Child of Dust.

Sometimes I wonder why people are worth the effort in the first place.

What makes us so highly evolved?

What makes our lives so much more important?

I know there's the biblical statement that we are made in God's image so therefore we're important.

But I don't think God spends his life in front of the television.

I don't think God wastes his money on things he doesn't need, when there are others in poverty.

I don't think God eats and eats until he's full just because it feels better than going hungry.

I don't think God ignores the people that are hurting just because it makes him uncomfortable to think about it.

I don't think God would change the channel during a CNN report from war-torn third world nations.

I don't think God would do any of the awful things that we, as humans, are capable of.

So who are we to think that we're more important than dolphins, or monkeys, or even ants.

I mean, when was the last time you saw a dolphin pay a fortune for fin implants?

Or a monkey take out a second mortgage on his treehouse to pay for a mercedes?

But they're freakin smart, I'll tell ya.

Humans just constantly disappoint each other. We hurt each other. We are entirely and utterly self-absorbed.

So is it the few that are truly kind and loving that must make an example for the rest of us?

Is it these few that will stand trial as the pinnacle of our existence on judgement day?

And if not, what will happen to these few when the rest of us burn?

Will the rapture really take the good people away? But if they truly are good, wouldn't they want to stay?

I mean, if they truly were selfless, they would stay with the people left behind, to try and convince them to fight for Christ. To try and convince them that they must stand their ground.

I mean, is that possible?

I dunno. If I was raptured I wouldn't be able to just leave everyone else behind. But I may not have a choice.

I don't really know what I'm saying. I just had kind of a weird night. And I'm tired of sunday christians and intolerance and kids that have to grow up with drug addicts and double-divorcees for parents. 

I promise on a regular basis, I'm typically not nearly this negative. But sometimes I over-think things.