Here are some things that some of you might not want to hear. While the devil or evil influences us God does not. Let me explain why I wrote that. Many people are quick to praise God for miracles that happen in life; for example: being saved by a natural disaster, an accident, an attack, or anything bad that could potentially happen to anyone of us. However what people will never do is blame God for the bad things that happen but oddly enough they don't blame the devil either! You can't have it both ways. If a hurricane saves you but not your neighbor does that mean that your faith is greater than your neighbor even if the two of you lead the exact same lives?
If God influences everything in the world then doesn't he influence those hurricanes and natural disasters as well? Like I said you can't have it both ways! While I believe that God (or whatever higher power is out there) is real; I believe that he or she only watches what we do. For the purposes of making this flow better I will be referring to God as a he. While I believe that he watches everything that we do and how we react to what comes before us, I know for a fact that he does not make anything happen.
I grew up a Catholic and I believed everything I read in the Bible and everything that was taught to me in school but when I go to college and grad school I broadened my horizons and thinking. I decided to disregard the bible because in my reality it is not God's words. He didn't write it, men did and no I do not believe that these men were guided by Him to write those words. Take a close look at things that are in there and you just might see what I am talking about. No one can live to be a 175 years old even in today's standards but Abraham is said to have lived that long in the Old Testament.
Even with all the technology and medical advances that we have made today no one will ever live that long. I am not saying that it will never be possible in the future because people are living to be over 100 years old now and a lot of people that are older don't even look his or her age. Back in that time the life expectancy for a man was maybe at most 40 years old. I already know what you're thinking it was a miracle but really?
What about Noah's Ark? We have all been to a zoo in our lifetime at some time or another and the last time I checked all the animals are separated in cages. The reason being is that some of them would eat each other! How can we believe that Noah was able to take two of each animal into one ship and they all played nice together. You can believe it was a miracle if you want to but if a lion, tiger, or any other carnivore sees a chicken he's going to fucking eat it.
Stories are told for generations and with each time a story is told that story because more and more extravagant. You can prove that to yourself by doing one simple exercise. Make up a story and tell one of your friends (make sure that the friend you tell has some of the same friends you have). Wait a while and I guarantee you that by the time the story gets back to you it will be completely different than the story you originally told with only a few truths left in it.
You have to remember that in the time that these stories and the bible were written the drink of choice was wine (wine get you drunk faster than beer and almost as fast a liquor and at that time think about how potent the wine must have been). Also during that time while herbs and similar seasoning that we use today was put into their food the seasoning of choice was from a plant called a mandrake. For those of you who are not familiar with Mandrake; it is a plant that has hallucinogenic properties and would put you on something as close to an acid trip that you could imagine. Take some of that shit and tell me you wouldn't be seeing stuff that isn't there and making stuff up.
I am not telling you to stop believing in what you believe because that is your prerogative. I am just telling what I chose. I chose to leave behind the words of men and put my faith in God and nothing else. There are so many things in the bible that do point to the compassion and love that God and Jesus Christ has for all of us but then again there are so many things that point to hatred that men had against things they deemed to be wrong even if they are not. For me the bible is a book filled with tales of half truths that were written to make people comply with the rules they deemed to be best.
While I don't believe that the bible is the word of God it doesn't change or diminish my faith in God. See that is the problem with people today. They have become so engulfed in the bible and church that they have ignored what they should really be believing in and that's God. Reading the bible, going to church, synagogue, mosque, or wherever you go doesn't mean that you have faith in God. You have faith in your religion but that doesn't make your faith in God real or any stronger. Your faith in God has to come from within and not from listening to someone preach what is wright and what is wrong. We all have that little voice in our heads called a conscious that tells us the difference between the two.
People say that "God never gives you more than you can handle" however people get things that are more than they can handle all the time and here's a little secret: he doesn't give you anything. If he creates a miracle to save someone who has cancer; isn't he the same one who created that living tissue (cancer) and gave it to you. The answer is NO! Shit happens and it happens all the time and it is up to all of us to show him how we deal with that shit. Again I am not telling you to stop believing in what you believe in or stop praying but try and put your faith in the real deal which is God and not the words of men!
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