christianity“Proof there is a God”
People have a lot of reasons for believing what they do. I can think of no greater controversy than the one that surrounds our beliefs in God. Everyone has there own opinions and feels strongly about them. Some people refuse to talk about the subject while others apparently don’t know when they ought to shut up about it. It’s too bad that we can’t all be more open-minded and willing to listen to what each other has to say. It might do the world some good some day to realize how much we don’t know about each other that could actually teach us something. What one person believes doesn‘t have to be so terribly at odds with what someone else believes. We’re all right in our own way. It‘s like they say: the truth is fragmented. No doubt about it! So the next time you find yourself standing in front of a mirror consider that God is like a mirror. Although the mirror never changes everyone who looks at it sees a different face.
Having said that I’ve decided to write about a few things that have been on my mind lately. I look forward to your criticism and outright objections to my utter non-sense. If you find you agree with anything to follow I recommend you check yourself into a mental hospital because you’re probably crazy. I know for a fact I am. Have been for a long time! LOL!
I’ve been studying some of the different arguments that philosophers have used to prove the existence of God. To be honest, most of them are over my head or, more likely, too stupid for someone like me to comprehend. There is one argument though that makes sense to me. Aristotle pointed out that nothing moves unless something causes it to move. He felt, that being the case, that God would have to exist because something would have to cause the first thing to move in order for anything else to move.
Another way to look at it is to say that my parents created me in the same way their parents created them (if you know what I mean?). Go back far enough and science teaches us that the first mammal was a shrew like creature that lived millions of years ago. Who knows what came before this particular (human) ancestor other than to say something had to. Ultimately we can trace our beginnings back to 10 to the negative 43 seconds after the Big Bang, before which the four forces of nature had to be combined as a single force. A feat mathematics has yet to achieve. My point is that there has to be a first creator in order for there to be a 2nd or a 3rd. Something had to put everything into motion and the most likely candidate is still God (in my opinion).
Similarly a person who believes in a perfect God would have to believe in a perfect outcome. The truth would, therefore, have to be as right as God. Although I will never know what it means to be perfect, I have a pretty good idea of, at least, a few of the characteristics it would require. One of those characteristics stands out in my mind which is what we think of as fair. Some people might suggest that it is impossible for a mere human to say what’s fair but I disagree. It’s as simple as figuring out what’s not fair and sorting through what’s left.
It’s perfectly clear to a lot of people (like myself) that it wouldn’t be fair to hold someone’s religion or lack of one against them. God is the God of everyone or He is the God of no one. Our beliefs do not determine what is or what isn’t. It’s as simple as that. All that matters is that our beliefs are sincere and involve putting God in control of our lives (no matter what we call Him). I call this surrendering the knowledge of good and evil and believe there’s not a single wrong way to go about it. People who surrender the knowledge of good and evil will become at one with God and serve Him in the same manner our arms and legs do us. They will essentially become extensions of Gods perfect will and be forever satisfied and happy with their decision. Everyone else will experience Actual Free-will, Perfect On-going Justice and a Permanent 2nd Chance in a place called Utopia because God wishes to be fair to everyone (not just to those who have surrendered their free-will for something better). Actual Free-will will put people in charge of their destinies by giving them control over their spiritual environment. They will be able to be psychic about themselves but not each other (to the extent that Perfect On-going Justice Permits). Perfect On-going Justice is comparable to Karma but with more appropriate, real time consequences. Since forever should be based on forever and not a human lifetime everyone will be given a Permanent 2nd Chance to surrender the knowledge of good and evil and join those already in Heaven. There will be liberty and justice for all just like there ought to and (must be) for the outcome to be as perfect as the one who designed it.
Now I know what you’re all saying. You’ve heard all this before and so you have but how much thought have you really given it? Can you come up with a fairer scenario than the one I am proposing? If there is a perfect God worth believing in and we adhere to any of the worlds religions beliefs about Him isn’t it time we question some of those beliefs? Do we have to believe in a cruel or powerless God like the one Christianity presents us with who must be one or the other? If God is all powerful then He must be a tyrant of some kind who’s out to torment people for eternity who refuse to worship Him for doing so. An all powerful God has no use for Jesus. He saves who He wants to save. Furthermore the right to be a fool might not sound like such a good idea at first but may I remind you that it’s our most basic freedom. It’s the right to think and act for ourselves. The knowledge of good and evil does not mean having to be a worthless criminal or a troubled sinner. It does however mean getting to be ourselves and deciding for ourselves what that means. It’s actually a right worth fighting for, worth defending, and worth going to hell for, especially if God threatens to send us there for such a ridiculous reason. He should let us keep the knowledge of good and evil over sending us to hell for it. At least, that’s what I would do if I were Him. If it were up to me I would bring liberty and justice for all to everyone in the form of Utopia. What would you do? Think carefully…
