my faith a lot lately.


The more I think about it, the less logical it seems.

I mean... God. Okay, nice idea. But where did He come from?
And I've always believed in God. But, then, Yashvi's always believed in her gods, and Muslims have always believed in Allah.

Who's to say which one of those, if any of them, are "true"?
That's the thing. It all seems so... made up. Just a story told to pacify the people.

It creeps me out. I've never really questioned the existence of God in my life. He's always just... been there.

But I don't know. He seems imaginary.

But then I was thinking today, an imaginary friend does as much good for a little kid as, and maybe even more than, a "real" friend can. So maybe religion is just the world's greatest imaginary friend.

And maybe I'm just growing out of mine.

I started to wonder about all that in oh... maybe seventh grade. Now I just think of religion as a way to get people not to do stupid things, although it doesn't always succeed at that.
» randomjunk on 2008-04-06 10:45:19

Most people have that time in their lives where they question if there really is something up there and lower down below. I have mine and I don't think I'll turn religious anytime soon.
» Nuttz on 2008-04-06 11:11:00

wow
I think that same exact thought. People all over the world believe in different people, well why is God real, but the other's aren't? Isn't the point of religion to accept one another and be open minded about faith? Every religious person I know presses their own religion on me. My sister is friends with a girl that is Jahova witness, and she's not allowed to talk to my sister unless my sister goes to church with them. Don't get me wrong, that's their opinion on how to make the world go round, but I hate it when people try to press it on me.
What makes one's beliefs right over the other? For all I know, I could be going to hell for questioning it, but it just all seems too made up.
» PinkPanther08 on 2008-04-07 01:23:50

haha
I meant to say people all over the world believe in different types of higher power, I accidently typed the word people again =)
» PinkPanther08 on 2008-04-07 01:24:41

Yeah... I figure that the "western" religions all have the same "god"s, just that they were interpreted differently. The messages are more or less exactly the same, if you look at it.

I tend to believe in a nonspecific deity. I refer to it as "the beings that are", because while things seem to me to point to "one main deity" with some smaller deities here and there.

I understand trying to win people over to your religion, but I absolutely hate the forceful proselytizing that so many groups do. Yes, telling me I'm awful and your god hates me is really going to make me want to join your group. Then everyone else's god will hate me. And god isn't supposed to hate anyone! WTF.
» ikimashokie on 2008-04-07 11:53:39

addendum
My grandmother is a preacher, my mom is highly religious. Living in a poor black area, churches and religious zealots are EVERYWHERE. I've heard/seen so much hypocrisy, I can't really follow any of their stuff.

I honestly believe that organized religion exists nowadays to control people.
» ikimashokie on 2008-04-07 11:57:44

I think most of the gods in the world that seem different may actually be the same in the end. Allah is definitely the same as God and Yaweh, and while all of the Hindu gods are different, the Hindu tradition has often seen itself as monotheistic because all of the Gods are facets of Vishnu.

But there was a really sweet fantasy/sci-fi book called Everworld that my sister read which explains what happened to the rest of the gods that used to be around (greek, viking, mayan, etc.)

I think sometimes churches are misused and religious people aren't the best that they can be. I think the purpose of a church is so that people can get together on a regular basis and talk about what sort of people they ought to be and what sort of lives they ought to live. Otherwise, if you don't talk about it, you don't think about it, either. But all people have to remember that no matter how much time you spend trying to make yourself a better and more moral person, it never gives you the right to judge others. Judge not, lest ye be judged!

Anyway, I think doubt is normal. Sometimes it oscillates between feeling a kernal of doubt deep inside, and at other times being consumed with doubt and having a kernal of belief deep inside. The tiny kernal of belief is something that can keep you together for a long time.
» Zanzibar on 2008-04-19 10:46:53

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