Question Your God

I always used to wonder if it was OK to question God. I used to look down upon myself and others who even thought once about questioning the bible; the book that is ‘bound’ to us as human beings. Although, growing up, my family and I never really attended church… We would go the occasional Sunday. We would always be sure to make it on Easter and Christmas though (because God cares about those two days the most). I am not saying this is right but just because you say it’s wrong doesn’t mean I will agree with you. Questioning and researching leads to self-exploration which is the most important thing you can do in your life. Understand who you are and what you want to do with your life. One chance; better make it count.

Every man and woman that is comfortable with his or her religion will tell you it is OK to question your God and I agree. Questioning God will lead you to picking up your bible, which in turn will lead to you studying and possibly learning something new. Ask questions, take answers in moderation. I hear this one alot: “You can’t take the bible literally”. Well, I’m here to tell you something. This is a very literal and harsh world. I believe in luck and miracles but I don’t believe there is a God behind any of it, what about you? Do you ever wonder if the bible was wrote for a tad-bit of hope?

What do humans need the most? Hope. Why do we pray at night? Hope. Why do we believe in a God and read from his book then say we are of holy stature? Hope. Oh and every man/woman/child that has been saved, woo. Best story ever. They throw in some awesome punch lines when talking about it. It was a cold rainy night, my feet were shivering and I prayed to God. The part they left out was: …and nothing happened, and nothing happens, but this is why I have faith, I keep hoping and wanting, praying and believing, guided by Gods strength, I will continue to hope there is more. Wake up. It’s all in your mind.

Hope can and will blind you. I can hope that I will someday sail the world, but sitting here hoping is going to do me no good. It takes work. It takes passion. You have to want to live for yourself and want to better yourself to become/do anything. So while you’re struggling through life, praying to your God to make everything better yet you keep getting shot down: where is your God? Here is a prime example. You wake up and feel like complete crap. Bills are late, you are in debt, there’s no way out. You head off to work for your daily grind and you think to yourself right before you walk in “Today is going to be alright, I will just smile and ignore everything bad in my life.” As you sit there working, smiling with your co-workers, are you truly happy inside? No.. Do they know it? Of course it depends on how you’re acting, yea, but here lies my point. You can make people believe you feel happy even when you aren’t. You can make yourself believe that you feel better because you have God watching over you.

So next time you ask yourself “Is it OK to question God?” Realize that it is the fear that was pushed over you by religion that is making you ask yourself over and over. Break free from that fear. Examine both sides of the double edged blade.

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As we grow up we count on our parents/guardians to guide us and tell us what’s right and wrong. We get all of our information from those that we are around and our beliefs begin to develope. The sad part about this is, we have no validation for our beliefs, we just listen, swallow and choke on everything that’s tossed to us.

For example, if I had of been raised by satanic, closed-minded parents I probably would believe that Satan is the king of kings. Now I know all of you religious folks are probably saying “Oh Lord God, please save him for saying Satan! He even capitalized Satan, he is doomed!”

The fact of the matter is that we are given no choice when growing up. We are pushed into a religion or belief that we know nothing about, told that it is good; sometimes even threatened that if we don’t believe we will burn in hell for all eternity… Does this sound right?

Let’s not forget that God is all loving and shouldn’t judge kids since they are young and know nothing.

So why is it that you believe what you believe? Do you even know what you believe in? If someone asks you to give them your favorite verse out of your bible, can you do it without looking it up? The reason I ask is because 90% of religious people can’t. Now it’s OK if you are in that 90%, don’t feel bad. God doesn’t care that you are an uneducated human being.

Why is it that 90% of all religous people can’t tell me what they believe in? I’ll take a guess at why this is so: they do not alot the time to study their bible, yet alone do they even care to do so. They believe that showing up to church once a week is all that God wants and when they go up to the alter to repent, their soul is saved once again. Yet they go home and go out, grab a few drinks, have casual sex and act like they are doing nothing wrong. If you are one of these people, let me be the first to break it to you: your God hates you.

Do you really believe in what you were taught while growing up? Did you actually analyze everything about your religion, question yourself, your beliefs and form an educated opinion or did you just roll with it and figure that everything you were taught was right and you should stick with it just because. Are you too scared to think outside your cloak of religion? Too scared that God might smite you down if you do so?

If anything you should get a cookie when you arrive at the gates to be judged. God is going to send the fakes (90%) straight to hell. The ones that actually questioned (10%) might have a chance, if there even is a God.

So I ask again, why do you believe what you believe? Have you ever considered thinking for yourself instead of being a mindless zombie? Are you educated in what you believe or do you just brush people off and say “God save them..” Why is it that most religious people can’t hold a conversation without getting pissed off? It’s like they think we are physically cutting through them or something, exposing their true self.

You can clearly see when someone is a fake. If you are a Christian and you haven’t questioned God and if he  exists or you haven’t researched evolution then you aren’t very educated. You have to look at every angle to truly know what you believe in. Saying you believe in something without knowing what else is out there is like eating a diet consisting of onions only.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.

Think for yourself. The only way to understand you is to find you. God leaves you questioning. Religion fills you with fear. Faith leaves you blind. Hope will keep you on your toes, but in the end, it’s nothing. Hope is just like praying, no matter how much you do it; nothing happens. You have to make something of yourself by pushing yourself, taking action and taking control of your life. You have one chance on this earth and just remember; you were born alone and you will die alone.

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