Over the past week or so, I've purposely avoided writing about news items and other things that have kept me in a perpetual state of "pissed off".

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I lost my blogging mojo and there isn't a Fat Bastard to blame it on. Over the past few months I've experienced some highs and lows, some ups and downs, but the last few days — starting on the 13th — have been the worst. I've spent most of these days doing constructive things like buying and setting up a new computer system, copying files, cleaning, etc. Not everything has been constructive and perhaps I'll write about that a little later.

One of the things I've noticed about my own writing habits, by reading through the post titles and such over the last six months, is that I've been staying away from controversial topics. I have been, instead, focusing on my main topics and other topics I would consider "safe". That's about to change and it's because I'm going to force myself to write about things that are really starting to bother me. I've never been one to be politically correct, but I can see I've been ignoring things that irritate me on a regular basis.

I've found my writing mojo. Prepare to be offended as early as, oh, within the next couple of hours.

While I'm not an atheist or agnostic, I really do have an issue with Christian-based religions. The clergy, citing the Holy Bible as an authority, have a moral responsibility to tell nothing but the truth. Why is it then, that when you ask them a question they can't answer, they brush it off without bothering to do the research? What about the followers? Too many that I've known over the years take the words of the church leaders as facts without checking the references for themselves.

I want to use a controversial topic as an example: Polygamy. I heard a national broadcast where a preacher answered the question of why Solomon had so many wives. The preacher said that Solomon married them all to get around the issue of adultery. This is complete and utter hogwash. People actually believe this lie! The reason polygamy existed before the Christian-based churches denounced it was because the definition of adultery in those days was the not same definition we have of it today. If our current definition of adultery IS the same, then why were some specific people in the Old Testament blessed by God despite living in this sin? It doesn't work both ways.

I not only have an issue with the church leaders, but the followers as well. The followers need to crack open the good book and read for themselves instead of asking so many questions. If they can read, they can understand the majority of it. The only help they ever need is interpretation of ambiguous passages.