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Dont Blame It On God...
posted Saturday, 25 February 2006
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Comment: WHAT DO WE EXPECT WHEN GOD IS REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOLS?
God was never in our schools. God has never been anywhere but in our minds.
Some of us can live with and make sense of the world, without fabricating deities that are crazier than we are.
Which God are you talking about? The first Old Testament God, the Vengefull one; or the one after the New Covenant, when He resolved to never again drown the world?
Tell me, if God were all-knowing, what was it that changed His mind about the flood option? Do you expect me to believe that He was fooled into thinking that there wouldn't be any more bad people, because He had killed them all?
For that matter, what did He need a flood for, ever ask yourself that? He (all-powerful, remember?) could have just struck them all down with lightning, or made salt pillars out of them. Was it neccessary to kill all those animals, too? Were they evil, too?
It's just a story; wake up! Jealous God, Forgiving God, pick one.
Why does God need worship? Is He that insecure, that He has to see us on our knees, to feel fulfilled? God needs a life!
I know, you think that God is the only thing standing between us and hell on earth. But i say that all we need is respect for each other and for the earth, and we'll be just fine.
The problem is that we try to off-load all the "good" aspects of our spirits onto God, and carry on with the rest of it ourselves, which neccessarily leaves us feeling that we are evil and dark: everything that's not what we think of as God.
When you feel good, you think it's God in you, right? Then you must be bad and sinfull, right? You end up with a spiritually dark life, except for those moments when you can feel God.
Dude, it's you! Those good feelings are you! I'm sure you've noticed that God never fully rescues you from your "sinfullness", because "He" can't stay with you 24/7. You always have those moments alone in your head, when the bad thoughts come back.
That's the normal human-level version of a classic bi-polar bounce. You need to recognize that "He" is part of your very own heart! If you can accept that you are good, as well as not-good, you can set about changing your life consciously for the better, without "sin" calling to you all the time. It does this because better and worse are both parts of the balance, not only in the world, but in you. And when you deny your "worse" part, it strengthens until you have to let it back in. No gates will keep it at bay forever, because the longer you hold it out, the stronger it gets. Accept that it's part of you, and you will no longer be its slave. We have to take responsibility for our own faults, and set about changing them to fit our own standards of what is right and true.
Why should God have to do all the hard work of keeping us good? Only to have us always fall back to the dark side? It's okay to have "impure" thoughts. Just work with them, day by day, and stick to what you know is right. Thoughts are only thoughts.
But don't lecture other people, who perhaps can see to their own spirituality and "salvation" without imaginary outsourcing.
Comment: WHAT DO WE EXPECT WHEN GOD IS REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOLS?
God was never in our schools. God has never been anywhere but in our minds.
Some of us can live with and make sense of the world, without fabricating deities that are crazier than we are.
Which God are you talking about? The first Old Testament God, the Vengefull one; or the one after the New Covenant, when He resolved to never again drown the world?
Tell me, if God were all-knowing, what was it that changed His mind about the flood option? Do you expect me to believe that He was fooled into thinking that there wouldn't be any more bad people, because He had killed them all?
For that matter, what did He need a flood for, ever ask yourself that? He (all-powerful, remember?) could have just struck them all down with lightning, or made salt pillars out of them. Was it neccessary to kill all those animals, too? Were they evil, too?
It's just a story; wake up! Jealous God, Forgiving God, pick one.
Why does God need worship? Is He that insecure, that He has to see us on our knees, to feel fulfilled? God needs a life!
I know, you think that God is the only thing standing between us and hell on earth. But i say that all we need is respect for each other and for the earth, and we'll be just fine.
The problem is that we try to off-load all the "good" aspects of our spirits onto God, and carry on with the rest of it ourselves, which neccessarily leaves us feeling that we are evil and dark: everything that's not what we think of as God.
When you feel good, you think it's God in you, right? Then you must be bad and sinfull, right? You end up with a spiritually dark life, except for those moments when you can feel God.
Dude, it's you! Those good feelings are you! I'm sure you've noticed that God never fully rescues you from your "sinfullness", because "He" can't stay with you 24/7. You always have those moments alone in your head, when the bad thoughts come back.
That's the normal human-level version of a classic bi-polar bounce. You need to recognize that "He" is part of your very own heart! If you can accept that you are good, as well as not-good, you can set about changing your life consciously for the better, without "sin" calling to you all the time. It does this because better and worse are both parts of the balance, not only in the world, but in you. And when you deny your "worse" part, it strengthens until you have to let it back in. No gates will keep it at bay forever, because the longer you hold it out, the stronger it gets. Accept that it's part of you, and you will no longer be its slave. We have to take responsibility for our own faults, and set about changing them to fit our own standards of what is right and true.
Why should God have to do all the hard work of keeping us good? Only to have us always fall back to the dark side? It's okay to have "impure" thoughts. Just work with them, day by day, and stick to what you know is right. Thoughts are only thoughts.
But don't lecture other people, who perhaps can see to their own spirituality and "salvation" without imaginary outsourcing.
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