where is GOD when you need "it?"

not that anybody reads these things, but i figured i'd address some religious issues today. notice i did not say spiritual, but religious. i am not fond of religion. most especially, i am not fond of Western religions. without referencing specific religious belief systems or their anti-social practices, i'll just get into the whole GOD thing...

what's my beef? well, for starters, the concept itself is so anthropomorphic. [OOO! VOCAB!] many of the espoused attributes of GOD completely contradict the basic concept of being perfect, infinite, and omnipotent. how's that? let's take the whole gender concept. this is hilarious. the suggestion that GOD has a gender at all is horrendous. being a spiritualist i find it utterly laughable. i used to discuss such things with religious types, but they always get frustrated and the conversation becomes frivolous. here is the problem: if GOD is infinite, how can a finite definition be established for GOD? doesn't work. for GOD to have any kind of gender, GOD would have to be finite. easy, right? you'd be amazed at how cats try to explain this one away.

next up is the whole emotional state GOD is supposed to have. GOD is vengeful, vindictive, and jealous? how does that work? what is perfection? emotions are essentially expressions of a flawed or imperfect state of intellect. the above mentioned emotions are anyway. how in the world does it figure that a perfect entity would harbor any type of jealousy, or express even a hint of anger? it doesn't make sense. these are human expressions of imperfection. these expressions occur because of our frustration with our finite and imperfect existence. to attempt to transfer these emotions to an entity conceptualized as perfect and infinite is quite senseless.

one of my greatest beefs with religions in general is that many practitioners believe that their faith has the answers. this is patently contradictory to my belief system which is based on my interaction with the energies of the universe and my experiences as a finite being. i don't claim to have an understanding of the purpose of life or the answer to life's questions, but this is actually the basis of my spiritual path. basically, i believe that humans really don't know shit. this is our scientific and religious motivation. this is especially true of Western/European society. it's all about control. the problem is you cannot control what you don't understand and the entire universe is damn near completely beyond human understanding. humans generally do not like the unknown. so what is the solution? religion and science. two venues of attempted explanation and understanding.

many people are under the impression that science and religion are diametrically opposed. i think that impression is falsely derived. why? pretty much because both approaches to explaining the unknown are based on certain assumed faiths. the only difference is that science does not call its beliefs faith. the faith of science is known as theory. theories are an interesting concept. they don't actually exist and cannot be completely substantiated. if they could, they would no longer be theories. they would be facts. another interesting aspect about theories is that if someone comes along with a better explanation, the old theory can be thrown away like garbage. this is the basis of the science that determines our day to day living. most people would find it very uncomfortable to look at science in this perspective. hmmm? sounds familiar.

if my point is followed at all, this reiterates my comparison of science and religion and their similar functions in assuaging the general human discomfort with the unknown. again, the two are not all that far apart in their approach to explaining things. probably the biggest difference is that at least with science there is some attempt to provide some methodic documentation of the explanation. science asks a little less on the faith side of things than religion does. still though, theories are basically things of faith. believe until proven otherwise. some people approach the concept of GOD this way. i personally don't believe in GOD at all.

i believe in the universe and its energy. i don't understand it, and i'm fine with that. i think that one of humans' biggest mistakes is assuming far too much understanding of things that are not wholely understood. consider that we are the only animal on this planet that completely contradicts the environment which we require to survive. we are the only animal that persistently destroys and abuses the Earth. how intelligent is that? this isn't a Douglas Adams story. it's not like somebody can buy a new planet when this one gets fucked up. humans try to own things that cannot be owned and commodify things that otherwise do not have value. personally, i find it disturbing. most disturbing of all though is that we think we are the most important thing that ever happened in existence. it doesn't quite make sense.

imagine the concept of the entire universe existing simply so that humans have something to observe. how absurd is that? all that to say this: the concept of GOD that most people who do believe in GOD have is based on some very short-sighted and narcissistic perspectives of existence. fortunately, i don't suffer from such issues. i have other issues that i suffer from that i won't get into here...

make like i'm going to hell for this piece...

PEACE