Praise like yesterday

Been putting some serious thought into. Have no problem with religion. Religion and faith are good things, but how people go about praising I often call into question. Mainly the fact that for most praising their god/savior/healer/guide becomes a chore the older one gets. At least until true OLD AGE hits then the faith is rejuvenated as one comes to accept how close they are coming to the end of their days on this mortal plain. So what of these middle years? I think its quite simple. Praise like you did in childhood. 
Now I know that's hard for some to hear. Most adults often discount childhood beliefs as uninformed and juvenile leanings based on what parents taught, and at times that can be true. But like most things in life you'd be pretty ignorant to lump everything into one category. I think of my childhood, I was raised in religious schools IN SPITE of my parents lack of visible faith. Father has never been a church goer and mom didn't become truly involved in church until I was in high school. So why send me to private christian school since the start of schooling? Better education has always been the answer I've been given. Well during that education I learned a lot about myself, my world, and my faith. Every week having a school wide praise session was the most natural thing to me. It felt more real then sitting in church with a preacher spouting the gospels at me. I spent weeks being TAUGHT the gospels then singing songs of praise before weekends at home away from church school. Some find that extreme but I found it refreshing. It became a part of my life. Now I'm not saying all religious school kids had the same experience as me. Some hated every moment others LOVED the lessons a little too much (sorry, I love the bible I love the lord I love being taught but i HATE being told contradicting things based on teachers prejudices. BE A FISHER OF MEN we were taught but then also taught not to associate with GAYS, NON BELIEVERS, and Any other SEEDY INDIVIDUALS). I feel my life experiences combined with church school lead to the proper teachings of what faith SHOULD BE in my eyes. I don't go to church every week because frankly my church experience was never great. (A room full of people with holier then thou attitudes, a preacher driving a luxury vehicle when the church is falling apart around him, being asked to give all of what little you have to the church not to necessarily help others in the world but make the church more comfortable while people outside the doors struggle and suffer).  
I ask of you this. Find a child. Ask them what they believe. Children all have core beliefs even if they are too young to understand what they really are. I'm sure the most prevalent idea you'll hear is we are just suppose to be nice to each other. That gets lost in a lot of religious teaching. As we grow older the idea of kindness towards ALL goes away. You shake your head, but I can point out many instances where your holy niceness fades into the background, especially when faced with something you don't understand and refuse to accept. So I want to go back to the days when HE HAD THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HAND when JESUS LOVES ME THIS I KNOW FOR THE BIBLE TOLD ME SO to the days of love and peace for all and as long as you love the world and love your God that's the only thing you needed to know and understand for eternal happiness. 

Humor and Blasphemy go hand and hand

This holiday brings so much to be mocked. We all know the true reason for the holiday (savior rises freeing mankind from original sin and eternal damnation), but why the bunnies the candy and all the damn eggs? Well to bring the cynical masses a chance to mock the righteous masses....


And mock they do. So much of this holiday has been bogged down with the silliness that in mass appeal Christmas is seen as more powerful a holiday. That's fine and all, but with no Easter we have no eternal life. A savior being born is great, but why neglect the day he initiate the Saving.
All that being said there are some creative and/or humorous views on the day floating out there. Zombie Jesus is a powerful image that I find interesting. I mean it should be upsetting, but dead for days, rises and in doing so saves the world. That's a pretty badass image that's hard to explain or capture, but a non flesh eating zombie saving the day, or all eternity as it were, is pretty freaking amazing and a SyFy movie waiting to happen. I'm just saying.


