What an awesome night! I finally got to watch the national geographic special on the gospel of judas. Fortunately, I've been able to realize not to take scriptures word for word and meaning for meaning (if there is such a saying..lol) because there are many messages that get lost in translation, and also because its very important to try and put yourself in the time and mindframe of the writer during the time they wrote it, which is sometimes impossable. But its just interesting to see that there aren't only four versions of what happened 2000 years ago. The bottom line for me is that its irrelevant to dedicate your whole life to rules such as not eating meat on fridays and going to church because those ideas are man made.
One of the things I"ve been contemplating lately is what makes us different from other animals? We have to drink water, eat, and sleep. But do other animals have feelings of love? Do they set up goals for themselves? Anyway, this all leads into the religious aspect. Why do we need to believe that there is a god? Why don't other animals believe in god? or do they? I think one really key element that distinguishes humans from the rest of the planet is our ability to question our own existence. I've never wondered why I'm here because even if I knew the answer, its irrelevant. The really cool thing is that there isn't only one answer and there isn't only one way. But then I ask myself about god and why I should believe that there is one. My viewpoint on this evolves every day and also depends on my mood. Right now I believe that there are really beautiful ideas in what we know today as the bible. But I end it right there. The minute I hear of apostles letters saying they need to send money to Jesus's brother, I get angry. Jesus went into the temple and literally did a revolt against all the financial trade that was going inside a place dedicated to god. Yet the churches of today are asking sometimes threatening you with your donation.
Nevertheless, I get frustrated and suicidal when it comes to the topic of religion because so many deaths have been unecessarily caused in the name of God. Like Jesus really wanted all those people to die by various cruel methods of torture, for the entertainment of the crowd. Please. Bullshit, its all a godamned lie. LIeS!!!!!!!!! Fucking punks. These priests and popes and bishops have manipulated so many people in the name of a loving god that it makes me want to kill myself because its so obvious that they're wrong! I don't want to be in a society with 'their' rules. YOU FUCKING CUNTS. HOW DOES JESUS CHRIST ALLOW LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS TO BE RAPED AND MOLESTED EACH AND EVERY NIGHT YET HE LOVES YOU. fuck it all man, fuck it all. FUCK EVERYTHING FUCK EVERY RELIGION SYSTEM CREATED. The only thing I see religion doing is taking advantage of yet another genuine human characteristic: hope. I don't believe in any of these lies. I was born, I experienced, and then I die. Simple as that. I die. Why must it be so 'covered up'? Why does the fact that we will die one day have to be covered up? hell, maybe I do have a spirit inside me that will be released when I'm dead, but you know what? why should I think about that right now? Right now I want to LOVE LOVE LOVE. I just don't think its right. I'm so exhausted on questioning things that I don't care about them anymore. I am tired of being fed bullshit, thats labled as faith. It makes me mad and at the same time it makes me calm. Godamm I love this place. What a perfect place to come and vent. WOOHOO.
One of the things I"ve been contemplating lately is what makes us different from other animals? We have to drink water, eat, and sleep. But do other animals have feelings of love? Do they set up goals for themselves? Anyway, this all leads into the religious aspect. Why do we need to believe that there is a god? Why don't other animals believe in god? or do they? I think one really key element that distinguishes humans from the rest of the planet is our ability to question our own existence. I've never wondered why I'm here because even if I knew the answer, its irrelevant. The really cool thing is that there isn't only one answer and there isn't only one way. But then I ask myself about god and why I should believe that there is one. My viewpoint on this evolves every day and also depends on my mood. Right now I believe that there are really beautiful ideas in what we know today as the bible. But I end it right there. The minute I hear of apostles letters saying they need to send money to Jesus's brother, I get angry. Jesus went into the temple and literally did a revolt against all the financial trade that was going inside a place dedicated to god. Yet the churches of today are asking sometimes threatening you with your donation.
Nevertheless, I get frustrated and suicidal when it comes to the topic of religion because so many deaths have been unecessarily caused in the name of God. Like Jesus really wanted all those people to die by various cruel methods of torture, for the entertainment of the crowd. Please. Bullshit, its all a godamned lie. LIeS!!!!!!!!! Fucking punks. These priests and popes and bishops have manipulated so many people in the name of a loving god that it makes me want to kill myself because its so obvious that they're wrong! I don't want to be in a society with 'their' rules. YOU FUCKING CUNTS. HOW DOES JESUS CHRIST ALLOW LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS TO BE RAPED AND MOLESTED EACH AND EVERY NIGHT YET HE LOVES YOU. fuck it all man, fuck it all. FUCK EVERYTHING FUCK EVERY RELIGION SYSTEM CREATED. The only thing I see religion doing is taking advantage of yet another genuine human characteristic: hope. I don't believe in any of these lies. I was born, I experienced, and then I die. Simple as that. I die. Why must it be so 'covered up'? Why does the fact that we will die one day have to be covered up? hell, maybe I do have a spirit inside me that will be released when I'm dead, but you know what? why should I think about that right now? Right now I want to LOVE LOVE LOVE. I just don't think its right. I'm so exhausted on questioning things that I don't care about them anymore. I am tired of being fed bullshit, thats labled as faith. It makes me mad and at the same time it makes me calm. Godamm I love this place. What a perfect place to come and vent. WOOHOO.
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I tend to think of religion as a tool.
It can be used for good things. Many people are motivated by their faith to do good, to help others out. Someone who truely tries to live their life like Jesus did has my respect.
Religion gives meaning to the lives of many people.
But it's also an excellent tool for those who crave power. It seems to be quite easy to scare people into submission just by quoting holy scripture. And once you have people scared, they will do what you want them to. They'll kill and die for you.
In short I guess you could say:
Faith good.
Organized religion bad.
As for starting my own business: I've never even thought about it. But I'm just not a business person at all. I don't think I'd like it and I wouldn't be good at it either.