I still have to come up with a good title..

The other day we were eating pistachios in the kitchen. Eating made us talk, Talking made us talk about religion.

Long story short, there was a quick exchange of lines and an idea sparkling to life..
“How about a virtual confessional, where to confess your sins and mechanically unburden your conscience after being forgiven by God?!”

That happened yesterday night. Tonight instead I’m ready to roll, with a nice jQuery based ad-hoc microsite.

And yea, after all the effort of building the system, and the even bigger effort to come up with realistic “priest-talk”, why not to use this for any purpose more remunerative than just a good laugh..? (the good laugh was the only reason thus then.)

Exactly, right what you are thinking! Selling a television.

So yea, let’s see how it goes. Tomorrow I’ll be putting fliers in both entrances, with those funky vintage pieces of papers linking to the application..

..and now GO, and rinse your soul!

http://www.lucsali.com/wtf/confessional/

See also: Trying it the Guerrilla Way

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“The more I hear about this.. It just gets crazier and crazier..”  - Jesus Camp

The first article I read today in the news, as expected, was one about the 9/11 anniversary.

I’m sure that this “event” has different significances for every different person: In my case, it always makes me think about the part played by religion in this global situation.

Now that BBC’s top new story is about the controversy of that guy planning an international “Burn a Koran Day“, I really feel like posting a documentary from 2006, called Jesus Camp.

I’ll leave it up to you to connect the dots and see the reasoning behind this post.

Keywords? Indoctrination, brainwash, abuse and the dangerous consequences of an irrational belief, be it from any church, or any religion.

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‘Maybe life’s just more mysterious than you think it is.’

‘You know, you spent too much time with Chantilas. But, if you want to go the god route, the easy way, it’s up to you..’

‘Easy way? There’s nothing easy about a spiritual life, it’s a lot more difficult than just being intelligent.’

‘I think you’re just ignoring the facts.’

‘The facts.. I bet you had no fun in Christmas, i bet your mom told you there is no tooth fairy when you were 4..’

‘I’m a geneticist. I write code, ok?
A, G, T, P.. in different combinations, hacking the human genome, ok?
I choose what, I choose where, and either your kidneys work or you grow a sixth finger. I do that.
Now, you spot god, lemme know. ’Til then, I’ll trust my PHDs.’

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‘Why did the Church use a fish as a symbol, Father?’

‘Because Peter was a fisherman.’

‘What sort of fish is it?’

‘What do you mean?’

‘Is it cod or mullet or gurnet, or what?’

‘Sit down, Geldof.’

‘Father, is God in everything, or is he everything?’

‘That’s a good question, Geldof.’

‘Thank you, Father.’

‘God is in everything, because he is everything.’

‘So, um, God is an ant.’

‘No, God is in all ants.’

‘Then you could have an ant as a symbol, Father.’

‘That’s enough, Geldof.’

‘If God is in everything, Father, then I’m God.’

‘Yes, God is even in you, Geldof,’ he said wearily.

‘But you said he’s in me, Father, because he is me. So i must be God.’

‘That’s blasphemy, Geldof. Perhaps God passed you by,’ he smirked.

‘Surely that’s blasphemy, Father.’

‘Right, Geldof, get out.’

from Bob Geldof, “Is that it?”

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