Bill Maher had a tough time connecting to his spiritual side growing up I feel. I am not sure for his reason to doubt anything, but, I myself have had a tough time with my spiritual side growing up as well. To me seeing has always been believing, but, lately I have been making a stronger connection to my faith through not seeing. I have always been a man of hard facts, and like visual references to prove me otherwise. I have this feeling that Bill and I connect on this mutual feeling of visual reference, because his movie ‘Religilous’ has a very strong “you have to see it to believe it,” feel.
I am not agreeing with the movie made by Bill Maher, however, I feel as if I feel and share some of his thoughts toward religion. I am not agreeing with Maher’s movie because I think those thoughts and ideas he is expressing, is the kind of attitude that landed me in this situation of second guessing my religion in the first place. Now I believe Bill’s video is offensive, but, I wouldn’t say he meant to make it as offensive to some people as it came off to be. Bill was just making this documentary about something on how he felt on religion, and how his views on religion joined his feelings.
I was raised going to church every Sunday, and still no matter how much I learned, had my own ideas on religion and whether or not to believe what I had been taught. I prayed for things as a kid and for some reason God never seemed to answer my prayers. Now, maybe I was praying for the wrong things, or perhaps praying was not working. I started down this path that praying does not work, so why pray? Well, I have some experiences of my own that lead me to my own beliefs on faith and religion. Like Bill Maher’s experiences that lead him from faith, my experiences did just the opposite. My personal experiences lead me toward faith.
My two main experiences are this; two separate drinking and driving accidents by myself with zero DWI’s or any trouble with the law, besides an alcohol violation from TCU police. I have wrecked two cars while intoxicated, both of which I am not proud of, and I am only twenty-two years old. These two crashes I have been involved in showed me that it was impossible for me to believe that God does not exist. The first wreck I was wearing no seatbelt and survived unscathed. My second wreck I was wearing a seatbelt, and fortunately was unharmed again. It took me two bad accidents to see and feel my faith. I believe like Bill has his ideas, it takes everyone a big sign to unravel their religious ideas and thoughts.
