Things I've Learned This Week

Here are some things I have learned this week:

1. It makes some people uncomfortable when you start questioning things and talking about things that make you uncomfortable.
2. Some people automatically assume that just because you don't come to the same conclusions as them, that you need to read the Scriptures more.
3. Some people assume that just because you stopped attending weekly religious services, that you either a) were hurt and/or offended, b) are backslidden, or c) got burnt out.
4. It doesn't matter what you say to these people, they will still hold on to these assumptions, and use them to dismiss what you have to say, because you make them uncomfortable (see #1).
5. Some people still think that the USA is now, or was at some time in the past, a Christian nation. England was a Christian nation, ruled by the church, and we overthrew that rule to found a nation NOT on Christianity, but on the freedom of religion, so that everyone was free to practice whatever they believed, whether Christian or not.
6. Charlie Chaplin's remains were once stolen and held for ransom.