(April 23, 2014 at 10:26 pm)Godlesspanther Wrote:(April 23, 2014 at 7:32 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: I've never liked that poem, even the original version. When was a Christian I took comfort from the idea that when things were shitty I was being moulded, that it was needful for me to suffer in order to grow. I never believed God was carrying me.
I suspect nobody really likes that poem (the original) -- hardcore fundies may pretend to like it -- but nobody sincerely likes it.
The first time I came across it I thought I was gonna barf.
Interestingly, the first time I ever came across it (not literally - that would be disgusting) I seem to remember it was loaded with references to "my Father" as distinct from "Jesus" or "my Lord". At such a young age, whatever that was, I just connected it with my Dad; I had no reason to plug any gods in there.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'