Question Your God

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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Do you have free will? Better yet.. Do you know what free will really means?

The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relationship between freedom and cause, and determining whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic. -Wikipedia

There are a lot of different takes on free will and what it means. The most simplistic way to understand free will is by relating it to freedom. Although it can have its limitations, so can anything. You being able to get in your car and make the decision to drive to your job every morning is free will. You going to the mall to grab a new shirt is free will.

Some religions, mainly christianity believe that free will was instilled in everyone by God and that we make every decision in our life. Many christians also believe that everything happens for a reason.. I was watching the discovery channel the other day and this kids town got destroyed by a tornado. He said that his grandparents got stuck under their house and 12 “men of God” came and rescued them. Don’t you think this is a bit irrational? If “everything” happens for a reason then God is the one who sent the tornado in the first place. Is that not a sign that it was their time to go? They can thank innovation for a nice house to collapse on them and save them.

If God sent these 12 men to save them, was it really meant to happen? If we all have free will, then they decided to help out and look for survivors; not God. So how does free will make sense if you believe that God has a plan for each and every one of us? How do you explain the fine line between free will and devotion to your God? If God does in fact have a plan for each and every one of us and he just failed miserably at killing this kids grandparents, doesn’t that make them unloyal servants? An all loving God..?

If you have free will then God has no plan for you. You chose your course of action and plot your life, not him. Many people just can’t seem to wrap their heads around logical thinking. If you believe in free will, you can not believe that everything happens for a reason. If you believe that everything happens for a reason, you can not believe in free will. Simple?

But, Scott.. You’re the one being irrational. You are making too much sense to be right.. Right?

You tell me..

Genesis 2:6-7 “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed the fig leaves together, and made them selves aprons.”

If God put the tree out in the middle of the garden without anything protecting it than yes, he is giving us all free will.. Now here is where “everything happens for a reason” gets put to shame..

Genesis 2:10-13 “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
And he said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, where of I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the Lord God said unto the woman, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”

Right here, God explains that he didn’t know what would happen. God clearly asks them what they did. I mean, he didn’t even use common sense. If he just created man and female and knew they were both idiots; then they magically started dressing themselves because they were naked, is that not a tell tail sign that they ate from this oh-so-delicious tree of knowledge? ..We can’t learn anything without working to obtain knowledge.

Do you have free will?

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