Deep Thoughts: My blog is a downer

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

My blog is a downer

I go though cycles. For long stretches I post several stories a day. And then… well I get fed up with the depravity. I have 9 pastors waiting in queue who have abused children. I don’t have the heart for it right now. It seems like I’ve posted on a hundred or more of these creeps in the last 60 days. I need a break – hell, I’m taking a break. It’s been light posting for over a week, and it’s likely to continue for a little while.

I was talking with my daughter-in-law about the need for balance and beauty in what I do here on Deep Thoughts. The world is about a lot more than a never ending parade of pedophile pastors. I find that writing about photography or art helps on the beauty side of things, but I need to post on things that offset the depravity. Christians, ex-Christians, and non-theists all do wonderful things that help real people. Take the work of No Longer Quivering or my local charity that feeds the homeless, if I tell a few of their stories, my dark mood will lift. I’ll take some pictures, visit and art museum, and play some disc golf. My dark mood will lift in no time.

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Sapphocrat · 751 weeks ago

I know what you mean -- I've been doing Conservative Babylon since 2003. It's the child-molestation cases (and there are plenty of non-clergy cases) that get to me the most; I hate reading about them, and I hate writing about them. (Yes, I do have _fun_ with ConBab, mostly when the subject is just another garden-variety, hypocritical "family values" Republican caught with his pants down.) I don't know if this will help, but what keeps me at it after all these years is reminding myself why I started ConBab in the first place: not for revenge, but to keep hammering away at the point that the people who deem themselves moral arbiters for everyone else, and who work the hardest to hold me down as something vile and unclean, usually have the most shameful secrets. It's a downer for me much of the time too, but I sincerely believe I'm doing something useful and necessary. Hmm, I bet that didn't help at all, did it? Well, in any case, at least you know somebody else understands exactly the sort of toll this thing takes on a person -- and that I admire your work, and your persistence. Heck, there are are times when I want to quit for a good long while, but then I stop and think: "If Mojoey can keep going..." :) But, seriously, you SHOULD take a break once in a while and get out and do some good, life-affirming things. So should I. I'm sure my wife would appreciate it. LOL

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Mojoey 107p · 751 weeks ago

Thanks for the kinds words. You made me smile and laugh this morning. And... Conservative Babylon rocks. I love your work. Thanks!

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Dana · 751 weeks ago

I think I'm opening Pandora's box here but I couldn't help but try to represent the non-crazy side of Christianity.. Which may be myself thinking more highly of myself than I ought..

But, if you don't mind me hanging out here. I can deal with the fact that you don't believe that there is a God if you can deal with the fact that I do.. In fact, my husband's a preacher and after browsing around your blog here, I feel an impending sense of doom. Like the odds are stacked against me! ;). But anyway, until I find out that he's less than the great guy I think he is..

I could give you the same arguments that people have given me about all the things you've written about.. "It's not God, it's Satan.. Doing God's work makes you vulnerable to Satan's attacks".. All of those easy answers that make one not have to think.

But the truth is, I have the same kinds of thoughts.. Nothing frustrates me more than a republican fundamentalist. Well , maybe Glenn Beck.. I think he's a mormon.. Anyway.. I would just like to say that most days, I feel like standing up in the middle of church and yelling, "Jesus is a Socialist".. And I hate that those types of people are perceived as being on the same side I am..

PS: I hope to be the Christian that you know who's not worth writing about!

PPS: I've got a piece of land staked out in Bermuda, just in case America is just crazy enough to elect Palin.. I'm not sure how well I'd do at learning French..

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Mojoey 107p · 751 weeks ago

Hi Dana - you are welcome here. Please visit and comment.

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