| the decapitated pigeon is now in the middle of the road, and is completely flat from being mowed down by cars repeatedly on a daily basis. i narrowly missed stepping on it tonight. again.
lisa's book review:
i finished reading Children of God, and honestly speaking, am mortally disappointed by its ending and the conclusion the main character came to realize. how the f*ck am i supposed to believe that thousands of lives are wasted for the purpose of "god" demonstrating his little miracle of songs? the author means well to connect the three sentient species together, in harmony, but god is everywhere in the book. it's in the characters' thoughts, motives, actions, and everything else even though god is merely a creation of the human conscious, it's a symbol, a sign of lack of faith in one's own self. it takes more to disbelieve than to believe, because then, when bad things happen, you have to be strong on your own, and stand up from where you fall, without falling back on the same crapshit of "god putting you to the test." if there IS such a thing as "god" as so many people claim, then why is it a HE? why not it/she/they? which just further proves that the creation of god merely served as a control tool of the mass public who blindly obey and follow. it is likely to be created by ancient people ruling under patriarchy systems, combining a lot of coincidences and fables/fairy tales/folklores together. people don't waste or give up their lives for their imaginary friends -- so why waste your lives on a foreign planet light years away from your home for "god"? "nos stulti proptur Christum" my ass. The Sparrow did a splendid job on representing religious affiliation and the lack thereof on a fairly equal basis. but in its sequel, the author, ms. russell, is so biased for religion that she just has to put a sense of divine intervention in everything everywhere. so that sense of piety and faith justifies the kidnapping and the lies huh? i hate it. and no, i'm not an "anti-christian" and this isn't directed at any religion in specific, but it's just my personal thoughts. don't like them? bite me :p
life is dull. and the weather's stiffling hot. it was so hot today i thought i'd melt. shopping with lisi and may was fun, but it's disappointing to realize that i'm still here.... |
