Whenever someone says, "You don't believe in God? You're going to HELL!" I respond, "Only someone who BELIEVES in God can go to a place CREATED by God. Because I don't believe in God, how can I go to a place I don't believe exists?" After all, how could you drive a car if no one invented the wheel?
I don't know why but I find it sad that someone would convert to Christianity on their death bed, especially after years of speaking out against the Church or religion in general. It's almost as if he negated everything he ever preached, because in the 11th hour he doubted himself. And that's the kicker, isn't it? Religion and Faith are two very separate creatures. Everyone has faith in SOMEthing, whether it's himself or an image of some supreme being. Religion is man-made, along with all the rituals and rules that come with the individual club.
Bottom line, there's no guarantees, no promises, no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you're a good boy and brush your teeth every day. You can get on a plane tomorrow and it can crash into a building. Did GOD just punish you for doing something wrong? Because you MUST have done something bad to die so horribly! Yeah, right. It's all BULLSHIT. Just a tool to keep people paranoid, afraid. To control the masses.
And I'm sorry, but I have a problem with a Church that tells people they can't practice birth control so the country gets overpopulated and kids are starving to death in the streets...and yet, ONE FUCKING RUBY from that pointy hat on the leader's head could buy enough food to feed HUNDREDS of nations.
As the icon says, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Nothing else is certain outside of your own existence because the universe is constantly changing. People make unpredictable choices that change the world in a myriad of ways every day and eventually affect everyone else (the ripples in the pond) which causes everyone to react and adjust accordingly. But you never know what's going to happen or how you'll be affected until it reaches you and YOU have to make a decision. That's just how it works.
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Date: 2008-08-06 06:51 pm (UTC)I don't know why but I find it sad that someone would convert to Christianity on their death bed, especially after years of speaking out against the Church or religion in general. It's almost as if he negated everything he ever preached, because in the 11th hour he doubted himself. And that's the kicker, isn't it? Religion and Faith are two very separate creatures. Everyone has faith in SOMEthing, whether it's himself or an image of some supreme being. Religion is man-made, along with all the rituals and rules that come with the individual club.
Bottom line, there's no guarantees, no promises, no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you're a good boy and brush your teeth every day. You can get on a plane tomorrow and it can crash into a building. Did GOD just punish you for doing something wrong? Because you MUST have done something bad to die so horribly! Yeah, right. It's all BULLSHIT. Just a tool to keep people paranoid, afraid. To control the masses.
And I'm sorry, but I have a problem with a Church that tells people they can't practice birth control so the country gets overpopulated and kids are starving to death in the streets...and yet, ONE FUCKING RUBY from that pointy hat on the leader's head could buy enough food to feed HUNDREDS of nations.
As the icon says, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Nothing else is certain outside of your own existence because the universe is constantly changing. People make unpredictable choices that change the world in a myriad of ways every day and eventually affect everyone else (the ripples in the pond) which causes everyone to react and adjust accordingly. But you never know what's going to happen or how you'll be affected until it reaches you and YOU have to make a decision. That's just how it works.