- a look inside the mind of D -

Story Time

We happen upon a jogger. Young fit handsome man headed the right direction in life, UP. The jog, oh a good 5 mile jaunt, part of a well crafted routine that has made him into the man he is today. If not for the 5 miles three times a week sprinkled in with his semi annual one man iron man triathlon (it's only him as most men in his town are far too fearful of the treacherous tide out by the shore for the swimming portion and the women, well they just go for the show). Yes Craig is the ultimate specimen of man, a fine example of what every 27 year old should strive to be; but little does the world know Craig is holding onto a secret. A secret so damning it would tear apart the fabric of everyone in this quaint mountainside town's existence. You see Craig is such an attractive figure to all he encounters for one reason and one reason alone. Craig is and has been since his birth a modern god.
Little is known about the advent of the modern day Deities, but one thing is for certain they are out there and surprisingly their numbers are growing. To truly grasp the concept one must be willing to accept a simple truth....Gods are REAL. That being said it goes even deeper then that, Gods are real each and every god is real. So no matter the mythology, belief or location; the power of faith and true belief gave those older Gods power. This is an unknown fact that has been written and spoken of yet its a fact often taken as fiction. So as a natural born Deity Craig has had a blessed life yet not even he knows the true reason why. As far as he is concerned his only power is the ability to draw people in to eventually do his will. If Craig truly knew how powerful he truly was he'd most likely end up like his father before him. No he is not the son of Zeus or Allah neither Yahweh nor Odin, no his Father was Donald. Yes that Donald, the one from the news who was locked up for embezzling trillions from the major economic centers on the planet. The government never discovered he was a god. Nor did they understand how a man could escape from the strictest most secure prison on the planet or how he got assistance all the way from not only the guards to the warden to the damn first ladies of several of the countries he stole from. The man was so despised the name Donald was banned from the world's name library. To this day no woman man or child can speak the name Donald nor are any young of any species are allowed to have any form of the name Donald outside of pet rats. Of course if Craig had known who his father was he may had figured out he could do more then simple acts of persuasion. Well it seems best for the world he doesn't know the entire truth about himself, yet.

Don't worry Kiddos their is so much more to tell in this post almighty world. Yes all Gods are now real, but only because the one true God allowed it to be so once he left the unchosen to fend for themselves. This is the world YOU live in I'm just the gentle soul here to translate these stories unto you. These are the DAMIEN TALES.....


- a look inside the mind of D -

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Picture if you would an alternate truth. All this talk about the end and Gods ultimate judgment had me thinking. What if it had already come down. Who says the book of revelations is a future tale? Maybe just maybe it's a distant history and we live in a time outside of God. The world could be too much of a waste to destroy, but heaven was filled with true believers long ago and all that were left decided to live lives of denial. Denial that later became blissful ignorance. Generations later there would be no record or any collective memory that hope of eternal light was lost long ago. So we live awaiting a great tomorrow that may never come. Picture that and say you won't have nightmares as I do. I have come up with a truly frightening reality and I call it

DAMIEN TALES

... Enjoy



Off in the distance, far beyond the clouds, lays a land of hope and prosperity. It's a glorious place full of dreams fulfilled and prayers answered. Sounds too good to be true?
Well that's because that's just a dream an illusion if you will. Oh this land exists, it's really quite real. The catch is the smiling happy faces and the glorious happy lives are all lies. Each joyful person is living in a land of denial. Ignorance is bliss and they are so blissful for they know not what they truly desire.
Take Johnny for instance. Johnny is married to Kate. They met in film school and rather then continue on with making the next great American drama he instead moved to this beautiful suburban home had 3 children and currently is the towns personal cinematographer. Oh he's happy, in love, and proud of his 3 sons. Fulfilled to the fullest he believes, but deep inside he is filled with resentment. While he is successful and smiling he knows Kate trapped him and suckered him into this life. Of course this happens when the pride of film school falls for the worse yet most clever pretty girl in class. Though Kate graduated with him(thanks to major contributions from not only her future husband but also a few well placed kisses to unnamed parts of the deans person), she knew her future in this world would be based not on her film skills and more on her ability to bend the wills of men. Kate is a harpy and a damn fine one.
Let's meet Riley. Riley is a very beautiful girl. Church goer who always does right by her fellow man. Riley is easily a ten and yet Riley has decided to tread through this world alone. Alone but never happier. Unlike many others around her, Riley finds comfort in being alone. While alone she feels the most alive and she feels only in her alone time can she truly be the best follower she can be. You see when she's alone that's when Riley gets her truly deep visits from the lord. She says not just in spirit but her lord and savior physically comes to her in solitude and fills her body with his love. She is ravaged by the lords love. He tells her the deepest truths while he fulfills her physical needs. She is truly the lords favorite and he will truly whisk her away to his far away kingdom in the life hereafter. All she needs to do is wait for his divorce to be finalized. Yes after his divorce her lord Johnny will happily lead her to the great light, the sunshine of eternal happiness.
This is a truly unique land full of secrets and mystery. If they only knew the truth then and only then will they be able to recognize their whole reality. Yes life is a sham when truly observed in this post rapture world...
It's been a millennia since Jesus' REAL return yet these great great great grand children of the aftermath are still blind to the truth. If only their forefathers had chosen to leave a trace of the truth. Eternal life was never in their futures so why feel bad for any temptations they gave into they were all damned anyway.
Sad sad fact history is written by the winners, but when the real winners ascend it's on the losers to recognize whether the real story needs to be told. These losers went the denial direction and honestly this is the life you all lead. How I know this you ask? It's simple really, I'm one of the chosen simply here to enjoy the show. My name is Damien and these are my tales from above...


