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december_solsticeYou're probably thinking -- She's been born again! God has spoken to the poor girl!.
Er...not exactly, fam.
Actually, the exact opposite has happened.
I think embracing (more like humoring) the idea of faith pushed me further towards the reality that our lives are very much our own and there is no outside force leading the world in which we live in. That our reality has ultimately been created by us. Our reality is of our making.
I realized humans reach out for faith, for comfort, in a time of great need. In a moment of desperation, when we feel powerless, when we believe ourselves to be weak, we want it so desperately for God, religion, and such to be true -- that a higher power will save us. Will love us. Will make us IMPORTANT. Will make us MATTER.
Similarly how we want so desperately there to be life after death, to be forgiven for our sins, that there is more to our existence than this -- that we are NOT insignificant in this great wide indifferent universe. A universe that has thrived without us for billions of years before we entered the picture, and ultimately, will thrive without us, for billions of years after we are out of the picture.
This is a hard to swallow. No human heart wants to feel this way -- wants to accept that life goes on once we're dead. That the plants, trees, planets, and so on are unaffected by our existence.
And, I get that. I can understand why faith exist. Why gods have been a part of our lives for hundreds of thousands of years. Why we worshiped the sun. Why we worshiped the stars. Why we worships gods. Because life is hard. Because we're HUMAN. We feel things. Because feeling obsolete is difficult. Because hope feels good. Because God is a beautiful delusion.
Er...not exactly, fam.
Actually, the exact opposite has happened.
I think embracing (more like humoring) the idea of faith pushed me further towards the reality that our lives are very much our own and there is no outside force leading the world in which we live in. That our reality has ultimately been created by us. Our reality is of our making.
I realized humans reach out for faith, for comfort, in a time of great need. In a moment of desperation, when we feel powerless, when we believe ourselves to be weak, we want it so desperately for God, religion, and such to be true -- that a higher power will save us. Will love us. Will make us IMPORTANT. Will make us MATTER.
Similarly how we want so desperately there to be life after death, to be forgiven for our sins, that there is more to our existence than this -- that we are NOT insignificant in this great wide indifferent universe. A universe that has thrived without us for billions of years before we entered the picture, and ultimately, will thrive without us, for billions of years after we are out of the picture.
This is a hard to swallow. No human heart wants to feel this way -- wants to accept that life goes on once we're dead. That the plants, trees, planets, and so on are unaffected by our existence.
And, I get that. I can understand why faith exist. Why gods have been a part of our lives for hundreds of thousands of years. Why we worshiped the sun. Why we worshiped the stars. Why we worships gods. Because life is hard. Because we're HUMAN. We feel things. Because feeling obsolete is difficult. Because hope feels good. Because God is a beautiful delusion.
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Date: 2015-09-30 12:31 am (UTC)Perhaps you're right! I don't have a problem with anon comments, even the pointless ones.
As I go forward with my blog, I can decide to delete comments that I feel aren't saying anything of value and/or are too offensive or violent (teaming w/ slurs, ect.)
Regardless, I promo what I think would encourage interesting/thought-provoking conversations. Which is why I'm here. There is no way to avoid negative comments. And, I will more than likely ignore them, play along, or delete it.
I welcome others to share their thoughts, opposing thoughts as well. But I'd also hope commenters will at the very least be thoughtful (not *nice*, when I say thoughtful, I mean literally THINKING -- trying to construct something valuable, useful, something that will get us thinking.)
I'm actually relatively new to Live Journal! But for the few weeks I've been journaling my thoughts, I've had a blast. Had some really fabulous conversations with other folks on here. I discuss a lot of controversial topics, btw. Race, Religion, Politics, Ect. For the most part, I just love to hear what other people have to say.
I'm not going to deny I poke a little fun here and there :P because I do, but the post is more about trying to sympathize and understand the human experience when it comes to religion and beliefs.
If you'd like to weigh in on the topic, I'd be more than happy to hear what you have to say. So far, I'm getting that you find it offensive because I am making fun of theists. I try my best to NOT poke fun at the individual when discussing ideologies, but that isn't an easy task, and that isn't really my intention here (to be tactful, because that just isn't the type of person I am. I'm pretty blunt and straight forward).
My intention is to ponder over my experiences. In this case, religion. Anything beyond that is up in the air!
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Date: 2015-10-02 03:08 am (UTC)Fair question.
Date: 2015-10-02 03:54 am (UTC)But, for the short answer: I have an author website, a WordPress, but I use it for "business". I promote my book and workshops there and construct article-like posts. Tumblr is terrible for conversations... among many other things...but I won't talk your ear off about that.
LJ is ideal for discussion and that is what I'm after. Y'all can chime in if you feel up for a chat.
This is more personal musings. I'm not about constructing a well written essay here. Lol.
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Date: 2015-10-02 03:56 am (UTC)