"So many ways to show you how your dogma has abandoned you"
Jul 17, 2023 12:02:17 GMT -7
Post by Jacen on Jul 17, 2023 12:02:17 GMT -7
(Those are lyrics from a song by Perfect Circle. It seemed appropriate)
These are some thoughts I sent to a friend, a Christian, and I felt like I should share them here. I was going to post something similar at Temple of the Jedi Order, but fortunately their site is essentially gone and I didn't have to.
I'm curious what you all think of this.
These are some thoughts I sent to a friend, a Christian, and I felt like I should share them here. I was going to post something similar at Temple of the Jedi Order, but fortunately their site is essentially gone and I didn't have to.
It’s all bullshit. What’s on my mind is that I feel like I’ve been lied to most of my life. The Force? The Jedi? Christianity? Tao? Zen? God? How can I possibly know what is real, except to go by someone else’s word? Star Wars has been a poison. The Bible causes me more confusion than answers questions. The Tao Te Ching and Zen writings are all empty.
I wish I could describe properly what it is I've discovered. Some call it being awake. I see reality for the illusion that it is, and religion is by far the biggest lie invented. Have you ever thought that there may be something bigger than God? Or at least something bigger than the Christian view of God? I’ve seen it. It is beyond any words that I can use to describe size. It’s nothing and everything. But what is everything? That question in itself is too big to ask. Forget about the universe, or even a multiverse. What is beyond that?
It’s not that all religions are wrong, it’s that they all fall short. If you were to combine all the religions of the world like pieces of a puzzle, you’d barely have one piece. Our languages are too inferior to describe “the truth”. Remember how we used to call it “ “. That sort of comes close to what I’m talking about.
You’re more awake than most people I know. Your only problem is that you are still stuck in religiosity. If you were to think outside that box, you may begin to realize how shallow it all is. Of course, being awake is no treat. There’s an old very short story that goes…
The monks of a monastery heard that one of the students had achieved enlightenment. They rushed to speak with him.
“How do you feel?” they asked him.
“As miserable as ever.” He answered.
Of course, the lesson was just to warn fellow monks that being enlightened didn’t suddenly make all your problems go away. But in my own opinion, it can make being miserable easier.
It’s all nonsense. All of it. I don’t pretend to know what is true, but I’ve given up on the pursuit of truth. I’m not sure there is such a thing. Everything we’ve followed was man-made. I know that the Bible claims it was “written” by God and “penned” by man. But men are poor filters. The Bible, by the way, is one on very many holy books that claim to be divinely inspired.
Which is right? They all claim to be the one true story and all others are wrong. So how can anyone decide which one to follow?
The Bible is the most published book in the world, and yet there are dozens of translations, if not more. Which of these can we believe is the one true translation? But the reason it’s so popular is because it offers the easiest way to Heaven. Just believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins and you’ve got a ticket to paradise. But the other option is too terrible to think upon. Anyone who hasn’t accepted the gospel or had any opportunity to hear it burns in Hell for all eternity.
What kind of loving God is this? It’s sick. And if I can say that as a human being, how could an all-knowing God do something so heinous? Furthermore, why would God set up such a broken system in which ANYONE could ever face eternal torture? If he really loved us as his creation, he would have made us perfect, incapable of sin, and his only begotten son never would have needed to be born.
How is it that I can figure this out, but Christians can’t?
I wish I could describe properly what it is I've discovered. Some call it being awake. I see reality for the illusion that it is, and religion is by far the biggest lie invented. Have you ever thought that there may be something bigger than God? Or at least something bigger than the Christian view of God? I’ve seen it. It is beyond any words that I can use to describe size. It’s nothing and everything. But what is everything? That question in itself is too big to ask. Forget about the universe, or even a multiverse. What is beyond that?
It’s not that all religions are wrong, it’s that they all fall short. If you were to combine all the religions of the world like pieces of a puzzle, you’d barely have one piece. Our languages are too inferior to describe “the truth”. Remember how we used to call it “ “. That sort of comes close to what I’m talking about.
You’re more awake than most people I know. Your only problem is that you are still stuck in religiosity. If you were to think outside that box, you may begin to realize how shallow it all is. Of course, being awake is no treat. There’s an old very short story that goes…
The monks of a monastery heard that one of the students had achieved enlightenment. They rushed to speak with him.
“How do you feel?” they asked him.
“As miserable as ever.” He answered.
Of course, the lesson was just to warn fellow monks that being enlightened didn’t suddenly make all your problems go away. But in my own opinion, it can make being miserable easier.
It’s all nonsense. All of it. I don’t pretend to know what is true, but I’ve given up on the pursuit of truth. I’m not sure there is such a thing. Everything we’ve followed was man-made. I know that the Bible claims it was “written” by God and “penned” by man. But men are poor filters. The Bible, by the way, is one on very many holy books that claim to be divinely inspired.
Which is right? They all claim to be the one true story and all others are wrong. So how can anyone decide which one to follow?
The Bible is the most published book in the world, and yet there are dozens of translations, if not more. Which of these can we believe is the one true translation? But the reason it’s so popular is because it offers the easiest way to Heaven. Just believe Jesus died on the cross for your sins and you’ve got a ticket to paradise. But the other option is too terrible to think upon. Anyone who hasn’t accepted the gospel or had any opportunity to hear it burns in Hell for all eternity.
What kind of loving God is this? It’s sick. And if I can say that as a human being, how could an all-knowing God do something so heinous? Furthermore, why would God set up such a broken system in which ANYONE could ever face eternal torture? If he really loved us as his creation, he would have made us perfect, incapable of sin, and his only begotten son never would have needed to be born.
How is it that I can figure this out, but Christians can’t?
I'm curious what you all think of this.
