big FISH

The only "true" Mexican restaurant in Columbia can be found at the WalMart plaza on Garner's Ferry Rd...just a tid-bit. There were no signs of lattice work, juke-boxes, or french fries--a big step up from the rest of the world.
Last night I slept over at a friend's house and was asked the inevitable christian-saturday-night question: "Do you want to go to church in the morning?"
Unfortunately for most of the people I know, they have yet to realize that I no longer have sentiments for choir robes, offering plates, communion wafers, or Jew jokes. I am an ANTHROPOLOGIST; studier of people, conveyor of ape-olution, and hummer of African songs, for goodness sake! Don't get me wrong, it doesn't kill me to go to church, but I find it paroquial and very egocentric.
I mean, the Bible is just a slap in the face to all other religions/cultures in the world saying, "Israel is better, God choose us first, he only gave you chop-sticks while we got forks." Come on, if there was a God, why would he ever choose the Jews to be his immaculate people?
What have the Jews ever done for the world? Italians gave us pizza, Hawaiians gave us grass skirts, black people showed us how to dance...but where is the Jew throughout history? The only thing that I can tie them to are long sideburns, torah scrolls, and WWII. If I was God I'd atleast pick a team-mate, not a bench player.
So anyway, back to me having to go to church today. I read all of Ecclesiastes (something more people should do and try to understand) and still managed to catch a few winks between gospel hymns portrayed on the 50ft. big-screen down front (oh, those showy baptists). So anyway, what I've learned to today in life, love, and politics:
Life: You swallow this big fish and expect it to keep you full, unfortunately the next day you end up hungry, sitting on a big load of crap...same thing with religion.
Love: It's better to have loved-and-dumped then to have loved-and-lost.
Politics: Obese Americans should not be allowed to vote twice, Hillary!! I don't care how radical you are!!