XAAX
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Lets try and wake the world up to reality.
Hmmm lets see. I guess we should start from the beginning. Thats really the only way to get the big picture. The creation of religion first started when early humans were unable to understand their suroundings. Cant explain it, must be god. The sun makes things grow and gives us warmth, must be good. When the sun goes away the moon comes out and things are dark and scary, must be evil. Basic as it sounds, this is what is wrong with the world today. You can trace almost all religions of today back to that basic premise. We have evolved so much in the ways of technology and science yet we still hold on to ancient ideologies. The old ways of just preventing people from thinking for themselves is slowly slipping through the grasp of religions.
I would say that this is a good thing. The main problem with this is that most people are still simple in the fact that they need something to tell them what they can and cannot do. I am speaking spiritually as well ethically. We need to come together to let others know that there isnt this black/white view of the universe. It baffles my mind when I talk to christians on the internet (for example). I have asked numerous hard core chrisians if they follow their religion blindly. The typical response is that they do not and that they are very educated about their religion. Then listen to them tell you that you are a liar and deceiving them when you tell them the bible they are following was created by a pagan. It is really very sad to me.
I understand that people generally believe what they have been born into. This is a strong environmental factor in any culture. That being the case, I feel that at a point, everyone reaches a place in their life where they have to evaluate what is truth and what is not. There is no excuse not to other than the choice of remaining blind and ignorant to universal truths.
People tell me that it is difficult for others to break away after a lifetime of following a religious faith. I do not believe that to be true. The fact that I am an ex-baptist preacher and youth leader should speak volumes. You want to tell me about making the difficult decisions. Been there, done that. The thing that shocks others when I tell them that is when I say that I thank God everyday for the strength to think for myself and follow the road less traveled. They are trapped in their little box confused as the fact that I am referring to something alien to them. If youre not a Christian now then you must follow the only other God, Satan. It is so hard to reach someone who is trapped in that mind frame.
Believe it or not for those of you who are in the dark and afraid of what religions try to force you to believe through threats of fire and damnation, there is hope. Once you have broken free and truly open your heart and mind. You will know a God that is the true God. The God I am referring to is the energy that binds all living things in the universe, including you. You can feel a peace of heart and connection to God that no church, mosque, temple, etc could ever give you.
Think of God as a wheel. With all the religions, that man has created for whatever reason(and there are many: Greed, Control, Unification, Etc), being spokes in that wheel. All leading from the same beginning to the same end. All limited to their spokes view of the wheel. How much of God do they really know? Not much unfortunately.
Maybe one day there will be some kind of anti-religious movement that teaches people how to be one with God and all living things. Then we might truly unite as a race, love our fellow man/woman and be one with God.
Hmmm lets see. I guess we should start from the beginning. Thats really the only way to get the big picture. The creation of religion first started when early humans were unable to understand their suroundings. Cant explain it, must be god. The sun makes things grow and gives us warmth, must be good. When the sun goes away the moon comes out and things are dark and scary, must be evil. Basic as it sounds, this is what is wrong with the world today. You can trace almost all religions of today back to that basic premise. We have evolved so much in the ways of technology and science yet we still hold on to ancient ideologies. The old ways of just preventing people from thinking for themselves is slowly slipping through the grasp of religions.
I would say that this is a good thing. The main problem with this is that most people are still simple in the fact that they need something to tell them what they can and cannot do. I am speaking spiritually as well ethically. We need to come together to let others know that there isnt this black/white view of the universe. It baffles my mind when I talk to christians on the internet (for example). I have asked numerous hard core chrisians if they follow their religion blindly. The typical response is that they do not and that they are very educated about their religion. Then listen to them tell you that you are a liar and deceiving them when you tell them the bible they are following was created by a pagan. It is really very sad to me.
I understand that people generally believe what they have been born into. This is a strong environmental factor in any culture. That being the case, I feel that at a point, everyone reaches a place in their life where they have to evaluate what is truth and what is not. There is no excuse not to other than the choice of remaining blind and ignorant to universal truths.
People tell me that it is difficult for others to break away after a lifetime of following a religious faith. I do not believe that to be true. The fact that I am an ex-baptist preacher and youth leader should speak volumes. You want to tell me about making the difficult decisions. Been there, done that. The thing that shocks others when I tell them that is when I say that I thank God everyday for the strength to think for myself and follow the road less traveled. They are trapped in their little box confused as the fact that I am referring to something alien to them. If youre not a Christian now then you must follow the only other God, Satan. It is so hard to reach someone who is trapped in that mind frame.
Believe it or not for those of you who are in the dark and afraid of what religions try to force you to believe through threats of fire and damnation, there is hope. Once you have broken free and truly open your heart and mind. You will know a God that is the true God. The God I am referring to is the energy that binds all living things in the universe, including you. You can feel a peace of heart and connection to God that no church, mosque, temple, etc could ever give you.
Think of God as a wheel. With all the religions, that man has created for whatever reason(and there are many: Greed, Control, Unification, Etc), being spokes in that wheel. All leading from the same beginning to the same end. All limited to their spokes view of the wheel. How much of God do they really know? Not much unfortunately.
Maybe one day there will be some kind of anti-religious movement that teaches people how to be one with God and all living things. Then we might truly unite as a race, love our fellow man/woman and be one with God.
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