Changing Once a Week

I REMEMBER deciding, at the age of nine, that i was not, under any conditions, going to be a christian. I liked the doctrine, i just wanted to be different. I realize that now, because i still like the doctrine, basically, but still i want to be different. now, how weird is that? Right off the bat i knew my choice of religion was a matter of choice, pure and simple, and i refused to see some or any as better than any others. None of this waiting for divinely inspired truth, or following the herd for me, nosiree. Man is a social animal, and following the herd is much more in keeping with human nature than contrary defiance, isn't it? What can happen is that a person can get caught up in a habit of agreeing or disagreeing with opinions and ideas merely on account of their origin, rather than on reasonable merit. When my veterinarian told me that all flea eradication products sold a wal mart are worthless, I was at first taken aback, a bit shocked, then reality began to set in. Today she shocked me again by telling me that flea collars don't work, period. Just a another free market scam, evidently. Amazing that so many are sold, that so many people seem to believe in them. Of course, for several decades, most people believed that cigarette smoking was good for health. Such gullible creatures. And, considering that we americans live in a culture of lies, of illusions, of fantasy, no wonder confusion sets in. Amazing that so many people are either staunch liberals, or staunch conservatives, staunch this, or staunch that, entirely unwilling or unable to realize and accept that anyone else could be any different, and be intelligent. We would probably be better off if we all would change our religious and political beliefs at least once a week. By so doing we could at least dispel the misconception that we all seem to share about our religious and political beliefs; that ours are perfect.