Feb 13 2009
The Story of the County Fair and Religion
So today I went to the County Fair, Hillsborough County Fair; really cool and really flashy, it was my first time and I could saw and live another side of entertainment, ambulant entertainment, it was really fun and I had a good time, even if at first I went looking for a job that was advertised in the newspaper, but at the end it was only a fake add in my opinion but still I did had a good time even if my objective changed.
As a first timer, I have to say that I was surprised to see that a… what I think a County event had religion sponsorship; I got surprised to see that a fair is an element to evangelize and most of the time that I could saw the religious groups use facades to cover the real element of their mission, to evangelize without the consent of the people 99% of the time. I want to say that I am not against any religious organization but if they are going to use dirty tricks to attract followers then I have to say “pity those fools” who don’t respect civil liberties.
As a newbie I ended in a stall who I thought they were promoting something cool, something innovating that you could only see in a County Fair, but at the end it was a façade to promote some “unknown” undenominational Christian group that ended talking about is terrible to lay and if I lie I go to hell; wow!, like if I didn’t knew those basic concepts of religion, hey! Before going to Theravada Buddhism I was a good old Christian boy, I know those concepts and when my patience ended I used one of my favorite resources sorry Sir I don’t speak too much English, and my somebody is calling me; bullcrap my tolerance ended when they started to speak about is ok to tolerate other people but they are going to hell because they don’t believe what we believe, so at the end I stood up and marched out.
So what can I say?, go to the County Fair, eat a cotton candy, go to the roller coaster and find religion, but be aware because some “sects” will use a masquerade to spread their message.
