Religion...
This is a very personal topic, and one that I'm not sure that I have an answer on...
The truth is, I'm not sure what I believe...Do I believe there is one God who directs our path in life? I don't know...
To be completely honest, I've been struggling with the topic of religion for YEARS. My family hasn't gone to church since I was little. When we did attend church, I recall being uninterested in the whole church "thing." The only time I really have gone into a church in the last few years has been for a funeral or wedding.
I have a hard time believe there is a God...
I don't understand how people can believe that "man" is inherently evil and are in need of forgiveness from God...what I get from that is God thinks we are all bad, and we must devote our life to him in order to gain entrance to Heaven...
How can I devote my life to this "god" who no one has ever seen? It doesn't make sense to me that there is some unknown being guiding my actions. I guide my actions, not some god. Me...I make choices...
"God has a plan for me." "It is God's will."
These phrases bother me... "It is God's will"....seriously? It is God's will that there are children starving all over the world, that people are abused and neglected every day...God's will that horrible diseases occur, and people are homeless.
It was God's will that a disturbed young man walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and murdered 20 beautiful children and 6 educators!? It is God's will that my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer this past year!? It is God's will...I just can't believe this concept...
How is this all a part of "God's plan"? This belief that "god" puts these trials in front of us to make us stronger...I just have a hard time believing that a "god" could allow things like the senseless murder of children to happen to make us stronger...
There is so much pain in this world that I have a hard time with faith...Do I believe in God or Jesus... I don't know...
I like the idea of heaven...that there is this place where we go when we die...I don't like the idea that when die, our life is just over. I do hope that there is some place we all go...heaven or otherwise...Do I believe there is a heaven? I don't really know...I think I want to believe in a place like heaven....
I don't really believe that there is a "God" or divine being who guides our actions...I believe that humans need to help themselves and each other to solve the problems in our lives and our world.
So what are my views on religion...I don't know...
If you believe, then you are right...If you don't believe, you are right...I, myself, just can't decide which side of that debate I am on...
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