It's Just Sunday

 

Sundays have traditionally been a day for relaxation from six days of work, while others work only five days and have both Saturday and Sunday off.  Sundays have also been the day where those who are religious attend a church of their choice, and still others who give the entire day to their religious beliefs and practices.

This was true for me while I was growing up with my parents but we attended Sunday School and the Church Service and put everything else religious behind us for the rest of the day.  Two hours and that was it.  Sundays always started off with waffles for breakfast and after church, we would drive down to the shopping center, one half mile away and have ice cream during the summer.  One scoop cone for everyone.

What brother me with that routine was the fact that religious feelings and expressions were no longer required or sought from Monday through Saturday, even though at night, when we were very young, prayers before bedtime were required, and grace was also given only at dinner.  What about the other two meals?

Other issues were the inconsistencies that I learned from Sunday School and Church Services that were never fully explained to my satisfaction like:

• where is heaven and hell?
• my kingdom is not of this world...  so, where is it?
• why did Jesus have long hair?
• why is Jesus portrayed as Caucasian when he is not?
• giving birth without insemination.
• how could Jesus be God's son when Jesus is referred to as God incarnate or God as a human?
• Adam and Eve committed incest in order to create the human race.
• why does the Bible indicate the universe is only 6000 years old when science has proven that is not accurate.
• why hasn't God/Bible anticipated computers, cell phones, and the internet?

I have no problems with those who believe, my concern is that while I believe there is a creator, I don't much faith in the Bible and its contents, especially since a group of humans decided what books would be included in the Bible and what books would not.