Religion has been at the forefront of daily life. Not in a bad way, like we are deciding whether or not we are going to hell, but much discussion has happened around religion between me and Meicka, Terry...well...I guess that isn't a lot of people. It has been at the forefront my mind then. I'm reading this book called "Living a Year Biblically". It's about a man that has taken the rules and laws of the Bible and is living out all the rules. This includes no lying and stealing, but also the more obsure ones like no shaving, stoning (with pebbles on peoples shoes), wearing white. Oh yeah, and a beard to boot. But the book has got me thinking about why are all the rules in the Bible. Why would God want us to cut off the hand of a woman that grabs the private parts of thier husbands in a brawl? (No lie, it's in there. Deuteronomy 25:11) Do these rules make us more connected with the higher being? Will we go to hell if we don't follow these rules? Or are all ...
Ramblings of a Black trans dude obsessed with books, space and trees.