The Good Things About Growing Up In Church/Oophh Watch That Holy Warrior Tone/Agnostic Is So Angsty
Religion is a tremendous source of
Philosophical pain for me, however
Growing up there
In retrospect
Did me a lot of favors. For one thing
I am able to socialize with basically all Christian type people
They are easy as fuck to navigate usually
Predictable, stupid, slow moving and painfully judgmental (I kid I kid, or do I)
Ain’t nothing I don’t know how to handle.
It also gave me
Much better manners
IRL
Than my internet activity might otherwise lead you to believe 😅🤣🤣🤣
It also taught me
Storytelling, music, and community.
Before I started podcasting
I deeply considered
Being a preacher instead. Alas
I have very few concrete beliefs ! 🤣🤣🤣😇
They change they update and
My depression often gets the best of me.
However I play in church and I
Visit family and I have respect
For human life and dignity
As a soul, separate from a body, separate from
A life, a job, a past present or future
I have respect for life itself and
All it’s bumps and bruises
I don’t often see this in other people
Which made me think
Should I be preaching?
I’d be more impactful
But I will just keep
Preaching through poems and
Music and community
In the way I feel fits
My beliefs most comfortably, a fluid
Profit less venture
Designed to make others
Stick around for as many years
As they’ll have me. I think there is
Little difference between art and religion
I think artists have a responsibility
To create inspiration for others even if
The work they do is dismal it’s about
Pushing energy into other people
However possible. Anyway
Thanks for coming to my lunch break sermon
Just reflecting on how I can be
A better person,
For all our sakes, not just my own.
Oh god now it’s almost kind of a
Holy-Warrior tone….