Excuse me for using “he” when referring to God. It’s my belief that God is “like” a father.
Anyways…….
Each individual religion can blame the other until the end of time. Every religion has its own shameful past. It’s not a matter of debate, it’s a historical fact.
The problem isn’t any one religion but religions in general. Religions divide people into separate groups. Each of these groups attempts to prove its closer to God than others. Religious groups have spent more energy pointing fingers, casting stones, and killing in the name of God, than they have EVER spent trying to emulate God.
People now have more faith in books, idols, and self serving religious leaders, than they do in God. Do you honestly think that the most powerful and all-knowing being would rely on things such as books to guarantee the authenticity of his word? You’ll have to forgive me but I think the almighty is smarter than this. As far as I’m concerned most religions spread an image of a stupid, lazy, and prejudice God.
I am not an atheist but I do not bind my loyalty to one religion. Truth is truth, no matter where you find it. If you want to spend your life devoted to words in a book, radical ideas, or doctrines set by men, realize that you are devoting your life to everything else but God.
If you kill for God, you are a fool. You are a lost soul that hasn’t got a single clue about the will of God, and I have pity for you. Do you honestly believe that God can’t do it without you? Who are you to pre-empt God’s judgment or wrath? Is God’s plan not moving fast enough for you? Why force men to your version of God when God has clearly given man free will? While you’re at it, make sure you let God know that he’s been fired and you’ve taken over his job.
In my opinion, there are many GOOD things that religions have in common. Those aspects are common between religions because they are truths. Things like giving, forgiveness, caring, love, and honesty. Concentrate on those truths because they are the only things that endure. Understand that your religion should be YOUR relationship with God based on the answers you have discovered, not what everyone else decides for you. Realize that NO ONE knows all the answers about God and anyone claiming to, is a damned liar.
My 2 cents…
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