thedarksiren2 | Dec. 7th, 2004

Woman survives throat impalement

Initially, he was attracted to the title, but when he got to the article, which really isn't horribly interesting overall, there was a bit about angellic co-pilots, and thus,

jjjiii went off:

The woman survived a horrifying impalement, therefore God must have been protecting her (and therefore must also exist).

Glory be and hallellujah!

Wait a minute. Just back up. Is this really proof that God exists?

Well, where the hell was God 10 seconds before the accident happened? Asleep? Why would God impale one of his devout followers in a fence post, or allow such a thing to happen? A passenger in the back seat was
not injured. What was their religious affiliation?

You ask these sorts of questions, and the true sheep-of-the-flock will say that we can't question God, and He does things for mysterious reasons, perhaps this was all some kind of test, or that by providing a crisis it gives us the opportunity to come together as brothers and in mercy to the stricken, blah blah blah. That's nice, God. Thanks for poking fence poles through people's heads just so we might recognize our humanity in each other.We could use more reminders like that. Now of course this woman will have a mission after she recovers, and with her second lease on life she'll become some kind of activist and religious icon. Maybe in a few hundred years we'll start seeing pole-through-mouth impalement iconography next to the crucifixes that we currently have in circulation.

I will admit here that my main reason for re-posting this from

jjjiii is because the rant made me laugh. His commentary on the "pole-through-mouth iconography" was too damn entertaining not to share with the world.

However, I have to agree with a good portion of his post, and find myself wondering why people have to make up reasons for everything that happens. I told him that I am the first to admit that I like having clarity and reason in my life -- one of the best ways to drive me out of my fucking mind is to withhold information/ truth from me, particularly when such withholding is impacting my life. However, this is not the same as attributing luck or situations to an invisible being.

I am not saying I do not believe in God or deities, angels, faeries, ghosts, etc. I have quite a few beliefs intermixed amongst themselves, and simply call my "religion" (because, you know, we all have to have a religion to be validated in today's society, right?~;P ) Dawndom. Sounds narcissistic and idolistic, but really, it's not. I don't think of myself as god-like, although some might argue otherwise ~;D Minions are fun, ya know.

Seriously, I don't think anyone is wrong or right in believing what they choose to believe. They just do, and for whatever reason. It always serves a purpose, and hey, if that's your way of finding purpose in life, more power to you. I can think of worse ways to go about it. The thing is, people who are devoutly anything seem to be the worst about pushing their beliefs upon others. This I find offensive and annoying. I mean, what makes pushing religion any better than pushing drugs or gambling or *fill-in-the-blank* ? Seriously...it takes over your mind (mental addiction), many times includes imbibing of alcohol, gives you euphoria if you're really lost in it, etc.

Maybe this strain of thought is a bit harsh/ extreme, but well...is it?

Curious about people's thoughts. I didn't post this to piss anyone off or anything, I am just curious what goes on in the minds of babes. ~;)