I took the red pill....

So for those of you who haven't watched "The Matrix" in a while, the red pill is in reference to Keanu Reeves's character, Neo, is given a choice to take a red or a blue pill. The Blue Pill would allow him to return to his life of ignorant "bliss", not knowing the reality of The Matrix or take the red pill, which makes you see reality. Now the background information out of the way let me explain what I mean by I took the red pill... about a year ago I had a crisis of faith, I had been raised Catholic and with the exception of a short period of time in High School I was more or less a "good Catholic". Then I just had it, my breaking point was Lent. Lent is the 40 days before Easter where good Catholics sacrifice something in order to become closer to God. Well my issue was I wanted a cheeseburger... and it was Friday. So I started complaining to a friend about it and she said something very simple to me "why does God care about what you eat on Friday?"... I had no answer for her. The concept is pretty odd when you think about it... why would God, with all the war, death and famine in the world, care that I ate a cheeseburger during Lent!? Doesn't he have something better to do? I had realized that Lent had become superficial to me, it was no longer about focusing on my relationship with God but it was more a personal challenge to see if I can survive without something. Now here I was, during Lent and not practicing it. Of course I couldn't go back to a Catholic Church...but I didn't want to give up on Church. Now would probably be a good time to specify my leaving The Church wasn't 100% over a cheeseburger, it was over a few other things. Such as women's rights, marriage equality, divorce...and the cheeseburger on Friday. So I did what any disillusioned Catholic would of done... I went online. I found out about Unitarian Universalism, which really I don't fully understand (yet) but I am loving the acceptance... Everyone is welcomed regardless of gender, orientation, race, etc everyone. Heck the Minister at the Church I am now a member of is not only a woman BUT A WITCH! Yes a Witch! How freaken cool is that!? So you could say my red pill moment was when I found UU-ism (Unitarian Universalism...UU is much easier to type)...I have found that religion can be about community, not about exclusion, and the God you pray to doesn't need to have the same name as the God the person behind you in Church is praying to in order for your prayers (or theirs) to be heard. That coexisting can be possible