Dear Haydn,

PLEASE POST THIS MESSAGE UP, it might serve as a
warning to aspiring Christians.

I was once a devout Christian. I used to go to mass
every day and I would take the communion. I used to
worship what catholics call "the holy sacrement" and I
used to go to confession. All of a sudden (about three
months after I was "born again", to be precise) I fell
into a deep depression. It was absolutely horrible,
life suddenly no longer became worth living anymore
and I lost all my energy. As a convinced catholic, I
honestly believed that there was some sort of superior
power that cared about my fate and that this power
would some day come to my rescue. I prayed and prayed
like nobody's business. I kept going to mass and I
kept confessing, convinced as I was that "Jesus
Christ, in his Almighty Goodness, would rescue me". I
even went to those get=togethers catholics have where
they call on the "holy spirit" to heal their wounds.
And my wounds were plentiful: an abusive father, a
wretched childhood and a very f*cked=up growing
experience. Nothing happened. I went to a mental
hospital where I spent eight long and miserable
months. One day I fell upon this "christian community"
and I joined up, seriously believing that this was
"god's plan for me". We would recite one=hundred and
fifty hail mary's and fifteen our father's every
saturday afternoon, and there were more daily masses,
holy communions, etc.. I seriously believed in it, and
I genuinely put my heart to it. I really thought
somebody cared. However, at the same time I met this
atheist girl who struck me. We started going out. My
"spiritual guidance counsellor" told me that this
girl, Jesica, was "sent by the devil" to lure me away
from "god's plan", which was to stay in the community.
Eventually I told the counsellor to f*ck off and I
moved out of the community. All of a sudden I stopped
praying, I no longer went to mass and confession and I
gave up on religion altogether. I am now living with
Jesica and, though my depression is still very much
present, it is bearable. I am now a convinced
Antichrist.
So here is my message to all (would=be) christians:
DON'T BOTHER WITH GOD, THERE IS NOBODY OUT THERE WHO
CARES ABOUT YOU AND IT'S UP TO YOU TO SORT OUT YOUR
LIFE
I wrote a poem about my experience, here it is:

                       Jesus, the lie

You said: give up your worldly goods, and you will
find a treasure in heaven
I gave up everything I had, yet I got nothing in
return

You said: I am the good sheperd, I will go and look
for my lost sheep
I was lost, yet you turned your back on me

You said: the good father welcomes his prodigal son
with open arms
I came back to the "good father", yet he rejected me

You said: ask, and you will get
knock, and the door will be opened
I asked, but got nothing
I knocked, but the door stayed shut

You are Jesus, the lie
GO BURN IN HELL YOU MOTHERF*CKING WHORESON BASTARD

Mathieu, from Belgium

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Now I suppose if I sat around all day, as Mathieu has, praying to a mythical god, and nothing ever came of it, I too would be angry, however I would not call the mythical god a "motherf*cker" as this contributor did, I would rather call MYSELF a dumb motherf*cker for wasting so much of my time, and effectively LEARN from my mistake, never to repeat it!  Thus I suggest that for Mathieu, he should redirect his frustration and anger towards himself, be angry (if he must) ONLY with himself, for actually allowing himself to be sucked into this religion fallacy, and thus, effectively LEARN from his mistake, never to repeat it!  Simply put, we all learn in life that if something is just too good to be true, it is often a scam, as is the case with religion.  All religions promise the impossible, an infinite gain (bliss for eternity) for simply believing in the fallacy.  This is simply too good to be true, and thus by all logic and reason, MUST be false!

My advice to Mathieu is to just accept that christ is a lie, that ALL gods are lies, all five thousand known, and who knows how many more, no longer remembered gods around the world, these are ALL lies!  Accept that MAN is HIS OWN god, and that WE are god-like in every respect, and with this new knowledge, go out and make something of himself.  Study Science, learn, explore, GROW!  Time wasted praying to mythical gods is time you will NEVER get back, so open your eyes to what is real, and ENJOY the only life you will ever have, the life YOU ARE LIVING RIGHT NOW!