Join the Club!

So, one day you're just sitting on your couch and you think...."Damn!...I'm kinda bored and lonely and I should really get out of the house more....maybe I should join a club".


So what kind of club do you join?  It should probably be one that alligns with your interests and personal goals and beliefs.

If you don't really like snowboarding, it's probably best to avoid a ski and snowboard club.

If playing cards just gives you paper cuts, a bridge club is unlikely to fill the gap.

If you don't think that black people are inherently inferior to whites, you're probably not going to enjoy the KKK much.

If you enjoy drinking beer and playing pool....I bet you could join a pub league.

If you want to get better at public speaking, there's toastmasters that you could try....


See...pretty easy.  If you want to join a club, you pick one that suits you and then you join.

And if you're in a club and it turns out that it just isn't the right fit...you leave.

So....if you don't think birth control is an abomination, do think that it's a woman's right to choose to have a child or get an abortion, and you don't think that "god hates fags" and think they should be allowed to marry.....why do you still identify yourself as a Catholic (or any multitude of other hateful religious groups - just singling out Catholics since they are about half of the "Christians" in this country and it's a whole lot easier than differentiating between 27 different variations of Protestantism)?

I'm not here to say you should walk away from your spiritual beliefs.....but unless you seriously think you're going to change things from the inside you need to back away from these groups that don't meet your needs and don't align with your beliefs.  Maybe you need to find a different church that's a better match.

Most of the power of these groups lies in the number of members they apparently have.  Do you think there would be separate Catholic school divisions all over the country if there were only a few Catholics in each area?  The numbers give the church its power.  But what if their members aren't actually drinking the Kool-Aid?  It doesn't matter as long as they still say they are members.  That's why they never really do anything if you don't practice what they preach.  It only hurts them if they excommunicate you.  If they just tell you you're a sinner and move on they can still count you as one of their unified flock when it comes time to lobby government, or go to the media on an issue. You're allowing your voice to be stolen and used against you.


Un-join the Club!