George Carlin has been dead for over two years and still I see new posts on youtube about how "George Carlin is in hell". Now, that really is great. The Christian fundamentalists hate the guy so much that they have to tarnish even the memory of him. In his lifetime he achieved more than most religious groups manage in three generations. As my lovely and the most lovable girlfriend said - a young person in full health and in a good economical state is an idiot if that person CHOOSES to follow a two thousand year old book.
Now, please understand - Bill Maher in his documentary Religulous explains it very clearly - there is nothing wrong with believing in some higher power if that makes YOU FEEL GOOD! Right? If it helps you live you a better life, go on - believe what you want. But... please try and comprehend this - there is no afterlife. There is no God. There is no higher power that controls our life. Again, if you want to believe in a higher power to feel good and you need assurance, that is acceptable. But don't... really - don't! - come to talk to me about heaven and hell. Believe me - George Carlin is far too smart and experienced to be wrong here - there is no heaven and hell, God is a state of mind and G. C. is certainly not "burning in hell, being tormented and begging for mercy". He is six feet under and it saddens me to an unbelievable extent. His body, lifeless body is in the ground, rotting and there is no Satan poking his body with a poker or a God denying him access to paradise. He died - like we all will some day. But G. C. is immortal - to every true fan or even a true hater - he is always present. He is genuinely omnipresent. He will live forever in my mind and memories and of course youtube.
The Earth is not about to be obliterated by the second coming of Jesus. Yes, a guy named Jesus may have lived about 2000 years ago, but the fiction about him precedes him by at least 1000 years. His story is not original. He was NOT the son of God and the Bible is not literal - so the End Of Days is not coming or going or doing anything. The Earth will exist with or without people for as long as the matter, of which the Earth is made up of, holds up and after that it will collapse in itself and be another dead planet. Science is true, religion is made up. And please - make the most of what you have - G. C. predicted that he is likely to live near to a hundred years old. Sadly, he didn't. So, nobody knows how much we have got left. Be nice and try to behave! That's all I ask. There is enough of hatred and lunacy in the world - no point in exaggerating it by believing fairy tales. Seize the day and enjoy the ride.
"When you are born, you are given a ticket to a freak show... And when you are born in America, you are given front row seats" G. C. - The all time great and one of my Gods.
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