'My Hypocracy Knows No Bounds!'

Got my son baptised this weekend. He was anoited with the oil and christened in the cleansing waters of christ... blah, blah, blah. I have a huge issue with any religion that dare tells me that my sweet baby boy is dirty with sin just for being born! That's a huge crock of hooey! I had all of my children baptised to appease my inlaws (of course) and because I originally promised to do so before getting married. I like to try to keep my promises, even the stupid ones.

I wasn't born catholic. I became one before getting married because it was easier that way for my husband and it really seemed like the right thing to do at the time. I was drawn to the romance of the catholic faith. Now like most other catholics I know, I no longer practice. I still consider myself faithful. Just not religious. I am spiritual. I believe in a God. Just not the god of catholicism.

I don't believe God can have faulty human characteristics. She is not a Father. He doesn't judge us or reward us for good behaviour. She doesn't have a set of rules that we must follow. What would be the point of that? Why bother creating humans and giving us free will if we are to follow rules? I don't believe in sin either. There is no right or wrong. Only what works for the greater good and what doesn't work.

Why is there is such great debate on how the world was created? If you take the bible literally then I guess there would be something to argue about. But why can't both science and creationism be correct? If God created the world She would have to have had created science too right? Science is just Man's way to explain God's creation. God put the things in motion to create the Earth and life on it and just sat back and watched it unfold. That makes perfect sense to me.

But to believe that God wants us to be good, pious little children that follow all of His commandments in thought and deed and give of ourselves at every opportunity seems silly to me. I enjoy life too much I guess. I enjoy drinking and cursing and making fun of people behind their backs (but not you of course!) I love being surly and cranky and complaining every chance I get! I love sitting in front of the television and doing nothing. I watch porn. I lust after other men with my eyes and thoughts. I eat to excess sometimes (as my waist line can attest to). I sin in just about every ordinary way described in the bible. I'm naturally human.

Everytime I step foot into a church I think the walls are gonna crumble and the holy water is going to boil. When I step up to receive communion I'm sure people can see my tail slapping against the floor. I'm a hypocrite. A fake Sunday churchgoer that is catholic only when I decide to get up off my fat ass and actually go to mass.

Standing there holding my son about to be baptised it was all I could do to stop myself from laughing and rolling my eyes. My son didn't have to be cleansed of sin. There is nothing in the world more innocent and pure than babies. To suggest that any regular churchgoer that confesses their sins and partakes in communion every week is more pure than my baby boy is ludicrous. The craziest thing I've ever heard. But the deed is done now and my life is back to normal. A household of insane heathens running around defying God. Lord save us!