Sunday Sermon

Put this thought in your medicinal joint and smoke it. Why is it that there exists today over 800 different denominations in and around Anchorage, nominating to hijack your soul for a fee? Honestly, there is only one Creator! Even if Jerry’s god is thought to be different then Jerry’s god, there is still only one Supreme Being that deserves our prayers, without a fee! Catchy disease, this pay to pray ordel! So what is with all the different not-for-profit denominations that think up these ridiculous names that seem not fit for even a make believe extra-terrestrial being, then down to earth realism? In fact, the names seem intimidating. Believe me, the age old thought process that God will strike us dead, or deliver us to Hell, it is all so not true. He doesn’t work like that. So nowadays, what we see is a1st class scam, almost like identity theft, taking advantage of the Creator’s LOVE! Really, it is indeed identity theft upon the Creator’s spiritual name! And these bargain basement establishments are showing up everywhere, even in neighborhoods and on side streets and alleyways. It is at epidemic proportions, this competition to snatch your soul and wallet! And remember this also, the less the non-profits pay for rendered services, the more you pay. The equation is quite simple. So maybe it has come to that cross-road time in history that regardless of one’s affiliation for profit or not, that all entities get taxed accordingly. Property should not be exempt from any form of taxation especially if that tax burden is for municipal services. Church has been on a long enough free ride! This city is forgoing enough money on lost revenue from non-taxed property used once a week for worshipping that if it were collected in equity, the additional income would pay for the entire fire department budget. And if a church goes ablaze, who responds? Here is the deal, church worship was at one time important for spirituality and a ways and means to separate political reasoning away from the pulpit, but it is no longer a silent partner with respect to having a say, on many issues - both political and political. Church provided that quiet corner. But today, church has become as big and demanding a voice in politics then all the carpetbaggers combined – I mean Teabaggers. When we institute confidence to a certain denomination and segregate away from true spirituality, we are alienating ourselves away from the Almighty truth. Sure we can continue to have church worship, but why not have it under one roof, say a public civic center, where we can all pray in silent to that one God! Look, the Old Testament along with the New Testament is outdated. I am sure that sentiment is true with all bibles or religious writings of past, outdated because they are all in competition for your offerings so we never really get the true meaning. So called scholars have tried in vain for eons to infiltrate the meaning of what was written too long ago to have meaning nowadays. Modern man needs also modern guidance, something not found in a moldy old book. Old school doesn’t work all the time, this is one of those cases! Hey, if Congress can dissect the Constitution, which gives us the right to political worship, can tear apart this great emancipator, why not tear apart the gospel, according to…. Look, even today I have no idea what the scriptures meant even after long hours with Sister Maria, but I am a spiritual individual caring for my fellow man and against war! I walk to the market instead of driving. Yes to save fuel but also to unite with the Creator. To walk to the market then take the time to shop the bounty from His Fields, it has meaning and like was once sung out loud upon, “He is not the kind you wind up Sunday”. So true, as everyday one should involve himself or herself in worship, and not under the fake ceiling of a church. Church is OK if the weather is nasty, but when one walks with the Creator, there is no such thing as bad weather! The Creator’s chapel is not dark, but alive! Just go out on your porch and you’ll see what I am talking about. No walls, no ceilings, just the Heavens absorbing the praise we send to extend our thanks. In fact I have a suggestion. Don’t go to church next Sunday. Take the money you save and send it too the Food Bank. Think about it. If everybody stayed home on Sundays and worshipped out doors, or walked the neighborhood with a smile, look at the energy we would save. Look at what this kind of local involvement would do for lost souls? And some poor bastard that wished he had a home may get a decent meal, maybe two! Bottom line, church has changed drastically as man has followed the road towards modernization. Church is outdated, as we have our freedoms away from religious persecution. And when we get to the point in human intelligence wherein we realize the truth in the matter, the one God concept will not come as a surprise for those of us that stopped wasting time listening to preachers preach the gospel according to the bottom line, a freebie here and a freebie there. As for modern “free” man, spirituality should be free but it is not. Like everything else that comes from His earth, it has become a commodity, for a profit. The real bottom line, if one thing in life had to be socialized, it is church and religion as it can only survive as ONE! Allah, Jesus Christ….what is really in a name?