stumpybubba

Merry Christmas!

This is going to be a bit of an obscure question, but bare with me! I was raised Catholic until I was confirmed, but as I've gotten older I've realized I have zero belief in any to of religion/after-life. My soon-to-be wife believes in God/heaven, but doesn't necessarily practice a particular religion at all. One of our most difficult discussions was me explaining to her I don't believe at all, and told her that I feel like as long as I'm a good person I shouldn't feel obligated to do so because of some entity told me to do so. She got upset and that's kind of where we left off on it. This was a long while ago, but I feel like it may come up some time in the next few decades. How can I rationalize how I feel to her?

It's almost like it wasn't a legit operation

That's what I wanna know. Felt Episode IV: Return of the Magic Cadillac?

No shit. I don't believe in the gman and all that, totally fine with folks who do, but it's 2017. Why do churches still get tax breaks? If I want to start the religion of binge drinkers, could I get a tax cut on my bar church?

What are the chances of the American government getting it's shit together and saying "hey, we're releasing the folks who are 20-40 from college with +$50k of debt, and are going to charge astronomical prices for a house. Maybe we should up their wages? Which we could easily do if we taxed all these rich fucks their fair share." Because as a teacher in America who has been at it for 8 years and still has about 50,000 in debt, barely making it paycheck to paycheck, this shit is getting ridiculous and I want out.