God is dead! Long Live God!
Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone see the irony in the whole concept that “god will get us through
this” (terrible brutal times of war and misery) created in most part by those very same religious nuts
driven by insane urges to kill other religious nuts of a slightly different stripe. INFIDELS MUST
DIE! Perhaps it's more like an irony wrapped in an oxymoron. I'm still grappling with the concept,
which explains why I couldn't cover this in one paragraph.
Is it impossible the problem is all with this irrational belief in “god” in the first place? If
there was a “god” why would he fuck with everybody's heads for so long? What's the point?
I have to believe that kindness and understanding is more “god-like” than fear and hatred.
Competing dogmas create loathing of competing dogmas, perpetuating the “My dogma is better
than YOUR dogma!” mentality, which does little to advance peace on earth, and has to make
some people think, “Is religion all it’s cracked up to be?” or perhaps more pragmatically, "What has
my church done for me lately?"
Do people need religion? Apparently, but let’s explore some reasons.
They think they do because their parents told them so.
Many generations of people have survived and prospered solely from the teachings of their parents
and immediate family; they did as they were told, and passed it on. Sadly then, as beliefs were
routinely accepted without question, increasingly fewer people seemed able to think for themselves
if they didn't absolutely have to, which, pray to GONZ, didn't happen often. It’s not easy to reject
accepted beliefs and traditions, especially when doing so can cause ostracizafication (spell check
on isle 4!) and hard times on top of it. Most go with the flow, though many do so with scarce
enthusiasm. It seems harmless enough: Family Values: how can you criticize those? They are
sound, healthy, solid and pure goodness, but the reality is: WE are right, all else is wrong (and
we will chop your fucking heads off if you don't like it). Families require lots of resources and
providers must often commit many sins in the course of providing, all of which need forgiving lest
they're to be considered common crimes by the non-believing, suddenly-fucked souls. "It's just
business" is the non-secular and more to the point way of reducing heinously unscrupulous
behavior to five Hail Mary's, kiss some cloth and a scotch on the rocks.
Justification for all misdeeds is just a matter of interpretation of the official line of shit. Without
these Holy Dogmatic Imperatives, most people just try to do the right thing, considering the
circumstances. That may be too simple. I apologize for suggesting the possibility that people may
have inherent goodness. It's merely a supposition, not necessarily to be applied en-mass..
They think they do because it will advance their positions in society.
This is a realistic approach and has worked to great advantage for countless numbers of social
climbers, politicians, and religious zealots resulting in the bloodiest wars in history (ongoing), a
constant pursuit of wealth and power at all costs, a total disdain for those not sharing their “beliefs”,
a loss of empathy and concern for all beyond their concern.
They believe there is a “greater being” responsible for all this.
With or without a religious format, many people are inclined to believe a superior being created our
universe and all the wonderful things within it. One is awed by the beauty and over-whelming
complexities and must attribute it to a source in one’s own image, but much larger and wiser
(beards are popular in deities I've noticed). I am in league with these to a degree, but then reality
rears it’s ugly head. If a greater being created the universe, where was he when he did it?
Another universe? How many are there? I had the impression there was just one, but what do I
know. Seriously, Think about it.
Ok..enough for now…I need another rum and coke and maybe I’ll go exact some revenge on a
neighbor for not believing in what I do. The heretic. It's getting harder and harder to whip up a
good angry mob when you need one these days. Let's go out there and kill somebody for Christ,
The Queen, Allah!, The WWF, Krispy Kreme, your own parking space, or whatever's worth killing
for. TAKE YOUR STINKING HANDS OFF THAT SANDWICH!
I sling it. You sort it out. (my new slogan, copywrite pending)
tsd
.
Maybe it’s just me, but does anyone see the irony in the whole concept that “god will get us through
this” (terrible brutal times of war and misery) created in most part by those very same religious nuts
driven by insane urges to kill other religious nuts of a slightly different stripe. INFIDELS MUST
DIE! Perhaps it's more like an irony wrapped in an oxymoron. I'm still grappling with the concept,
which explains why I couldn't cover this in one paragraph.
Is it impossible the problem is all with this irrational belief in “god” in the first place? If
there was a “god” why would he fuck with everybody's heads for so long? What's the point?
I have to believe that kindness and understanding is more “god-like” than fear and hatred.
Competing dogmas create loathing of competing dogmas, perpetuating the “My dogma is better
than YOUR dogma!” mentality, which does little to advance peace on earth, and has to make
some people think, “Is religion all it’s cracked up to be?” or perhaps more pragmatically, "What has
my church done for me lately?"
Do people need religion? Apparently, but let’s explore some reasons.
They think they do because their parents told them so.
Many generations of people have survived and prospered solely from the teachings of their parents
and immediate family; they did as they were told, and passed it on. Sadly then, as beliefs were
routinely accepted without question, increasingly fewer people seemed able to think for themselves
if they didn't absolutely have to, which, pray to GONZ, didn't happen often. It’s not easy to reject
accepted beliefs and traditions, especially when doing so can cause ostracizafication (spell check
on isle 4!) and hard times on top of it. Most go with the flow, though many do so with scarce
enthusiasm. It seems harmless enough: Family Values: how can you criticize those? They are
sound, healthy, solid and pure goodness, but the reality is: WE are right, all else is wrong (and
we will chop your fucking heads off if you don't like it). Families require lots of resources and
providers must often commit many sins in the course of providing, all of which need forgiving lest
they're to be considered common crimes by the non-believing, suddenly-fucked souls. "It's just
business" is the non-secular and more to the point way of reducing heinously unscrupulous
behavior to five Hail Mary's, kiss some cloth and a scotch on the rocks.
Justification for all misdeeds is just a matter of interpretation of the official line of shit. Without
these Holy Dogmatic Imperatives, most people just try to do the right thing, considering the
circumstances. That may be too simple. I apologize for suggesting the possibility that people may
have inherent goodness. It's merely a supposition, not necessarily to be applied en-mass..
They think they do because it will advance their positions in society.
This is a realistic approach and has worked to great advantage for countless numbers of social
climbers, politicians, and religious zealots resulting in the bloodiest wars in history (ongoing), a
constant pursuit of wealth and power at all costs, a total disdain for those not sharing their “beliefs”,
a loss of empathy and concern for all beyond their concern.
They believe there is a “greater being” responsible for all this.
With or without a religious format, many people are inclined to believe a superior being created our
universe and all the wonderful things within it. One is awed by the beauty and over-whelming
complexities and must attribute it to a source in one’s own image, but much larger and wiser
(beards are popular in deities I've noticed). I am in league with these to a degree, but then reality
rears it’s ugly head. If a greater being created the universe, where was he when he did it?
Another universe? How many are there? I had the impression there was just one, but what do I
know. Seriously, Think about it.
Ok..enough for now…I need another rum and coke and maybe I’ll go exact some revenge on a
neighbor for not believing in what I do. The heretic. It's getting harder and harder to whip up a
good angry mob when you need one these days. Let's go out there and kill somebody for Christ,
The Queen, Allah!, The WWF, Krispy Kreme, your own parking space, or whatever's worth killing
for. TAKE YOUR STINKING HANDS OFF THAT SANDWICH!
I sling it. You sort it out. (my new slogan, copywrite pending)
tsd
.
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