Now, before I begin, I don't want any angry, disrespectful comments towards my beliefs. I will not judge you for what you believe, so I hope you will give me the same courtesy. I don't mind arguments or disagreements, but I don't want any unnecessary bashing. This is what I believe, and I'm certainly not telling you to believe the same thing I do.
1. The horrible things that go on in our world are unexplainable. If God is so high and mighty, why does he cause devastation and death across all of his creation. Why does he cause so much pain and agony to those who don't deserve it (and those who do) and then bless people who commit awful crimes? How can he let rapists and child molesters walk around on our streets, causing pain to more of his "children"? It just doesn't make sense.
2. The Bible contradicts itself too much. How many posts can you find of verses from the Bible that contradict each other? Granted, I've never read the Bible myself, but I certainly plan to based on all the accusations I hear about its validity.
3. The Bible's creation doesn't even make sense. So, wait. You're telling me that a bunch of stories are thrown together that apparently fulfill God's will, and I'm supposed to believe they're all true? Who wrote the Bible, and how does he know what God is thinking and why he does what he does? How does he know that God said "Let there be light!" on the seventh day? Was he there? I don't think so.
4. Where did He go? Apparently God came to Moses via burning bush, and told him to go to the pharaoh and free the Jews. Moses succeeded, but...what happened? God appears to all these people back in the day and tells them what he wants them to do, and they save the day! What happened? He told Moses to save the Jews from Egypt, but where was he when over 11 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust? Oh, okay. So the ancient Jews are okay to save, but not the ones in the 1940s. I get it.
5. I can't see Him. I know this is a typical thing to say, but its true! I've never seen any proof that he exists, and I don't expect to. If God Himself takes form in front of my eyes, then maybe I'll believe it.
6. God doesn't have a form, and yet, we refer to Him as a male? Well how is that fair? It's not. If He doesn't have a being or a form of any sort, how can "He" possibly be a "He"?
7. Where the hell did the Devil come from? What about that damn snake in the Garden of Eden? If God created everything, then why in the world did he make the "Devil"? If he wanted us to all be good little boys and girls, why did he create a creature that pollutes our mind with sex and drugs and all sorts of goodies? And that fucking snake, man. What's up with that? If he didn't want Adam and Eve to eat the damn fruit, then why did he create the tree and the stupid snake that tempts people towards it? It just seems to me like a lot of today's problems could have been avoided.
8. He brutally punishes His "children". We are all His children, yes? Well, then He must be a pretty sucky father. What kind of parent would send their kid to burn in the fiery depths of Hell for all eternity? That's not showing much love. Sure, we all make mistakes, its part of our nature, so our own "father" should punish us by sending us to the unbearable heat and to live with the ever-so-frightening Devil? I know I wouldn't do that to my (future) children. If he truly "loves" us all, how could he possibly doom us to something so horrible?
9. Too many varieties. How am I supposed to know which one is true? There are HUNDREDS of different religions out there, and one of them is supposed to be all-mighty? I don't think so. We die, and one thing happens. Everybody can't be right. Why would I waste my life worshiping something, only to find out that my neighbors down the street were actually worshiping correctly because they're Jewish? Too much instability.
10. Too many rules. Why would I want to spend my entire life living by some rules that permit me from having any sort of fun whatsoever? I mean, I feel its pointless to spend my entire life worrying about what's going to happen after I die. Its gonna happen. Its not going to change whether I believe in anything or not. I'm gonna die, and I'm gonna do whatever people do when they die. I'm not saying God isn't a possibility, I'm just saying what if He doesn't exist? Then I've wasted my entire life worrying, when I had nothing to worry about in the first place. Living by all those rules, in my opinion, isn't really living at all.
11. Religion creates monsters. Now, I'm not saying all religious people are monsters by any means, I'm simply stating an observed fact. 9/11, pro-life protests, and SO many more examples of the damage religion can do to this world. I'd rather have a set of beliefs where I can accept anyone no matter what. What's the point of discriminating? We're all the same when we're dead anyway, right? I'm sick of die-hard Christians trying to shove their beliefs down my throat, and telling my I'm going to burn if I don't believe what they do. Let me live my life, and I'll let you live yours.
12. If God truly love us all more than anything, why the hell did He put Glenn Beck on this planet?
I'm open to discussion, debates, anything!
**Side note: Although I don not believe in this God, I will capitalize His name out of respect for those of you who do.**
Tell me your opinions, friends. Do you agree with me? Do you disagree? Do you have more reasons?
I'm thinking I should probably submit this to Revelife, eh?
Love you all,
Alyssa. (:
P.S. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. It was definitely not my intention. If I lose friends over this, I'm also sorry. But if you can't accept my for my beliefs, then I'm not sure us being friends was a good idea in the first place.
