Religion-Part Three

So, all that is left to explain our my current religious views. This is certainly the hardest part.

This is the first time I have had trouble writing a blog... Let me start with a simple question to myself.

Do I believe God exists?

No... though, I hesitate to call myself an atheist. I wish I could believe in a god, just not the one I used to believe in. Not an angry and vengeful god, not a god that would wish to exclude people from "heaven" for simply not believing in it's existence. I reject that concept of god.

Do I believe in an afterlife?

No. Though, I wish I did. It sure would comfort me when laying in bed at night, contemplating my mortality.

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I am not anti-religion. I am not someone who will try and prove your faith untrue, or even question it. There is only one person who should question your personal faith, and that is you. You should question everything.

There is only one aspect of Christianity that I like. It is what Jesus said before he was crucified. Churches prefer to focus on Jesus on the cross, and risen-Jesus, but I like the one that lived, as a poor carpenter.

I agree with Kurt Vonnegut on this point. If it were not for the Sermon on the Mount, I wouldn't want to be a human being. If what he said was so nice, what does it matter if he was God or not?

I took a world religions class senior year, and well, that had a lot to do with my not being a Christian anymore. The kinds of things people said concerning this faith that I thought I wanted to follow made me sick. Also, the idea that women should be subservient to men? One of the stupidest things the Bible has to say.

I reject all of that now.

My friend Zac asked me what my least favorite religion was of those that I studied.

I told him Christianity.

My favorite? That would probably have to Buddhism. I love the message of pacifism, and the fact that there is no god in Buddhism. Perhaps one day I should explore it more than I did in those three weeks.

I do enjoy discussing religion, but I'm going to say what I think no matter what your beliefs are. So, please, religion is one of my favorite things to discuss because it makes people so uncomfortable. I think that is mostly because they don't question their own religion, and just accept everything said at church.

Because this blog is short, and lacking what I view as real substance, I'm going to post next about a topic relating to religion, and that is morality.