[This is nuts, but in response to some email messages...]
I am not an atheist. I believe in and have reverence for a power regarded as creator and governor of the universe. I have cause, principle and conscientious devotion which I actively pursue however I do not find spiritual satisfaction in institutionalized religious systems.
To illustrate this concept here is a crude analogy (please, no offense intended to anyone).
Most Americans like pizza, everyone in my house likes pizza, I like pizza. We prefer to make pizza at home completely from scratch with home-grown fresh ingredients and baked to perfection in our own oven. Most Americans get their pizza ready-made from places like Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Domino's and the grocery store. Institutionalized pizzas aren't bad and probably a heck of lot better than most folks can make on their own. The big places are also very good at spreading the word and even offer a place to congregate. I too enjoy a ready-made pizza now and then but get far more satisfaction from the home-made pizza... but if you come over to have pizza with me bring your own beer 'cause I don't drink.
Hmm, this is why I like to ride past churches on Sunday. The wide open sky is my cathedral and the road is my congregation, not a man made roof while a trained bible reader tells me what I should think and do.
Got pizza? I'll be right over!
Posted by: TC at May 24, 2007 11:30 AMMany years ago, I believe it was my sister-in-law Darby, dubbed the Sunday group bike riders as the "Holy Rollers". She might have been joking but I can't imagine a more awesome church to attend.
Posted by: Dan at May 24, 2007 02:02 PMPrepare yourself for the pizza Jihad! The people of Little Caesars believe they are the chosen ones and want to establish global pizzeria supremacy.
Posted by: OB at May 25, 2007 10:09 AM