The immortal words of John Lennon. One of my favorite musicians :) What brings this up, and yes I'm hoping I receive backlash on this because at least then I'll be getting some sort of comments, is somebody posted last night on a forum if transgender people feel condemned by the Bible. Well, do I? No, the Bible is just a book of feel good lessons and morals. It could easily be replaced by Chicken Soup for the Soul. I've never read the Bible, but come on! There are some stories in there that are just too crazy. This is my blog, so I can say what I want, but I know this may anger some people. I'm going to respect people though and not use curses, just simple language.
God, if he does exist, I don't think he cares too much for us. Does he answer prayers? Does he work miracles? Who's to know. But to my extent, I think the Devil cares much more for us than God does. I'm not satanic, but think about it. The Devil wants us to be his play things, so he is constantly keeping a closer eye on us then God. God, should he exist, wants us to find our own way into Heaven. He isn't going to hold our hand and walk us through the gate. The Devil however, is always looming over us. Throwing greed and hunger and poverty in our faces. We become desperate and do things we would never think to do. The Devil wants us to join him and it is easy to do so, God wants us to make our own decisions. And lastly, people say God created us in his image. Well, what about the transgender people? Did God create boys who really should have been girls and vice versa and just go whoops? I don't think so. But I don't really believe in either of them, so for me this is rather moot.
There are a few stories in the Bible that come to mind that I find are just completely ludicrous. First of all, the "virgin mary". That Jesus is the son of God. Well, I'm here to tell you I don't believe that's not true at all. Mary gave birth in Bethlehem. If I recall correct that's where she gave birth, but that's not where the child was conceived. But this was over 2000 years ago. Rape was not uncommon. And it was even more uncommon not to tell you were raped because of being ridiculed. So my firm belief is Mary was raped, and covered it up. Maybe Joseph actually was the father. Now there are images of Jesus, but has anyone ever seen God? Maybe Jesus is God. Going back to my last paragraph, this could be why Jesus won't ever be making a 2nd coming. He does not care for us because ultimately we have screwed ourselves as a planet. But the next story is of Adam and Eve. This cannot possibly be believed can it? Here's where I get lost. Adam and Eve are supposedly the 1st two people on the planet. That's why people will tell you sometimes that we are all related. They have 2 children, Cain and Abel. Cain kills Abel and is banished. That's a total of 3 people that should be on this planet. But somehow Cain finds a village of people who just came out of nowhere? Nuh-uh. Plus evolution has proven this is nothing but a story.
Religion should be nothing to us. There was another story about a lesbian girl where a pastor and camp counselors put fear into her for being a lesbian and were forcing her to be straight. Ultimately, she says her life is worse now because of that. Religion wasn't meant to put fear into us. It was meant to give us a set of guidelines to follow so we can reach our own peace and be better off in life. Religion should not a governing factor in our lives, it should only be a way of setting our morals and values. Do not force your religion upon anyone. Do you know it states in the Constitution that religion shall not have any say in our laws? We are not a country built on religion, we are a country built on independence. So if you're against Gay marriage (I'm assuming most of my readers aren't) that's fine, but if you are against it because it goes against the Bible. Well guess what, the Bible has no jurisdiction in this country.
So now here's what I believe. I say I'm agnostic, but really I just have my own personal religion. Atheism, by the way, means not believing in anything. It's really an ignorant 'religion'. So I believe in Destiny. We are all on a path to reach our end goal. What happens happens for a reason. Yes this includes tragedies and murders and all that. They happen for a reason. Don't question the reason, just know it has one. We cannot stray from our paths, because they are right there in front of us. The path is a straight line. Everything has already been pre-planned. There's no changing our fates. If I die tomorrow, I'll know it was because it was meant to be. Sure, sometimes I like to believe there is a God, but ultimately he never listens. And whatever happened to the ancient Greek Gods like Zeus? Let's go back to them! lol. That's what I believe. Religion is just something for people to grab onto. It should NOT define you!
So lastly, I apologize if I offended anyone, but this is something I've wanted to get off my chest for a long time. I don't mean to step on anyone's beliefs, but that's really what religion does. It steps on you. Holds you down and puts fear into you. Remember all this, and do not judge others. I don't judge people who believe in the Christian faith, but I will fight you if you try and force it down my throat. Religion is a fine thing to value, but don't let it control you. I really don't want to rant anymore, so I'm done lol. Thanks everyone for reading this!
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