01-30-2009, 12:20 PM
The sort answer:
There is no bearded guy wearing an oversized robe and sandals hovering above us in the sky.
The long answer:
It is offensive to me a "God" would protect some from pain and suffering at the expense of others.
No one is listening to the mumblings of millions of prayer givers in their attempts to change God's mind and do things their way.
Believe in yourself and the people around you. Do good because it is the right thing to do and not because you are seeking a reward (heaven) or avoiding a punishment (hell).
There are no magic beans. There are no fairies living among the grassy fields that make the flowers grow.
Man used to need to believe in God because science wasn't available to us.
Those days are long gone.
Now people believe due to the eternal struggle of, "what happens to me when I die?"
Edited to add:
To think death is so permanent is difficult to wrap our minds around.
Religion attempts to answer that and provide comfort. It is a false warmth.
You were dead for millions of years before you were born and will be after you've lived.
There is no bearded guy wearing an oversized robe and sandals hovering above us in the sky.
The long answer:
It is offensive to me a "God" would protect some from pain and suffering at the expense of others.
No one is listening to the mumblings of millions of prayer givers in their attempts to change God's mind and do things their way.
Believe in yourself and the people around you. Do good because it is the right thing to do and not because you are seeking a reward (heaven) or avoiding a punishment (hell).
There are no magic beans. There are no fairies living among the grassy fields that make the flowers grow.
Man used to need to believe in God because science wasn't available to us.
Those days are long gone.
Now people believe due to the eternal struggle of, "what happens to me when I die?"
Edited to add:
To think death is so permanent is difficult to wrap our minds around.
Religion attempts to answer that and provide comfort. It is a false warmth.
You were dead for millions of years before you were born and will be after you've lived.