I'm sorry if this isn't specifically furry, I really don't keep any journals other than this one and a LJ I rarely touch anymore. The people who actually read my journal are here, so here is where I prefer to write everything.

Just recently I bought the audiobook of "God No!" by Pen Gellete (Pen and Teller, Bullshit, exc). I've never been so entertained and warmed by someone that starkly honest. There are a lot of books out there that intellectually deconstruct the arguments for God and religion in general, but this one tool a far more personal approach to the subject. He talks about the joys of living, how the Idea of sin is a needless concept, how the love of ones family and friends is far more precious than a few sweet words out of a preachers mouth. His stories are about how morality is centered here in this temporary and imperfect world, how we have to face the hardships and embrace the joys as they come along. He talked about how his parents left their congregation because it opposed a lesbian preacher, not on the grounds of defending homosexuality but on the grounds of 'getting into her business when it was no business of the church'. This also covers some deaths he had to go though and how difficult it is for someone who doesn't believe in an afterlife, if you believe, perhaps this will give you some insight on how the rest of us feel.

I know religion is a hard topic to discuss and I'm not going to try and convert anyone, I should give the same respect of leaving me the hell alone that I want from others. With all that said, f you are a believer or just on the fence, please read or listen to this book. It's raunchy and far from 'safe for work', but It's about the most sincere and heartfelt you can get.