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Am I a God-less soul, abandoned--lacking hope and faith--having dissolved my religious beliefs in futile attempts to understand and define myself? Have I spiraled inevitably downward in my naive struggle to grasp unbounded/undeniable truth. Does a God even exist who frowns up my persistent questioning and doubts? I dont know. Is it so wrong of me to beg questions of that which i fail to understand? I hope not.
Hope. My hope has not disappeared, but rather, shifted/redirected. Instead of hope for an eternal existence, i maintain hope for a well fulfilled life. Instead of hope for a higher power to guide me, I hope for and put faith in myself and those around me—I trust people to enrich my life, providing it with meaning and purpose. I choose not to devote myself to something I have yet to understand.
I have come to interpret the bible as present-day mythology. For the Greeks, an array of gods existed. Over the course of time, ideas evolved, people constantly adopted and created new creation tales or ways of explaining the world around them. To me, the books of the bible have come to be nothing more than stories. Stories that provide people with morals and guidance of how to act towards others. It is essentially a book of how to be a good person. I dont take the stories literally because i dont feel that is how it is meant to be.
There are too many instances in life where divine intervention is lacking. Too many instances where divine intervention is lacking when it is so desperately sought after and needed.
God has become a father figure to those who search for guidance and an explanation for the world. People that fail to understand their purpose, put their faith in a higher power.
I believe in the idea of fate… that people are meant to be together and things of the like. But i dont believe it’s because of an act of God. Honestly, i think i have the right to take credit for my own actions and decisions that have led me to where i am in my life. I made those decisions. No one made them for me. I am thankful for the people in my life. I thank them for including me and giving me a chance. I made decisions based on the thoughts in my head, the feelings in my heart…i made them.
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EES reviewed Version 1 -
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I bet that you do not lack hope or faith. You just choose to place those things on something apart from God. Personally I think the only thing people should put a lot of faith into is themselves and you say something very akin to that later on, in doing so you render yourself I just blanked on the word I was trying to write. But you contradict yourself and make taht part in the beginning pointless.
There are many stories that were not intended literally, but there are also stories in the bible that deff come from the truth of what happened. I don’t think that there are many people alive today who except them all as fact and cannot read into the bit about them trying to teach morals. If you are a good person without outside help- then you do not need the bible.
I don’t like this, it doesn’t read well: “There are too many instances in life where divine intervention is lacking. Too many instances where divine intervention is lacking when it is so desperately sought after and needed.”
I think some people need a God and I don’t think anybody should deny them that, whichever god they choose for themselvs, it is wrong. Some people only need to beleive in themselvs and some people just plain do not care. I beleive in a higher power- a force that is the accumlation of all religions. Catholicism seems an odd thing for me now that I am older, because it was something that was nearly forced on my ancestors. It doesn’t seem natural either. What kind of a religion praises virgins?! and doesn’t think that sex is in itself a religous act?
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MorbidShadows reviewed Version 1 -
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Your perception on religion is quite similar to mine, if not completely the same. I’m not quite sure whether or not if your an Atheist or just open-minded to the prospects of religious beliefs. Regarding that statement, I consider myself in the category of having an open-minded outlook on all aspects within life in general, including religion. In my view, there is the possibility of the existence of God. Humanity usually refers to God as Him capitalized, but I don’t believe “he” has a gender for he isn’t human. We all envision God in a certain form. As for me, I don’t believe he has a specific form nor structure. Perhaps just an entity of some sort, an indescribable profile. Another factor of God is perfection. Is “he” in reality, flawless? I’ve debated this very question quite often. If God is flawless, why was his creations not so? Personally I’d think his creations would also be as such. However, there is this profound idea of free will. We are in control of our own actions, decisions, etc. A bit of a contradiction, influence can effect a person to conduct a certain way, despite it’s my belief we can form our own beliefs. Regarding the bible, I agree with you to an extent. Biblical stories, in my view, are merely stories to provide mortality. I don’t believe the full context was suppose to be taken literally for the Bible is a mystery because we weren’t in existence when the original manuscript was written. Given that statement, how we to know the truth of what’s true and what’s merely theory or fictional? If there was any truth within the pages of this book, I believe it has been fabricated over the years or even by the disciples who were involved. The disciples were human after all, meaning we are an imperfect race, an inference that this could result in misinterpreted words. The Bible is an interpretable book, like poetry. The absurdity, just my personal thoughts, of how mankind is so gullible to every word written in the Bible. Blood has been spilled since the beginning of time over the dispute of religion which is lunacy, unnecessary violence, not only in the physical factors.
What I’ve said isn’t purposed to offend others beliefs. In fact, I respect others perceptions on religion along with other topics. I despise certain actions of others when they attempt to force their beliefs upon you. That’s not acceptable, in my view. The prospect of expressing your philosophy, I believe your entitled to make.
-veronica
FinalxCountx14 reviewed Version 1 -
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Well, I must say I believe in God but we have some similarities in our beliefs. See, I believe in God, I do believe he exists and I do love him and i do consider myself a Christian. Altho, unlike other Christians the way I see it, I dont think you exactly have to believe in God and go to church and read the bible and all that to get into what is considered heaven. I do believe that we should take credit for our own actions. Sometmes though there are those experiences that just cannot be explained at all. I believe that if you want to get inot what most people cosider heaven…or the good side of afterlife, you should live a good life and help others live a good life and try to help anyone you possibly can and bring their life up. My goal as a Christian is not to just worship god and shun nonbelievers, but to just help everyone whether they believe in God or not have a good life and enjoy it. This world would be so much better if there wasn’t so much stereotyping in religion. I think everyone should live open mindedly and whether or not they believe in God, just accept that we take responsibility for our own actions. God doesn’t make us go where we go or talk to who we talk to, we do. I do believe that God did create everything all the same, but thats a completely different topic. I do believe that there is a heavenfor everyone, but i do believe thatanyone can get in because there are people who dont believe in god who are ateist that I have met who have better morals then regular Christians.
I love these topics lol.
itacaregaucho reviewed Version 1 -
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I agree with you! I like your style, it’s has a nice flow! I really believe in this: “To me, the books of the bible have come to be nothing more than stories. Stories that provide people with morals and guidance of how to act towards others.”
I can not write about grammar because I’m rookie in English Language.
Keep writing!
Aloha!
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You get the prize of the day! You Win!! You get all 10’s, but the real prize is YOU friend. Keep on writing, thinking and being. We want you in this world :}
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