Feels good to be free...
December 26, 2013 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: December 26, 2013 at 2:16 pm by Amelia.)
And that's how I felt the day I realized the Bible didn't make a lick of sense to me about 10 years ago. Attempted to study theology to try and understand what the heck I was missing, but it only confirmed my fears: I was living in the matrix! 
I was raised in the Episcopal Church, still love the old church and the people who attended, but what they consider "truth" is illogical to me (and pretty crappy if you're a woman).
Love the idea of Jesus. If he did exist, he was one heck of an awesome guy! Love that he stood up for the poor and women's rights. The original hippie???? Still, just because the guy was awesome, doesn't mean he was something more than human... even if he wanted to be!
Religions have been coming and going for ages. I'm surprised at how invested we get in them. I doubt they will ever die, though. I've seen the studies that most folks are wired for religion, and I've even had a family member (non-religious) who had to go on some meds years ago that made her think she was some sort of God-fearing mystic savior. She got off the meds, but still remembers to this day how a little change in chemistry changed her into a religious fanatic for a few weeks.
My thoughts: we have no proof that a creator(s) exists or does not exist. We do know that we're living on a tiny speck of a planet in a huge universe which could be part of something even bigger. Did something randomly happen a gazillion years ago that eventually caused our creation? Or is our universe in a petri dish being poked and prodded by an intelligent force? How in the world could any human know this answer?
Er yeah, so... hello.
I was raised in the Episcopal Church, still love the old church and the people who attended, but what they consider "truth" is illogical to me (and pretty crappy if you're a woman).
Love the idea of Jesus. If he did exist, he was one heck of an awesome guy! Love that he stood up for the poor and women's rights. The original hippie???? Still, just because the guy was awesome, doesn't mean he was something more than human... even if he wanted to be!
Religions have been coming and going for ages. I'm surprised at how invested we get in them. I doubt they will ever die, though. I've seen the studies that most folks are wired for religion, and I've even had a family member (non-religious) who had to go on some meds years ago that made her think she was some sort of God-fearing mystic savior. She got off the meds, but still remembers to this day how a little change in chemistry changed her into a religious fanatic for a few weeks.
My thoughts: we have no proof that a creator(s) exists or does not exist. We do know that we're living on a tiny speck of a planet in a huge universe which could be part of something even bigger. Did something randomly happen a gazillion years ago that eventually caused our creation? Or is our universe in a petri dish being poked and prodded by an intelligent force? How in the world could any human know this answer?
Er yeah, so... hello.
Amelia, Enjoy the forums.
