
Here’s your warning: If the thought of theology sends you gagging to the nearest trash can, by all means, bring the trash can over. I kid I kid. I feel inspired to write. And, I don’t want to censor myself…but I hope I don’t lose anyone in the process. Please know this isn’t a “homecoming” or “revival” post. This isn’t me trying to “bring you to God” – not that I truly even know the way.
It’s simply the whisperings of my soul.
So, take it for what it is, and don’t confuse it with what it’s not. Because, for the record: I don’t even pretend to be all-knowing (about this stuff anyhow…haha). Learn a little about me and the way I think, and if you feel compelled to leave me a comment, feel free to do so. I even love it when people tell me they disagree with me, it gives me a chance to learn something new…
My thoughts:
(in no particular order, rhyme or reason)
I believe in God. But, not the God I grew up with. Let me clarify… God never changed…but I did. Constantly. Always. And, I think that was the point.
I think our country is seriously F*ed the heck up. We found our country on the basis of God, maybe even religion, and yet we murder people and think we have any right to judge them. We think that our country should be moral and have values, but we feel that our movies should be full of sex and erotica. We lie to each other and then we turn around and chastise others for not being good Americans. It’s bullshit. How the hell do you hurt other people and then tell them not to do the same? It’s not just in America, but this is where I live. I just don’t understand us. We’re frieggin’ idiots…and I know I’m counted as one.
I don’t believe in Bible Bashing. You will never EVER hear me quote the Bible to make you feel like crap about your beliefs. First, it’s purpose was not to be used to humiliate and hurt others. Second, if you don’t believe in the Bible…and you’re a different religion…my Bible holds no stock with you, now does it? Third, I never said “my religion” was right. I call myself Catholic, but that doesn’t make me who I am. It just happens to be the shortest and easiest way to give you a TASTE of my beliefs. But, I believe what I FEEL is right. Regardless of what the Pope says. When he starts floating around throwing lightning at me, I’ll quit thinking for myself. Fourth, the Bible was written by men. I’ll probably get a lot of flack for saying this…but, I think that if God, in all of God’s infinite wisdom and power wanted us to KNOW without having to learn stuff for ourselves, then God would have imprinted it upon our brains…or something. That – and guess what – Religion chose which books got to go in that Bible. What made the thousands of other books not as worthy …so they were left out? Because they didn’t fit in with what that religion wanted.
I’m not dissing religions. If you’re a hard core Southern Baptist, great for you. If you’re Catholic, grand. Mormon? Spiffy. Atheist? Agnostic? Wiccan? Buddhist? Jewish? Wonderful. I think EVERY “religion” has a piece of the puzzle that is TRUTH. Unfortunately, we’re all too busy fighting over who’s right and who’s wrong to figure it out and live in peace.
Not that it matters what we think we’ve figured out…and what we haven’t.
I would love to know the TRUTH. –And, all that it entails. But, I know it’d blow my mind.
Kind of like, I don’t believe God is a He…and yet that’s I how I refer to Him (out of habit – - see, I did it again). Of course, I think God is a He and She and everything in between. I believe God is Everything and Nothing. I believe God “talks” to us…sure. Just not necessarily in a voice like we may expect to hear. I believe God goes on for Infinity (and beyond). And, our attempts to personify God is just our way of trying to understand.
I think we all worship the same God. You may believe in “something”, a being, a Goddess, Mother Nature, Self, God, Yahweh, or perhaps another name. To me, it’s the same. Heck, if God is all and nothing and everything…you could also see where those that believe in multiple Gods are right too…Because they’d all still be God. Because God is…
I’ll add more later…(I’m being distracted… )