I Am The Flesh

Submitted by seanlovett on May 4, 2008 - 3:51am.

Some of you may already know that, in my formidable years, I was raised Mormon. I do not have the time nor the desire to get into every detail of this cult, this religion. That's not what this is about. No. This is about me finding some sort of peace.

The person I am today likes to smile, to laugh, to have a good time. Unfortunately, it is just a mask. This mask hides who I really am. I've given some of you a glimpse of who/what I really am, but it was never the full truth. I've learned how to not expose that which would frighten people or cause them to become worried.

Everyday I live a lie. I pretend to be happy-go-lucky with a touch of cynicism and sarcasm on the side. Unfortunately, the truth is that there is no happiness. There is only hate and loathing. It is all consuming. I hate fore the lies I was spoon fed. I loathe for the raping of my mind and my soul.

How do you fix that? How do you make it all better?

You can't.

I am not anti-religion. I am anti-bullshit and pro-common sense.

I'd like to share a song with you

Hey god, why are you doing this to me?
Am I not living up to what Im supposed to be?
Why am I seething with this animosity?
Hey god, I think you owe me a great big apology

Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

Hey god, I really dont know what you mean.
Seems like salvation comes only in our dreams.
I feel my hatred grow all the more extreme.
Hey god, can this world really be as sad as it seems

Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to.
Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to

Hey god, theres nothing left for me to hide.
I lost my ignorance, security and pride.
Im all alone in a world you must despise.
Hey god, I believed that promises, your promises and lies

Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

You made me throw it all away.
My morals left to decay.
How many you betray.
Youve taken everything
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie
Terrible lie

My head is filled with disease.
My skin is begging you please.
Im on my hands and knees
I want so much to believe.

Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to.
Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to

I give you everything.
My sweet everything
Hey god, I really dont know who I am.
In this world of piss

I graduated from the Mormon seminary. What a joke that is. I'll make a deal with the Mormon church; you give me back my ignorance, my innocence, my naivety and I'll stop telling everyone the truth about what you really are.

Those of you who think I'm going to hell...I'll save a seat for you. Judge not lest ye be judged, you hypocritical motherfuckers.

Oh, and while you're at it, why don't you reread Matthew 25:40

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ammorton Says:
May 4, 2008 - 5:02am

just wondered...I certainly will not judge you, I believe no one has that right. You feel what you feel, and your entitled to that. I hope somewhere you can find some kind of peace and especially happiness, as I know alot about your past and how you feel, and you deserve to be happy.


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Catfish Says:
May 4, 2008 - 8:42am

it's called "Terrible Lie" by Nine Inch Nails.

Okay, I didn't know it; I just looked it up on Google. :-)

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ammorton Says:
May 4, 2008 - 8:44am

it can solve so many of my questions, especially when I am put on the spot with music, and I am not sure, thanks.


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Catfish Says:
May 4, 2008 - 12:36pm

it sort of reminds me of my wife, who grew up at a Jehovah's Witness until she was 14. It's given her a unique perspective on religion that's actually worse than mine, and every once in awhile she says something that just stuns me until I remember her background. She's not angry, but there are things that leave her confused because, as she says, her life didn't really begin until she was 14.

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spookyyank Says:
May 4, 2008 - 1:34pm

And, i suppose you could do something about it ~ and are, really. Every time you speak out, you are taking back some of what was taken. There are quite a few people here who have been hurt by religion and have felt the kind of outrage that you do. But, "they've" only won if you allow them to. Don't get mad ~ get even. I'm not saying blow up a Mormon temple, but don't let them keep you in a place of anger and hate. The best revenge is always leading a happy life.

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IntricateGirl Says:
May 4, 2008 - 4:48pm

I have nothing to say that doesn't sound cliche. But I truly mean it when I say that I wish you peace. I've got my own spiritual damage, but I wouldn't trade so that I could have my naivete back. If that's all they got from me, I got out cheaply.


Sassys Says:
May 5, 2008 - 12:32pm

http://bloggerparty.com/blog/sassys
religion on it's own is not that bad Sean,
it's the fucking guilt trippers that suck...I believe the more guilty and suppressed people are made, the more rebellious they eventually become, and so in a twisted sense you are now reaping what they attempted to sew in your very soul. The good news is you recognize it and are speaking out against it.

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Sire Says:
May 5, 2008 - 6:16pm

I'm with Sassy on this one, it is not religion so much as how it is the way some people love to shove it down peoples throat. Jesus never did that. He said it how it was and let people make their own decisions.
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