Apparently this topic expanded from I Get High A Lot disagreeing with Inuzuka's Religious beliefs..... or someone disagreeing with someone about someones relgious somethings. Since I'm too lazy to read what is being discussed now, and since this thread is all about God, I think I'll chip in EVERYTHING I can think of about me and the subject of God. Pick out what you want to debate.
And to point out, this is what I
BELIEVE!
I may state them like I'm say "This is what it is and nothing you say can change it." It's just stupid to keep saying "This is what I believe" after every ****ing thing. So I'm saying it now.
ALL ABOUT ME;
I read a little bit of the Bible a long time ago, when religion in school wasn't a big deal as it is now. They didn't force me to read it, I read it by my own free will. I never got passed Genesis. SO BORING! I'm sorry, but when I'm reading a book, I want Lightsabers and X-wings, or Witches and People-who's-names-are-not-meant-to-be-said-or-mentioned-of-as-is.
I believe there is a God. I'm open to the possibility there isn't one, but as far as I want to know, there is a God. I don't follow Him. He gave me free will for me to use, and I believe it's an insult to not use it.
I don't pray, or ask for anything from God. I don't believe he does anything for me or anyone. I don't really think he should. I only will ever look to him for guidance if I need it (so far so good). I think it's pathetic to pray for things that you need to get for yourself. The greatest thing about free will is it gives you the ability to become stronger, and when life hands you obstacles, you overcome them yourself. God doesn't do it for you, and he shouldn't. By praying to him you're asking for a life of decadence. I'm not going to pray to God that my band will get anywhere. I'm going to work hard to earn my time on the stage. God won't do that for me, and that's ok with me.
NOW, my FAVORITE PART! *Orgasmic moan* The bad stuff that happens!!! Ooh, how I love bad stuff that happens. Utter chaos, destruction, total collapse of society as we know it.
Every natural disaster, worldwide mass extinction, and every universal catastrophe that has happened was caused by God. God created the universe and lets it go it's course. But whenever a world, or at the very least our world (dunno about life out there
), is teeming with too much life, God will intervene with the course of the universe to exterminate that which weakens us. This is usually in the form of giant asteroids, methane gas rising instantly form the bottom of the ocean floor and killing everything on the surface, or more recently, in the form of hurricanes that cause more damage than we would like, like, oh say, Katrina. Eliminate the weak to make room for the strong.
Now I know what you're probably thinking; "Gee, then I guess you must think that 9/11 is justifiable. Alot of people were killed then. I guess all those people were weak. I guess God was also responsible. Same with even little things, like when a person kills a person, or when someone rapes someone."
You're half right. The people who died in 9/11 died because they were weak, but who the hell do you know is strong enough to survive two big planes crashing into a building you are in? They were weaker than a plane crashing into them.
I'd like to pause for as second and take the time to clarify something; when I refer to people as "weak," I don't mean it as a way of say they are bad or anything insulting. It's just what people are or aren't; we have strengths and we have weaknesses, and those who are weak have more of the latter.
NOW, back to the show! As I said before you'd be half right. BUT, atrocities like 9/11, suicide bombings, rape, and murder, etc, even though they elminate life (except for rape), aren't justified because humans have no right do so (with the exception of war, but I won't get into that unless you REALLY REALLY want to). One of the few commandments I do follow, "Thou Shalt Not Murder." God has the right to take life because his power overwhelms ours. Hitler had no right to kill 6 million jews because he was human, and no position of political power will outweigh God's power.
God will not just decide to take someone's life. He provides obstacles in life, as I said, that we must overcome, some big, some small. The big ones, the life threatening ones, such as famine, genocide, or the ever-terrifying mass extinctions that have happened over the course of Earth's existence. Those who are strong enough will overcome the obstacles, and those who are weaker will perish.
I do believe there is a heaven and a hell. I just choose to believe this. I have no proof of it's existence. It's alot better than thinking that I'll just die and be buried in the ground and my consciousness will cease to exist. I will go through life as I see fit. If I am wrong, I am sorry. I will forgive those I feel deserve it and hope that God will return me the same favor, and if I have to work for forgiveness, I will do it. I think there are some things that can't be forgiven; Rape, Murder, and Beating most definitely.
As far as organized religion goes; I never could get into the whole going to church, conversing with those who believe as I do, and all that stuff. One, can't find anyone who believes EXACTLY the same stuff I do, and I'd be surprised if there was someone like me. Two, I think I should be able to use the free will given to me to come up with my own beliefs and not what some book says. If others want to, they can. I won't stop them..... just don't try to sell me one of them. <_<
that's all I can think of right now. May add in some other stuff later.