the masses

i keep having really odd dreams. maybe it’s because i don’t have any advil pm to help me sleep.

so far, the common thread in these dreams:

i am in a library at a university or something. it’s huge. there are tall bookshelves around the perimeter of the room, and long, heavy tables lined up in the center. there are chairs everywhere. and i am alone – but only for a short time. as i read and make notes, people start coming into the library. there are so many that they begin pressing against me, making me uncomfortable. and then i realize they are all talking to me, telling me various biblical stories and really trying to impress me with them in order to convert me to their religion. i counter with my own beliefs about religion, and one by one they are quiet – and their eyes are clear, and they have lost their need to be better than the others.

what the hell.

there are only a few variations on this dream – location changes, mostly. i think it’s merely wishful thinking, that what i can offer might make a difference. i’d like to be able to stop the sheeplike behavior of “believers”. i sincerely believe that religion will lead to the end of our civilization.

faith is a completely different matter, and is also a private matter. or should be, anyway.

~ by listendeeply on December 13, 2008.