The Spirit Of Religion!

I was always brought with the mind set that there were two things that you never discuss: Politics & religion. However, as with everything in my life I’ve thrown a curve ball. I was offered an opportunity to write for this new publication. My topics of choice were business or religion/spirituality. While I don’t consider myself a religious person, I do feel I am a spiritual one. That decided my choice in topics, plus I really shouldn’t talk about business and finance since it’s only dumb luck that I can keep my checkbook balanced.

It completely mind boggles me all the different religions in the world. I grew up in a day and age where you were either Catholic or Jewish. Of course this could have to with me living in both world. As my maternal grandfather was Roma Catholic/Italian and my grand mother was Russian/Jewish. So living in that world alone can make you a little schizo. "Was Jesus just a man or was he in fact the real son of the Almighty God."

However nowadays we don’t even know who God is or if infact that’s his real name. It could be Buddha, Alla, or L Ron Hubbard. Ok I know, Hubbard is just some hack science fiction writer who created a religion, Scientology, that if you want to kill your Hollywood career you go get audited by him. (Hi, Mr. Cruise.)

Then if you don’t like certain aspect of a religion, you can tweak it and create your own and more celebrities who abandon Scientology will follow. Madonna’s been knocking too much of that Kabbalah water back.

So in this day an age, I don’t want to think about what’s in the after life. I just want to be true and honest with myself and I’m sure I’ll turn out ok. Plus I just have a fear of being disappointed when I die and what to follow isn’t what I expected it to be.

Ok, so maybe this line of thinking might not get me a pass through the pearly gates. That’s alright though because after the life I lived all my friends and cool people will be in Hell.