- a look inside the mind of D -

Faith

The preacher steps up clears his throat and begins...
You're all going to HELL!
And with that I was done. The problem is what do you do? You are uncomfortable sitting there while this leader of the flock spews his venom upon the crowd. You want to walk out, but fear attempting to leave mid sermon. All that venom and hate in the name of the almighty would be squarely turned onto you, and that my friends is the last thing you'd want to have happen. A gaggle of gossiping judging faking believers equating you to the devil in and out of church. Is this the lessons that were left for the true believers? What happened to the golden rule and how about the little saying judge lest ye be judged? (that's King James speak for leave the judging to the big man above.)


What if Jesus has come back and walks among us now? Maybe he simply decided not to reveal because the world simply isn't ready for the eternal light. Maybe there is too much technology to much reality television too much classless behavior and far too much ignorance for the awesome glory that is THE ONE to be revealed. Of course that's all just a matter of opinion....

There are plenty of others who aren't waiting for the end or the big arrival of some mega spiritual something or other to rescue us from ourselves. Things are the way they are and possibly always will be, but where's the fun in that really? Who wants the only big brother watching over us to be the hateful and hurtful secret government? Give me an all powerful compassionate yet vengeful dirty any day. Though confusing and hard to believe at times it gives the world hope faith and a subtle shape to the everyday madness. So God bless us everyone open up your Christmas presents and dye your Easter eggs for the lord art with you. Praise be the meek the weak the strong in faith and the mighty in devotion. Church goer or not you all are blessed saved praised and able to pass go if you are down with all our almighty bro! (hey he is the son of god, but we are ALL God's children therefore Jesus is your Bro!)


Look to the heavens and pray for rain. Drizzle of blessings downpour of praise the sun maybe shining but with the proper faith it may be raining for days.
Hallelujah Amen
Or as the blasphemous humorist of this generation would say
Praise Him HalleyLouYur muthafuckin take it to the chuch y'all!

- a look inside the mind of D -

Late thoughts fresh from the oven

Time to get away to a place where day and night never come to an end. Where life merges all into one, and where we judge the sinner without recounting their sins. Time for a simpler life and new today and the same tomorrow. A place we have no fear and we stay far away from sorrow. Where money is never an issue and relationships aren't such trouble. A magical place this is the world inside your own thought bubble.


As for now that world will never exist and you are left on your own in this rain. The life of a champion you wish to live though you are currently in a life truly mundane. Life has so many ups and downs and never are you sure where to turn. Just ready to find a good ending without so many streets ending in an epic burn.


We all wish things were simplified so we wouldn't endure so much stress. We unfortunately are forced to live with what we have gotten from the all knowing on high. Sadly for most it's like enduring a firestorm of crap all in hopes of one day getting that golden piece of pie. The ultimate rule is do unto others and treat thy neighbor kindly. Far too often those thoughts aren't return and we question the all mighty's blind eye. As they say he's got a plan for us and who are we to question. Well I'm not doubting what's ahead of me I just need some help with my directions. I follow all the rules, I even feel guilty when I J walk. So why as I stroll down his path I keep getting knocked off the gold sidewalks? Nothing is going as planned and everything's in shambles. Lord I beg of you to right our ship and to forgive me for my sacrilegious rambles

AMEN

- a look inside the mind of D -