Lord, I Turn To You When I Find It Convenient

Religion and faith, the two things that can make a person better or destroy a whole empire.  Regardless if a person is Catholic, Jewish, or Buddhist, they believe in a God.  They are taught right from wrong and are told to practice their beliefs. Most importantly, they are taught to constantly worship their God and pray to him daily.  Many people forget to do so and only think and pray to their God when they need his help.  They turn to him when it is convenient for them.  This is one of the biggest sins committed today in most religions.

This sin is seen in Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Most of the characters commit this sin by killing their enemies.  All of the characters are pilots who have to fly a specific amount of missions in order to be able to go home.  During these missions they must bomb their enemies without hesitating, which is considered a sin.  Another sin they commit is sleeping with prostitutes while their loved ones are at home.  A big sin is committing adultery especially in the Jewish, Catholic, and Christian religion.  All of the characters are aware of their sins since they always tell the Chaplain that they do not want him near them.  The chaplain is the one who represents God in the war.  Ironically, they pray to the lord every time they are about to fly into the air.  They beg him to spare their lives on that mission.

Although I have never fought in a war, I have turned away from God unless it was convenient for me.  It is something I still do today, but I am trying to change that.  I do not pray to God every day, and I go to mass every Sunday because my mother forces me to go. The last time I actually prayed to the Lord was when a friend of mine was about to die and then died of cancer a week later.  It was sad and I didn't stop praying for his arrival into heaven.  Once I got over the stage of grief, I stopped.  It didn't interest me to pray and I stopped wanting to go to mass on Sundays.  I am one of many who can say honestly, "Lord, I turn to you when I find it convenient."  This is exactly what happens in my life, in the novel, and in the life of others.