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I went away to Arkansas for a week, and watched as my Mother dealt with the frustration of having to repeat herself for someone harder of hearing than she is. My Grandfather is getting a one bedroom apartment, and we are getting a two bedroom one in a small town in the northern corner of the state. I didn't like how their dinner arrangement with a very kind women forced me to go to church for one night, and made me listen to a young person basically say that all non-christians are lazy and stupid. How he said it really angered me to. I was disgusted, and felt like flying out of that front seat to punch his nose. However, that reminded me once again why I left.
I just couldn't hold some of it in anymore, and I told Mum at the motel how I felt about God's oh so loving PLAN! She gave me the answeres one would expect from a fundamentalist. I told her 3-4 times that I have a problem with innocent lives suffering, because some random so and so kills or hurts someone else who apparently suffered for another random thug so and so.... (That's where her logic about it went, you see. "Innocent people suffer because of the sinners, and the sufferers get an easy ticket to heaven.)
I told her quite bluntly over four times, "I have a problem with God's plan working like that." Then after they die, they get to worship the one that not only had them go through it as part of his plan (whatever that is! ), and miss all the really cool stuff more fortunate people got to have forever and ever! Food variety, candy, coloring books, crafts, freedom, mate concent, etc. etc. etc. etc. Anyone could go on with that list. My Grandfather is moving away from a certain thief we hate to. No more of that thief's privacy rummaging and 'pretend-to-be-reliable' vocal bull s**t! I hope my Unkle gets chewed out eventualy to.