The Label of Religion…

 

-By Jim Culp

 

Good evening readers.

As I write this, I am in the great state of Kentucky.

I’ve listened (and watched) news all day, and heard and seen all the rhetoric about Islamic Extremism and gun violence ripping the world apart.

Let’s visit religion first.

This article is not directed at persons that practice spiritualism; that I something that comes from within, not from “above” or “below”.

I direct this commentary at Religion….yes, Religion….the bane of our existence as human beings on this planet.

And rather than start with 3300 BC and come up to 2015, I’ll start where I know my readers are now. So here we go….

Islam is a religion, not a people.

Christianity is a religion, not a people.

Buddism is a religion, not a people.

Satanism is a religion, not a people.

Druidism is a religion, not a people.

Wicca is a religion, not a people.

ISRAEL is a religion, AND a people….but I digress…

I think you get the train of thought….

So when ignorant mother fuckers are talking about the “war on Islam”, they are talking about a war on over one and a half billion people, in over 45 countries, that are no more militants and extremists than my daughter’s cat is.

When Islamic extremists…not all Muslims….. talk about “Jihad on Christianity”, they are doing the same.

When….when will people understand that these religions are man’s creations? When…when will people understand that BILLIONS of people adhere to these religions in various degrees of practice, and that under 2% of these religions are “extremists?”

I’ve listened to this fucking bullshit longer than I can possibly care to, and am way past the point of caring who the fuck I offend! 

WAKE THE FUCK UP and STOP LISTNEINF TO MEDIA BULLSHIT!!!!!!

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THIS BULLSHIT HAS BEEN MARKETED TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS PLANET, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE NAME OF “GOD”?

Wait…let’s define that too.

GOD is known by many names….Jehovah, Elohim, Allah, Zeus, Odin, and hundreds of others. Throughout history each and every man, woman, and child of faith reveres that name of “god” just as reverent as you might do these days….

People walking around saying “that ole boy ain’t God (referring to Muslims calling the name of Allah), there’s only one true God, and that’s my God..”

Well shit the bed.

First, Johnny Redneck, I want you to define “God”…. No, sorry; not out of your bible. Define he, she, or it, and tell me where he, she, or it is. When you can do that, I’ll start listening to your God.

 

To quote Chevy Chase:

“Holy shit, where’s the Tylenol……”

 

Sorry? Yes and No

 

By Jim Culp

 

Yesterday I met Corlea at Walmart. She was a Pentecostal evangelist’s aide that was handing out tracts that stated “You never say you’re sorry.”

Maybe so, Corlea, so here I go.

 

I’m sorry for or that:

 

Kim Kardashian didn’t go into porn

Anyone ever voted for a Bush

Anyone ever voted for a Clinton

Anyone is stupid enough to donate money to scams

You’ve been led to believe that modern religions are about “God”

You think that education should be free to you

You think that other people should work and you should not

You think Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean are Country and Western singers

You are 19 and think you should have everything your parents have

You have a Master’s degree and have the same job I do

People still think fossil fuels are the best way to produce energy

People think we owe Israel and Egypt a fucking penny

People think open borders will make us a stronger nation

People still think Kanye West is a man

People think Justin Bieber is an artist, a singer, or anything but a douche-bag

People think that our government is looking out for the working American

 

HOWEVER:

 

I am NOT sorry for or that:

 

Bethe Correia talked too much shit to Ronda Rousey

I do and say as I please

I say or do things that offend you

I don’t have gods

I don’t have a religion

I don’t send Valentine cards to relatives

I believe green chile should be the national fruit

I believe open carry of firearms should be legal throughout the USA anywhere/anytime

I believe people who abuse children should be crucified in public squares

I believe people who abuse animals should be shot on sight

I know things through years of research that will turn the world you know inside-out

I think Bruce Jenner could have used his money for better purposes

I taught my daughter to do and believe as she feels is right

I am in the middle of my third divorce and will never invite the state into my life again

 

There, Corlea. Hope this works for you.

 

 

Why kill for pleasure?

 

-By Jim Culp

 

I have now walked the Earth for 48+ years. In my lifetime, I have killed for food, war, and when I was very young, ignorant pleasure.

I have been a hunter and fisherman since I was 11. Granted, I’ve never been a great hunter of fisherman. I have friends in Idaho and Kansas that make my hunting seem insignificant, and my brothers have caught more fish in one summer than I have caught in my entire life.

When I was 11, I saved up money and bought my first BB gun. You can compare me to Ralphie on “A Christmas Story” in those days. Many small creatures from grasshoppers to beautiful songbirds fell prey to my astounding prowess with the Daisy lever action rifle I had taken as my companion. I wandered the edges of the Gila wilderness imagining that I was Clint Eastwood or John Wayne, and many times I saved the planet from invading aliens in those days. I was walking tall with a pure childhood fantasy and an air rifle full of little steel balls. When I was 14, I received my first real rifle. It was a Glenfield Model 60, semi-automatic, and held 17 rounds of .22 rimfire ammunition.

As I said a moment ago, the Gila Wilderness was less than a mile Northeast of my back door, so it was nothing to grab the rifle and a canteen and walk 5-6 miles out into a wide open area where you could maybe see three houses.

I wasn’t Ralphie anymore; I had a real gun that was capable of killing anything in my world, and at distant ranges. I remember the first time I shot a cottontail rabbit. It sat motionless as I walked to within about ten feet of him, and a bullet left my muzzle and travelled at over 1,000 feet per second to the waiting rabbit, who rolled over in the rocks and twitched for a few seconds (which seemed like hours to me), and died.

I had no intention of eating the rabbit, I hadn’t learned cleaning or skinning, and just for a while I stood there and watched the body of a helpless animal whose life I had taken for no reason but selfish pride.

As I grew up, I hunted deer and turkey in Kansas, and fished for catfish, bass, and frogs in the hills and valleys of Morris and Geary County.

Over time I developed a respect for the animals I hunted and fished, and never took an animal’s life unless I was going to eat it, or if the animal was a pest of some sort.

I told you that long story to make a point.

Killing animals is ok with me for the reasons I just stated. I have no problem with farmers shooting crows that are destroying their crops. I have no problem with people (like I did) hunting deer, elk, and other game for putting extra meat in their freezers.

I do, however, take grave issue with a person that kills any animal for the simple pleasure of placing that animal’s head in a trophy room, or killing an animal and leaving it lay. Yes, I did this when I was a kid. I didn’t know better and nature had to test my heart and see who and what I was going to be.

But the people who take pleasure in shooting majestic creatures like lions, elephants, and eagles belong in a very special hell. Why would a mature adult kill an animal for pleasure? Do you need to satisfy some sick craving?

Again, I’ve no issue with harvesting game animals to be consumed. A person that hunts legally and takes game for meat is ok in my book. A fucking asshole that flies to Africa and kills a lion because he thinks it is cool is most assuredly not.