Problems of Religion
James never believed in God. He thought that every religion that
existed was full of crap because they all have different stories and how
could they be true. Eventhough his family raised him as a catholic, he
always thought that the reason people believed in God so much was because
they were scared of what would happen to them after death, so they turned
to a made up God to comfort themselves and tell themselves that everything
they know wont be gone once they die. His mother, is the opposite. She
believes that everything that was created on this Earth that is so
beautiful had to be created by a supernatural force or God. James used to
go to church with his mother when he was small but when he got a little
older, he realized that going to church was just a waste of his sunday. But
once a year, his mother would force him to come to church wit her. And just
like every year, she would have to argue with him for an hour to convince
him to come. He always went to make his mother happy, but everytime he was
in Church he would get very frustrated because he would see all these
people listening to the priest like he was someone special for saying some
crap that James thought was all made up stories. Today was that day.
Christmas eve, the day that James had planned to go out with his friends to
party, and his mom would have to come ruin his night once again to go to
Church.
"You go out with your friends everyday! Wasting one hour of your time will
not kill you."says James' mom
"I know it is not going to kill me but i just dont want to go!! I dont even
believe in god and i cant stand when the priest keeps talking and talking
about something he is not even sure about."
James could not stop thinking about how he was going to waste his night
going to church when he could be going to a party with all his friends for
christmas eve.
"Dont say that James! if you dont believe in God, that's your problem, but
don't bring the pope in the conversation because he is willing to sacrifice
his life to God."
"Okay whatever..."
"So are you going to come with me?"
"Yes!! I guess I have to!" answers James. He really didnt want to go but
since it was christmas eve, he wanted to make his mother happy and be done
with church as soon as possible so he would be able to go out.
"Thank you. Alright then lets go! we are already going to be late."
James' mom grabs the keys, opens the door and gets in the car with James.
"See! because of you there is nomore parking!" says his mother
"So what? i didnt want to go, you coulda went without me and not be
late."James hates when his mother gets mad at him or tries to blame things
on him when he is trying to be nice to her.
Right when James and his mother walked into the church's door and heard the
voice of the priest, he knew was going to get irritated with with the crap
that would come out of the priest's mouth. He believes that priests are the
most ignorant people because they are blind to the truth about the world.
But he knew he would have to deal with it so he decided to just sit on the
front row next to where his mother was sitting, which was right next to the
priest. After twenty minutes of hearing the priest talking about Jesus'
journeys and God, James' brain started going crazy, the same feeling that
you get after you sit down in a classroom for more than two hours. The
feeling that makes you want to release all your anger on someone just
because your emotions are taking over your body and mind.
"May the Lord bless you all and help you in your down times. You guys are
all sons of God..."The priest said.
"This is some crap..." says James in a low voice so people wouldnt hear him
but loud enough so that the priest next to him heard him.
"Son of God, you might not have felt God in you yet, but one day you will
and you will regret having said that." tells him the priest in a very calm
voice.
"No, trust me. I will ever believe in God."
"Then why did you come to Church my son?" asks the priest
"Because my mother forced me. To be honest with you, I believe that
everyone in here including you are blind to the truth. You just dont want
to admit to yourself that there will be nothing after death, so you force
yourself to believe that there is a God."
"Shut up James! says his mother. "Everyone is listening to you and you just
interupted the priest."
"Yes! she is right James.. you cannot say these types of things. You are
just ignorant at this point of your life. You will realise the truth later
on."
"what the hell are you talking about?? You are the ignorant one! wasting
your whole life in this church for nothing. There is no God, you should
start thinking about the truth and not whatever you hope is true for once."
"Hey! dont say that! this is disrespectful to me and all these people
here.. If you were my son, I would have... nevermind" says the priest
"what were you going to say? James was getting very mad at this point.
"nothing..."
"Say it you coward!"
"what? I was going to say if you were my son, I would have backhanded you
already!"
"Oh my god!! what the hell is happening?" says James' mother
"backhand me then you punk!! i dare you!" says james
The priest decides stay quiet and not say anything.
"Thats what i thought! you are scared of me just like you are scared of
death, thats why you think there is a God." says james
"What???" says the priest and decides to take the cup full of wine that was
for people to drink and throw it at his James' face.
"What the fuck? who do you think you are?"
James decides to take the bread that was on the table and throw it all at
his face also.
"Oh my goodness!!!" says James' mom totally shocked and embarrassed.
Everyone in the church was totally shocked and overwhelmed with James and
the priest attitude, so they all start getting up and talking.
When the priest sees everyone talking, he gets very heated and decides to
throw a punch at James.
"you fucker!! im going to kick your ass!" says james and throws a punch
back at his face.
The priest and James then started fighting right there in front of everyone.
They were both bleeding until someone from the crowd and his mother came to
stop the fight.
"what the hell are you guys doing? asks the mother. "It is a christmas eve
and you guys are fighting in church???"
"Oh my god. What the hell did i do?" says the priest. "Lord please forgive
me! Lord please forgive me! Lord please forgive me!!" and the priest start
crying right there in front of everyone.
"Im sorry mom... I really didnt mean for all this to happen. My emotions
just took over me." says james, he really felt bad
"No! you just embarassed me and the priest in front of everyone. I dont
want to talk to you right now. Lets just go home..." says James' mother
with tears coming down her eyes.
James had never felt this bad in his life because it was the first time he
made his mother cry because he embarrassed her in front of everyone on a
Christmas day which is suppose to be a happy day for everyone, and he had
just ruined it for his mom.