would not have already been taken. Anyway, I don't really have anything interesting to post at the moment..so I guess this is it for now!