Scaredy, I totally agree with Brian. Your posts are a joy to read. Really. Some day I hope your thoughts make it to print.
I too am flabberghasted by religion and Christians in particular. It makes me fear my fellow man how so many people can follow such an insane concept.
It may interest you to know that while in college my roommate insisted on keeping a buddha on our coffee table. We had fish tanks on both end tables, an “underwater candle” on the lower part of the coffee table, and a buddha on top of the coffee table. Coffee table. What a weird term. Haven’t heard it for years. Man am i old. I rather enjoyed looking at the fat smiling man. As did our guests.
I also worked manual labor a couple of summers when I was living with my future wife. Had a helluva tan. And a few of the folks who dug trenches with me were Mormon. I loved those people. Very kind and not preachy.
In the last decade we’ve become good friends with some Jews. Another group of very warm people – nonjudgmental. They were on our “wild side”. Very open minded. Very smart. Very rich. They accepted us for who we are – warts and all.
Life is such a trip. We’re enjoying the ride. Isolation, not so much.
