blasphemy.

I love this crap.

These are pamphlets from random churches around town. The church members basically shove them in your face. Oh, the stories they tell. On your left, a story explaining why evolution does not exist, that we were made in God's own image. To your right, an arsonist with burn wounds, being told he's going to hell unless he asks for Jesus's forgiveness. Pretty serious stuff, done in comic strip form. I laugh my ass off at it. So, of course, I collect them.

If you come across any of these, send them to me.

I am forever seeing men dressed in their finest suits, reading the Bible to very interested strangers on the beach. No bikini clad girls are around-that would be very unChristian like.

There always seems to be a man sitting in a chair, doing some serious contemplating over the Bible, on the cover of Jehovah's Witness pamphlets. And they always have a shirt and tie on. I guess they want to be well dressed for the rapture. You never see the women doing stuff like that. Or maybe they aren't allowed to look good in that religion.

Yes, it's a strange hobby to collect such things. My friends forgive me for being such an atheist. I just can't help it. I would rather believe a ficticious Daniel Quinn novel than obey the words of a book that's been translated so many times over hundreds of years that it contradicts itself and really makes no sense. If anything, I'm Pagan, although I don't go to Pagan church or study a Pagan bible. I do, however, believe that Mother Nature will eventually chew us up and spit us out for destroying her planet.

So go to your local book store and pick up a copy of "Ishmael" or "The Story of B" by Daniel Quinn for some insight into my brain. A talking ape makes way more sense than an immaculate conception or parting of the seas. At least it does to me, since I believe Darwin was correct in saying that we evolve. I can totally relate to apes, since they were my ancestors. If you think you're too good to be a chimp descendant and you're offended-well, I really don't care. You should be ashamed for being so closed-minded. This, after all, is just a bunch of words. Just like the Bible or any other book. You don't have to believe it, much less read it. If your faith is strong, just laugh me off. I would do the same.