I have survived "unthinkable" things in my lifetime...
car accidents ( including one where my skull was cracked )
attack/robberies ( including one where head-damage was further incurred )
health issues ranging from minor to severe, including a lifelong one ( where I was told I wouldn't live half as long as I have )
these all have one thing in common... at no point did I thank nor blame some diety for my survival
there was no "higher force" that has kept me alive, no "celestial guiding hand" or "omnipotent entity" that chose my survival
in some of these cases it's my sheer willpower and refusal to "give up the ghost," so to speak, that has kept me on
Life is about Living, I've said multiple times before
...but it isn't your g-d or their g-d or any of the 30,000 currently worshipped gods
...or the thousands that existed prior or were integrated into the current managerie of gods...
that decided or chose or parlayed their whim upon my living through the "unthinkable"
it was simply ME, this body of mine, the willpower that drives it, and innumerable mechanical, scientific, and medical discoveries of the moderne world
I likely survived the car accidents due to a combination of the vehicles' safety designs, the staples and medical know-how following the accidents, and (as already mentioned) my will to not stop yet
I survive(d) my health issues due to a combination of stubbornness and refusal to let the doctors of my past be right - and willpower
and I survived the innumerable else for innumerable other reasons, not one of which is due to any gods' will
I LIVE because I'm not about to die, demn it... not yet and not for a good while longer.
am I perfectly healthy? not quite close
am I undamaged? not in the least
but am I alive?! Hels-fuckin'-yeh.
some people have heard of or are 'ware of some of my lifetime's trials and tribulations...
hells, some people were THERE or directly involved in them...
I've had some of these people "[diety] was looking out for you" or similar b.s. - to which I've usually responded with a tert "Nope" ... or a lengthier version of the above in a negatory fashion to their conjecture if they happen to be demned idiots or borne asshats ( sadly I know and have known enough of those ).
sorry kids, but no such luck... and no, all the things I've faced have most certainly NOT driven me towards any religious such-and-such mentality
I've had people I know die every year since '88 except 2012... a few years back I knew 12 people that died in one year, though normally it's only 2 or 3 a year
whatever their beliefs had been prior to their deaths, it hasn't changed my belief ( or lack thereof) in any fashion
again, I don't blame nor thank any "beloved entity" for their bodily dismissal
People. Fucking. Die.
it's happened before we evolved into our current state and it'll happen after we've evolved into something else or died out.
Death. Happens. ...and congrats if you're reading this, it means you're still alive.
Good job, you.
I've heard all of the "how can it hurt to believe in [specific god]? what if [specific god] IS real?"
then you're dismissing the thousands of other gods that would also be as real - do you really have the hubris to charge that YOURS, out of many thousands of others, is THE only one?
yeh, good luck with that... I'll place my "fate" in the known, the proven, the tested, the real
"how can it hurt...?" if your belief goes against law-and-order, scientific knowledge and/or education, places emphasis upon the disproven or obviously untrue, or promotes bigotry, racism, or outright hatred then THAT is how it hurts.
I DO live, and I've survived, and if you think I'm giving up now you're mistaken - and if you think that proves there's [entity #4007], good for you... but keep it out of my face and my children.
I say it proves I'm one tough son-of-a-bitch ( or was as the case may be ), stubborn and willful as all-get-out.
and that's good enough for me... so keep your religious "knowledge" to your home and your church and stop spreading the demn disease and using me as your "proof."
alrighty, enough of that b.s. - enjoy the rest of your week and whatever holiday you celebrate this season...
just remember - it's not YOUR holiday, it belongs to many beliefs ( and disbeliefs ) worldwide, so accept all or shut the fuck up :
Merry Yule!
Cheerful Sol Invictus!
Enjoyable Eid al-Adha!
Killer Kwanzaa!
Happy Hanukkah!
Joyous Festivus!
Exciting Saturnalia!
Sunny Solstice!
Mirthful Mummer's Day!
Celebrate Modraniht!
Festive Hogmanay!
Gay xmas
+ many more...
12/14 twit : my eldest will watch & poke at spiders & biting ants, which make them swell up if bitten, but a fly will have her crying, running, & hiding
12/15 end-of-day work amusement :
me: "you ever have an itch that just won't go away"
officemate: 'my eczema... or crabs'
me: "they have a creme for that"
watched recently :
via netflix/hulu:
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2nd Season)
True Blood (7th Season)
ownedflix:
The Expendables 3
TRON: Legacy [Disney's]
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose