I'm Not Jesus.

The premise of this blog is the general state of opinion as offered on and witnessed by social network (read: facebook) and the feelings and reactions I've encountered because I have finally decided that I will never again sit down and shut up to make someone else comfortable about controversial subjects that are worth considering because they are important.

I've said it before and I'm going to say it over and over until I am heard: It is okay to be uncomfortable.

I'm also going to say that I do not need to offer any proof or justification of my "rightness" because all these things are my feelings and my opinions. There is no empirical data for opinion. There is no scale of relative perfection of judgement because I am not divine, I am not a beacon of understanding and love, I am not omniscient. I am perfectly human.

I'm not Jesus. I don't unconditionally love everyone. I don't forgive everyone. I will hold people accountable for their actions and choices because I don't believe in original sin or underworld influences. I do believe in right and wrong, without need from demonic or divine direction.

I believe we all have the power and the ability to be accountable and should be held thus for our choices. I'm not Jesus and nor am I waiting for a divine father to hand out all our punishment.

I believe in peer pressure, in society, in pack behaviour and in shunning.

Why?

Because it is here and now that the impact of our behaviour makes all the difference. Every drop of water in the ocean has an effect on its immediate neighbours. The ripple effect of social conscious will change the tides.

I am an agitator. It is not my human duty to pacify the masses, as it is quite clear to me that this runaway train of needing to feel comfortable and undisturbed has lead quite directly to a very uncomfortable and very disturbed global consciousness. I am here to wake the people up and if I need to do it with sharp elbows as well as kind words and deeds, then that is what I will do. I don't do this for a reward at the end of my human life. I do this because this is my human life. It is now, and I will not sit back and allow the belief that I should play nice and not hurt any feelings stop me from doing what my heart says is right.

In all our names, Amen.