I am not
Christian. I am not a member of any
religion that holds
faith in or
belief of
God or a god as a
requirement of your
continued placement in that religion. Thus, I have been in a Christian
church only once in my life, when I was sixteen, for about
five
minutes.
It came as quite a
shock to me, being that I
never had a
reason to
ask, that churches were not
open twenty-four hours a
day. I would
never have guessed it.
Perhaps I've just been raised by television, or maybe I'm just
looking at the wrong churches, or there have been too many acts of
vandalism, or attacks on the clergy. Or, maybe, I'm just an idiot,
but I can't bring myself to see any reason to lock the doors of the
house of God.
I know that religion can mean a lot to people, and that prayer can
lift the spirits, though I don't believe it myself. Some people, even,
want a sense of drama in their lives, and nothing gets that more than
a three a.m. trip to the church to pray for strength or guidance
on an issue.
So why? Why do they lock the doors? Why do I live in an age where
God gives you a busy signal?
Why did this end up so whiny?