Take your religious hypocrisy and shove it up your....

In advance, forgive me.  I'm beyond annoyed at the moment and what better way to release than to rage in my blog.

I was actually enjoying my Thursday morning.  Went for a run, had started a new blog post (which I've now put on the back burner for this little gem), and was just sitting on my ass waiting for a beer delivery.

I decide to briefly browse Facebook when I saw a post from a friend asking for prayers because his father is in the hospital due to a heart attack.  I feel for my friend, I'm an empathetic individual (and a daddy's girl) so my heart breaks for the pain and fear he must be feeling right now.  What I am not, is religious.  I don't believe in God, the bible, or the church; therefore, I don't pray! 

I wrote a brief response to my friend full of my well wishes and hopes that his father have a speedy recovery.  I ended my response with "You and your family are in my heart and thoughts."; a response which I felt adequately expressed my concern.  My friend "liked" my response and then replied with his thanks.

A few posts later... Enter the rude bitch:  "I'm so sorry for what's happening to your dad.  You are all in my prayers!  I'll make sure to pray extra hard for him!  I will also be praying that God is kind enough to forgive the people who are too good to pray for him. Is it so hard for you people to say a prayer for this man?  I hope you repent before the judgement." 

*Face palm*  Now if I was so childish as to start a theological battle on my friends post (which I'm not) my response would be this:

Dear Rude Childish Bitch,
I'm not too good to pray, I don't offer to pray for the man because I don't pray.  I never claimed to be too good for anything; I will now though.  What I am too good for is people like you!  People who are Christians of convenience.  You scan through the bible (If you've even read it.  Have you?  I have!) and pick and choose what to believe and what "rules" to follow.  You throw your nose up in the air at anyone who doesn't share your beliefs and consider them lowly lesser creatures.  
Newsflash!  I don't have to believe in a god to be a better person than you apparently are.  With few exceptions (murderers,rapist, etc) I treat people with respect.  I don't judge them for their beliefs or how they choose to live their lives (it's obvious that you aren't aware that the bible states you shouldn't be doing that either).  I have been judged and looked down upon nearly my entire life for various "religious" reasons, and my response is this.  I'd rather be considered a godless heathen than to treat people poorly just because they are different from me.  I don't have to be religious to be moral and I offer you this advice; if you are going to claim to live by the word of "God" you better go pick up the bible and read because you have a lot of changes to make.  I do take comfort in knowing that if there is a hell, you'll be there too.


Moral of the story:  I will always be as respectful as I can be to anyone's faith, all I ask in return is that you respect my right not to believe.  If you are happy with your religion, that's great and I'm happy for you, I'm happy being an overall good person with no religion and let's just leave it at that.