Simply Christian

Odd wording, isn't it? "The atheist dream" , but what am I referring to? Well, quite simply, a country where God is most certainly forgotten unless you want to "OMG" something or you forgot to study for finals and you need to get a quick fix. I'm Uruguayan, and like most uruguayans I grew up in a household which called itself catholic but which never attended mass, prayed as a ritual before trips (not for a real connection though!), but nothing really meaning, no special way of life, no praising, no nothing. Also like most Uruguayans I attended public schooling for some time, which was as devoid of Christ as you could imagine. No "In God we trust" no "One nation under God": God was simply a myth which no one talked about, and Jesus was some dude which was used as a reference for the calendar and whose birth meant great presents in December! This meant that finding someone who truly believed was a rare occasion. This country of fake bel...

Imagine yourself living in the days of Moses, you're living your life, following this guy that drove you out of slavery, and you have seen God's hand at work. You crossed a parted sea which closed behind you, you have seen bread appear from nothing, and water pour from a dry rock. You have no doubt, God's with your people. So now this prophet goes to mount Sinai, you hear thunder and rain, days passes and no one hears from this guy... food starts lacking, so does water, so you and everyone around pulls together and does what you have learned in Egypt, you make a statue for a God, and you worship it in order to see if you can ease the situation, The God of Abraham,The great I AM seems to have left your side. Here comes Moses! he finally comes back, he's angry, he's angry at the idol, he tells you that you should have trusted the God of Israel, this so called YHWH. Years pass, your whole society has been restructured, each year, the priests, those that live closer to...