God and Religion
How can someone go to church on Sunday, preach from the bible like it were some manual for living and then behave in such a manner as to contradict themselves and their belief system?! It has always puzzled me.
My biggest pet peeve is hypocrisy and I see it every day in abundence. It makes me sad. Religious hypocrisy is something that makes me laugh though as people will defend their beliefs to the death….and then do the complete opposite of what they believe…ahem…
I think it revolves around peoples ideas about “God” and how that fits in with todays religious communities.
I saw the chief justice Roy Moore on Fox news today who summed it up pretty well. I wish I had recorded what he said as I totally agreed with it. I doubt I would agree with his whole book but what he said on tv about “God” and “religion” being separate was spot on.
Donald L. Hamilton states his position clearly here:
http://novan.com/god.htm
You can read my excerpts from his essay below and see what you think.
Ever since the dawn of mankind, around 40,000 years ago, when God revealed the possiblity of his existence to mankind by giving humans a powerful imagination, people have wondered about their origins. Where did we come from? Who created us? Over the centuries, to answer these very basic questions, our storytellers have invented many myths, stories and dogmas. Religions are simply the outgrowth of these ancient myths and dogmas handed down from generation to generation and formalized into faiths, rituals and traditions.
Religions are simply rules for living our lives morally. Rules made so that we are able to get along with each other - under the threat of eternal damnation or eternal happiness in heaven. Mankind creates political and religious rules - God creates the physical laws. We can choose, whether or not, we wish to obey mankind’s rules - but we must obey God’s laws (nature’s laws) - we have no choice in that area.
Time for me to go now. Goodbye and may your “God” go with you… :0).
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