Just Hear Me Out...A Message for the Modern Age Christian

I am sick and tired of hearing so many of you make statements about how you are now the minority and you are sick of being persecuted.

Let me tell you about some people who have actually been persecuted. Isn't it time we quit ignoring the suffrage that has been caused?! Stop making this horrid statement:

How about the Syrians who were driven out of their homes, taken from their families, and murdered (in some cases) in 2014 (by Christians).

Or the Indians who were driven off of their land in the 1400s (by Christians).

Or...how about the Africans who were abducted from their country and sold into slavery (by Christians). I know I know some of you all think that because parts of the bible said dark is evil they were referring to black people..... Why do we just pretend like none of this has happened? I'm sorry but I am a 5'4 girl and I still have the balls to know what's right and wrong. No big deal right? Well I think people are people and we deserve to be treated like so.

 

Here we have the Salem Witch Trials (yet another persecution caused by Christians). Some of them were pregnant. Most of them had families. They were not a Satanists, that's for sure! Isn't it time we let go of the "People who aren't like me must be the spawn of Satan" mentality?

 

I could go on and on listing people who have actually been persecuted. But lets continue with this discussion.

 

My point is, Christians, you are not being treated in such a way that you even have the right to say you are persecuted. So quit whining and thinking that anyone of these people who have dealt with persecution owe you a damn thing. The type of person you say is persecuting you bares a shocking resemblance to this guy:

Let me talk to you about a very popular quote in the Bible. Mark 12:31  'Love your neighbor as yourself. .... Part of loving your neighbor as yourself  is realizing that you are a victor not a victim.

The last I checked, you were not being beaten, abducted, hung, enslaved, or crucified. If you can't handle words (which I've heard Christians do to non Christians just as much as non Christians do to Christians by the way), you probably should grow up and realize that you are not five.

Words are just words. And we can't throw a fit just because there are other people out there who may think differently or live differently than you. They are not hurting you. You need to know the difference in being hurt and just being offended too easily. Please note...I am not trying to offend anyone. If you are offended you are only proving my point.

 

In a survey conducted just last year, Christians make up 79% of the US religious population. And 52% of the population when you account for those with non religious beliefs and the like. To read this article please visit http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religion101/2012/09/world-religions-the-u-s-religious-pie-part-two.html

When I hear one of my own family members make this statement I am both ashamed and embarrassed that they don't realize how white supremacist they sound when they actually, in fact, are good people.

It is 2015. It's time to move from the denial of what your people may have done and own up to it by using acceptance and realizing how big of a brainwashed ill conceived lie it is for preachers to fill your heads with this nonsense.

We are all better than this.

First of all, you do not deserve special treatment. Just because Christians used to be treated differently does not mean that you are being persecuted. The reason Christians were treated better was not because times are getting bad. It's because back then Christians were more in control of the people than they are  now. And that's a good thing for you all. You are not being persecuted just because other religions and non religions are standing up for what they believe in and are now able to have a voice and think for themselves. You are being set free which is what Jesus (who you all claim to know and follow) stood for. This is good for you. Give it a rest and realize that the world is not going to shatter if other people are allowed to see through the bullshit of religious control.

I can't tell you how many times I have been to church and been told I'm going to Hell because I dressed the wrong way, or I am not as important because I'm a woman, or even that black people are evil (when we all know good and well that there is no such thing as a pure white person and most of us have at least a percentage of black in our genetics. So get off your high horses and stop acting like you are persecuted.

Do you know what made me feel persecuted?

Going to church. Being judged and told not to judge made me feel persecuted. Being so organized made me feel persecuted. Being so fake and having to dress in a way that seems fake and unfitting for a God to see me in, that made me feel persecuted.

This is why I could care less about religion. My religion is kindness. My religion is love. My religion is that religion is just a title. Calling a higher power "God" is just a title. And saying I'm a Christian just to fit in with the majority of society is not worth becoming a person who innately is not me. Does this make me an atheist? No. Does it make me agnostic? No. It makes me a human who is being true to herself and to her holy divinity that has put her on this earth. End of story.

I'm tired of hearing it.

Sincerely,

The Girl With Sparkles In Her Eyes

 

 

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I need some Aloe

Ok. It is time I just go ahead and admit it. I am so burnt out on my desk job that my soul had better get some freakin aloe soon or I may just lose it.

I don't know why I even continue to put myself through this.

Let me break it down for you. This is me--> Top sales in my company. Shows up every day and never calls off.  The irony is, the better I do at my job, the more disappointment I am setting myself up for.

My company and my employees know I'm a yes type of girl. And they take advantage of me for it.

Why am I still here? I get paid less then even the newest of new employees here. That's after 5 raises. I make barely over minimum wage in a job that requires constant training, specific dress codes and ediquate, and basically the ability to pretend I'm a high class hoity toity snob when I'm not. This used to be fun for me. I'd pretend to be one of them and it was funny for me to see how much they all bought my acting even though in real life I'm a totally bohemian free spirit. I would show up in my suits using my most proper lingo and I felt like I got the royal treatment. But the more I played this lame game, the less I got for it. I am slowly realizing I am better than this. At least I have gained more character. But I've also gained fear that I will never make it.

When I see the new employess hired on acting as I did when I was new, it makes me sick to my stomach. They have no idea how big of rookies they are. But that's besides the point. They will be broken down just like I have been. And the whole idea of it makes me mad. But they are higher paid then me. So when they complain about a sale they didn't get or whatever I start to feel bitter. I do all their dirty work and they are less qualified than I am. Life is not fair in a corporate, government, and media controlled society.

I have to continue to act the hoity toity charade of the job world 40 hours a week to get paid, it makes me even more sick.

But I need the money.

I've got to get out.

Somehow.

Some way.

Ps. I apologize that I haven't written in a long time. It's been hectic to say the least. I have no breaks between my job and my music career. It's gotten to the point that  I need to start scheduling time in to have full days with my fiancé. It's been months since just me and him have spent a day together. It's really sad. I want to plan our wedding.

I need a break from work.

I can't take a break from music. It is my stress relief. It is my passion. It is what I plan on doing for the rest of my life.

I don't know what I need to do.

But I will get out of this job some day some how.

Sincerely, The working class American.

Oh wait! I mean...

Sincerely,

The Girl With Sparkles In Her Eyes

(or are they tears)