I felt angry because I have been robbed out of happiness all my life.
I suffered fear and guilt for no reason. I tried very hard to follow all the rules, and it only led me to bad choices, being taken advantage of, failure, oppression, depression, hypocrisy, and unhappiness.
The more I learn and observe, the more I think outside the box (which I was locked in), and the more I realize how much I was locked down by fabulous nonexisting chains.
Like many others, I used to pick and choose to justify.
I believed;-
1-If the text doesn't make sense, "What makes no sense is metaphoric, and what makes sense is literal."
2-If I questioned, "Don't question just believe."
3-If it is illogic, "You need faith not logic to believe."
4-If I used brain, "You can't use your brain to believe."
5-If I was intelligent, "Your brain is too small to understand God's ways and great wisdom."
6-If there was no reason, "God works in mysterious ways."
7-If I have the knowledge, "Knowledge inflates up with pride, but love builds up."
8-If I didn't see it, "Blessed who have not seen but yet believed." or " you don't have enough faith to receive the blessing of seeing it."
9-If there were no answers at all, it was my fault, "If you are not given dogma or gift from God, you will not be able to understand."
10-Finally, If I disagree, then I am not chosen because "God has chosen the ones in him before the foundation of the earth."
Religious belief does not need evidence. It is unquestionable, unexplanatory, does not have to make sense, does not have to follow logic or follow reason. It may explain what we haven't understood yet, the supernatural, miraculous, and magical. You must be chosen and given the gift by God from the beginning to believe and enjoy paradise after death. But, amazingly, at the same time, you have the free will to chose between believing or going to hell and burn for eternity!
It is very contradictory. That's is why it is better if you just believe and follow. It is also better if you don't question and have no knowledge or brain.
For 50 years I knew all the possible answers to justify what makes no sense, and it still makes no sense. This is not out of ignorance about the text, but out of too much knowledge about the text and faith, and some simple knowledge about facts.
Only 8 years ago, I started to feel happy, safe and unafraid. Mainly when I gave up the belief in nonexisting chains.
I am just saying this hoping to make you feel free and as good as I do. Because since I discovered the truth, I haven't been happier and more fulfilled in life.
The more I learn and observe, the more I think outside the box (which I was locked in), and the more I realize how much I was locked down by fabulous nonexisting chains.
Like many others, I used to pick and choose to justify.
I believed;-
1-If the text doesn't make sense, "What makes no sense is metaphoric, and what makes sense is literal."
2-If I questioned, "Don't question just believe."
3-If it is illogic, "You need faith not logic to believe."
4-If I used brain, "You can't use your brain to believe."
5-If I was intelligent, "Your brain is too small to understand God's ways and great wisdom."
6-If there was no reason, "God works in mysterious ways."
7-If I have the knowledge, "Knowledge inflates up with pride, but love builds up."
8-If I didn't see it, "Blessed who have not seen but yet believed." or " you don't have enough faith to receive the blessing of seeing it."
9-If there were no answers at all, it was my fault, "If you are not given dogma or gift from God, you will not be able to understand."
10-Finally, If I disagree, then I am not chosen because "God has chosen the ones in him before the foundation of the earth."
Religious belief does not need evidence. It is unquestionable, unexplanatory, does not have to make sense, does not have to follow logic or follow reason. It may explain what we haven't understood yet, the supernatural, miraculous, and magical. You must be chosen and given the gift by God from the beginning to believe and enjoy paradise after death. But, amazingly, at the same time, you have the free will to chose between believing or going to hell and burn for eternity!
It is very contradictory. That's is why it is better if you just believe and follow. It is also better if you don't question and have no knowledge or brain.
For 50 years I knew all the possible answers to justify what makes no sense, and it still makes no sense. This is not out of ignorance about the text, but out of too much knowledge about the text and faith, and some simple knowledge about facts.
Only 8 years ago, I started to feel happy, safe and unafraid. Mainly when I gave up the belief in nonexisting chains.
I am just saying this hoping to make you feel free and as good as I do. Because since I discovered the truth, I haven't been happier and more fulfilled in life.
