One incredible concept I’ve applied to myself since I was young is my ability to question myself, all my beliefs and my perceptions on life or being alive. To have this ability and retain no hatred or bias is difficult if not impossible; this is especially true of religion. For example, many atheists can be offensively fatuous in regard to religion – an antithetical extremism somewhat militant in nature. Many religious people can be abrasively snobbish in the same way. I say don’t hate anyone for their beliefs or belittle them.

Growing up a Christian was particularly torturous for me personally – as to question it’s veracity was considered extremely proscriptive – but scrutinize I did . What about other religions? Should I debar all other human thought? Could everything I’ve ever learned be wrong? Is God real? Was Jesus a real person or just mythology? Am I really alive? Is Michael Jackson hermaphroditic? Will supermodel Adriana Lima let me ravish her body? These are common questions I pondered as a child and often wanted to argue with my parents about it.

I am not an atheist. I am not religious. I have no titles and am part of no particular belief “system”. I do believe in God, but in a much different way than in most religions. After having been involved in Zen and yoga all my life, I believe in love and in the essence of life. The electricity of life; that which makes me alive; my ability to exist – that’s how I see God. A better way to phrase it, is I believe in life. I love life. I don’t see God as being a separate being, or a lord who guides us and lives in heaven. Basically, I am extremely spiritual – not religious, and not atheistic – but free. I am also free of all titles. To call myself anything other than Bobby limits me as a human being – part of all beliefs yet attached to none.

I respect everyone’s beliefs unless they are too extreme and involve hatred or violence. In high school, I read the Satanic Bible while listening to Iron Maiden albums and my parents freaked out…hahaha! They calmed down after realizing why I read it and what I said about it. I’m not satanic. I don’t believe in Satan. For crying out loud, there’s no such thing as Satan and the book was just a ridiculous, asinine load of crap. My friends and I all read it to torment our parents and thought it was hilarious – nothing serious or to worry about. I just wanted nutritive substrates for my horror stories.

The point is, it’s healthy and powerfully inspiring to read that which you oppose or do not understand. As a young Christian, one of the first stories I perused was Adam and Eve. Many people calling themselves Christian don’t even believe this story and shouldn’t be apprehensive about questioning it’s validity.

I once managed a book store. The #1 most stolen book was the bible! Let me steal this and go home to pray for forgiveness…hahaha!

The idea that two beautiful white people had sex, and their children incestuously spawned the entire human race from pygmies to viking warriors is insanely risible – a distinctly spurious canard. Most Christians I’ve met only believe selective bits and pieces of the bible anyway. You cannot believe in evolution and the bible at the same time can you? Of course you can, and many Christians do. Questioning everything has actually made me more spiritual and intelligent – so never be afraid to learn. How dare I question the bible! Blasphemy!

If you’re liberal, read all the conservative sites. If you’re conservative, read all the liberal sites. If you’re religious, read all the atheist sites. If you’re atheist, read all the religious sites. I SAY READ EVERYTHING FROM EVERY POINT OF VIEW. Never close your mind to knowledge of any kind.

I see politics in much the same way. I’m not liberal or conservative. I am free from all doctrines and ideologies even if I take sides in my writing. In many ways, these titles breed hatred and separatism – it’s just to write from a certain perspective. Writers always have perspective just like any artist – it gives you character and style. Without perspective, writing is meaningless. I know I write a lot of political opinion, but I really don’t care who wins the presidency. I just like to write from different positions just to see what reaction I’ll get. I often customize my content to fit my current readers…LOL!

Barack Obama, John McCain or whoever – it makes no real difference to me, neither are leaders. I could just as easily endorse either and write endless articles in support of them – having furiously wicked arguments with all opposition just for fun. Lately I’ve been writing vicious criticisms of them and entertaining a conspiracy vantage point, but I just like to learn and study reactions. Hey, I get bored sometimes.

Most everything I write is for my own personal entertainment, development of expressionism and to hopefully incite discussion with my wonderful readers whom I deeply care for – so put that in your bong and smoke it.

I believe in freedom.

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