Ok, so I'm not going to do this every day, but this one annoyed me enough to post it.
I was just reading through some other blogs when I came across this proudly displayed verse:
ROM 8:28 "We know that in all things God works for good with those who love Him, those whom He has called according to His purpose."(Yes, in the interests of grammar I'm sticking with the convention of capitalising the pronouns of our imaginary friend.)
These Christians aren't doing their God any favours here. Surely God is above the petty jealousy of only working for good those who love him? What about other good people who don't believe or follow Him? I guess God just ignores them. As the great Bill Hicks said: "No, you're WRONG. Because God would be very sane. Don't you see?"
Once again I feel compelled to state that the Bible is JUST A BOOK. A self-prophecised 'gospel' adapted by various men and women (although mostly men) over the centuries. By this fact alone, IF it ever was the word of God, it certainly isn't anymore. So, please, don't live your lives by those verses, the very idea people do is a very worrying thought indeed.
And, to finish, the famous quote: "If God exists, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion." - Edmond de Goncourt
Once again I feel compelled to state that the Bible is JUST A BOOK. A self-prophecised 'gospel' adapted by various men and women (although mostly men) over the centuries. By this fact alone, IF it ever was the word of God, it certainly isn't anymore. So, please, don't live your lives by those verses, the very idea people do is a very worrying thought indeed.
And, to finish, the famous quote: "If God exists, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion." - Edmond de Goncourt
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Great post. Your words could not hold any more truths than it does. A book is a book and that is it.
Posted by: Blondie Writes | August 10, 2008 at 06:40 PM
I love the last quote!
Posted by: Roger | August 10, 2008 at 07:40 PM
The bible is *tradition*. We don't read it for (scientific) "truth". Tradition isn't truth. Think of this as a mantra, or meditation. We're training our minds to seek the "good" AND to accept "love" (from others / using "God" as an ideal). We understand from this passage that "it" will be returned to us (good and / or love) in an "ideal" way (regarding God as It). And we "pray" (meditate with a goal) that "God" (our father, for example) love us and be good to us: This "dispels" (in a ritualistic way) our feelings of fear and alienation. It is a form of wish fulfillment, perhaps. Which makes god EXACTLY an "imaginary friend".
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Posted by: mspennylane | August 11, 2008 at 07:48 PM