Religious/Philosophical Controversies Are Welcome for the Weekend!
And I'm not going to provide any babysitting here; all opinions, including personal attacks, are welcome
It doesn’t matter if God exists or not. What matters is what you believe; you know that, and I respect what you believe. Also, there are lots of religions and I’m not promoting any, except that I don’t care for those the ones who harm their own followers and/or want to force themselves on “non-believers.”
As for me, you know that in my book, personal experience overrides everything else:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/no-i-am-not-a-religious-nut
That doesn’t mean that I don’t have my personal conjecturing, as usual, but as usual, I don’t expect anyone to agree.
To me, a Creator, in order not to look like “He” is enjoying the show, must partake in human life and suffering, which is the only elegant response to those who ask, “Why does G*d tolerate all this?” Yet my opinion only belongs to me and I hope, my Friends, you can keep a conversation civilized on the matter.
This is a unique opportunity for everyone to vent. As you know, I do NOT intervene with people’s most important decisions in life, but apparently, part of my readership would like to exchange ideas. I just hope it will stay civilized, because I CANNOT accept responsibility for anyone’s decisions.
All I can say is that once the exchange becomes venomous, I’ll have to shut it down. Nobody will be “banned.”
In orthodox Judaism, some people are not even humans. In other religions, you might make it as long as you can live a good life as a cockroach in my mother’s kitchen. Even in Christianity, Jesus says that there will be people who will not be resurrected. In my understanding, G*d will give everyone what they expect. As I put it in a poem 46 years ago,
Everyone will get what they expect.
Wild geese are crying out.
Mongrel dogs are crossing the railroad tracks.
Religious/Philosophical Controversies Are Welcome for the Weekend!
Thanks Ray! Excellent topic indeed.
I've always been sceptical about organised religions, due to their control aspect. In all of the control guises. As such & growing up in Africa. I was exposed to animism at a very early age. Through our African house & garden helpers. Animism embraces the concept of everything having a spirit. Every spirit is & always has been inter connected. Here my own personal opinion. I trust the foreword, disclaimer, in my piece, is accepted in good faith, good spirit & good heart; for all of us!
https://andybunting.substack.com/p/earth-mother
I believe that we as humans are divine, sovereign and free. I (personally) don't need a "savior"...Dogma and doctrine is a complicated subject for humans to fathom because of eons of indoctrination with dogma. My mentor and teacher put this out for his students 15 hours ago...Coincidence? : https://rokfin.com/post/137383 Oh, and IF you are VERY brave, sitting on the edge of a crescent moon as far as "who is god" is concerned...please feel free to consider this: https://youtu.be/xrsu9ckodpU