Hello Darkness My Old friend.....

Hadnt posted since November.Not that there wasnt plenty to talk about,the Holidays are always chock full of great wonders and total bullshit. It was fun to Christmas shop with some snow on the ground in our area,but it all but gone on Christmas Day. The region I currently live in,the Salisbury/Rowan area of North Carolina,hasnt had a White Christmas since 1947. I always get a kick out of the imbeciles who think that "X" mas means taking "Christ" out of "Christmas,"when the "X" means Christ.But more than this,this time of year DOES NOT belong to them in the FIRST PLACE. How do you make such demands over the Holidays when you dont even know when he(Christ) was born--AT ALL????Ive read a few explainations,but it basically means that the "X" is the Greek Orthodox symbol for Christ...."X" means "cross"...get it? Understand now? Of course they wont.Christmas...I love it. I really do,but have you ever compared the "Nordic Pagan Christmas" with the "Christian Christmas?" Christmas remains all but Pagan,with the Nativity thrown in. You have the whole Nordic thing---snow,trees,decorations,Santa Claus,reindeer,sleighs,holly,mistletoe---everything that has to do with a NORTHERN Hemisphere Culture, and then sewn into it is "Desert Theology" with this one story about being born in a barn. Thats it. Thats all.My ancestors came from the forests of Northern Europe,from the Ice Ages,not from the Middle Eastern Deserts. My skin color did not develope there.I could go on and on,but you get the point.Its the "Christian Christmas---that gives you "Xmas" The Pagan Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus---he wasnt a part of it in history.It was sewn onto to the Yuletide---rather badly---long after. I really think that I will begin to refer to the Holiday as "Winter Solstice" or the "Yuletide" It'll be the same thing,thought historically accurate and more to the point of what I believe in. Ever notice how soon we ditch Christmas after its over? We drop it and all it stands for like a hot rotten potato. The day after,there is NO MORE of this "Peace on Earth" "Help the Poor" shit. Not until the day after Thanksgiving. Not until its time to get delusional again. Here are some things that simply arent going to end in our lives---Racism,will NEVER end. Warfare,will NEVER end. Poverty,will NEVER end. Hunger,will NEVER end,Greed and Corruption,will NEVER end,and we are NOT CAPABLE of preserving nature on this planet of ours. If you think these things are possible,thats fine,I wish it could be too,but the reality is,your'e delusional.I'm delusional to an extent,but Im far more ready to admit it than most.If we all followed our Oaths,Anthems,Vows,Promises,Prayers and all these ridiculous slogans of self help and self gratitude there wouldnt be a problem. Truth is,Mankind cant even follow the simpest rules,and expects the rules to be bent or ignored for himself,while he fully expects and demands other to be FULLY PROSECUTED by the rules and laws he believes should be circumvented for him.This is why. This is why things go round and round this is why things are very slow to actually change,this is why NO ONE can ever really be on the same page,and life would be boring as hell if it were. There would be no way to guage right and wrong,winning or losing,nothing.The one thing you can do is call them out on their hypocracies. Im tired of men and women,whom I know cheat on their spouses,pop pills,abuse drink and drug, or do totally contradictory things to the faith,or "all of the above"telling me to believe in Jesus.Im tired of people who have NEVER read that book called the bible,trying to tell me and explain with their Sunday School quotations--the obvious and true extent of their knowledge of the bible.Had they truly READ the book,they would be much more like me than they will EVER be comfortable again abvout everything theyve been brought up to "believe in." Christianity is largely based on PEER PRESSURE. You dont want to be out of sync with those who are "right,"do you? There are better ways these days to alienate people without being obvious. But it is obvious to me. I see you..........