This post is a little bit different. Instead of writing it when I am high and elaborating on it on the other blog, I'm just going to write it sober on this blog. It would be silly to write it on the elaboration.
Just to set the whole situation, me and my friend got high and went to this christian event. They had a major worship band and my favorite speaker of all time. However, I am not going to be naming any names. All that needs to be said is that he's one of the most notable speakers in the world.
Now that you understand the situation, on to the good stuff. The experience was awesome! I enjoyed the majority of the event until it got to the invitation at the end which I knew from experience is built to draw extreme emotions out. Since I was high, there was several things that were super obvious to me. Here we go:
1.) These people are raising their hands and literally worshiping a god that they have never seen and man that lived (arguably) 2000 years ago. All that was going through my mind was how similar these worshipers are to every other "pagan" worshipper. It blows my mind to think that christians, especially in the south, are so quick to say how ridiculous these people are that worship gods that aren't theirs. The ironic thing is that they can't see that they are exactly the same as the people that worship other gods. Their hands were in the air, reaching for the sky, as if they were just trying to be closer to their creator. All the while, I'm thinking how insane this was! They are saying how much they love a person that lived 2000 years ago. Mind blowing for sure.
2. I was those people! It was totally a blast from the past. It was like I was thrown right back into the life that I lived just a few years ago. I could seemingly float back and forth between the frame of reference I had then and the one I have now. This was very cool. Some of the time I was thinking how different I was from the people that surrounded me, and some of the time I was totally feeling the emotion that surrounded the songs that were being sang. I felt very similar to how I used to, except back then I had my hands in the air with them.
3. Jesus could be the most clapped for human being of all time. I thought this was a hilarious thought....
4. There was a song that was being sang that spoke of how their god was greater and stronger...doesn't that imply the existence of other gods? This does seem to be mildly contradictory because christianity generally is of the opinion that there are/were no other gods.
5. Ninety percent of christians are full of shit and just go to church in the hopes of getting to heaven. I hate this whole insurance policy approach to christianity. With that being said, there are ten percent of them that actually believe what they are reading and try to put it into practice every day. These people are genuinely good people. I've been around a few of them in my life and its something special. A person that actually follows the moral values presented in the bible will inevitably be a good person and a person that you would want as a friend. This is assuming that they aren't trying to get you "saved" all the time.
6. Some of the people there seemed to be truly invested emotionally in the things they were singing. This is a beautiful thing. Intense emotion is something that is missed by a large percentage of the people that walk this earth. These christians seemed to be using this as an outlet to truly throw their emotions into and have them be stimulated. I mean, everything from weeping to laughing goes into this "relationship" that these people truly believe that they have with the creator of the universe. I can see why this is powerful. I know its powerful because I lived it for the majority of my life.
All in all, great experience. I'll totally do it again if I get the chance...but next time I want my phone to work so I can tweet my thoughts!
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