The Bible, God, Creation, Flawed Stock

SOME QUESTIONS

According to the Bible and most religious people, God created the world, the universe, whether it was10 thousand years ago or over 10 billion years ago. Okay, let’s take that as a fact. Although, I think more of us believe in the big band theory.  For whom did he create all this? For everyone in this world? For everyone in the universe, if there is anyone else out there? For the Jews? For the Christians? For the Muslims? For the Hindus, etc, etc, etc? Did He mean for there to be an Under-God for each religion? Did He also create these Gods? Did he mean for there to be one Bible? Or did he want for Man, as a collective, to make the Good Book into what Man wanted it to be; as it is now?

It seems to me, and according to Moses, our great one God only meant for the Bible to be for the Jews, his chosen people, who he led throughout the land to slaughter all who held His people in slavery, every man woman, child and baby. All, of course, except for the virgins that is, divide all their riches, their cows, their sheep, their slaves. Does this sound like a loving God? Why is the Old Testament even a part of the Bible? It’s filled with horror stories. It turns my stomach reading it. But then, I guess it’s no worse than what one finds in the news papers of today. I don’t read them anymore, nor do I watch that crap on The Tube.

This God depicted in the Bible made a big mistake when He created his first 2 beings. He made everything perfect  except the main characters. Was he tired from his work when it was time to do His greatest creation? He flawed them and then cursed them to suffer for His mistake. It’s just not logical for a god capable of creating a universe to start off with flawed stock. If one is setting up a farm to raise cattle or sheep, isn’t it logical to start off with the best stock available? And is the stock is not good, whose fault is it? You sure don’t go out in the herd and start kicking around the poor animals for not going or doing what you want them to do without any guidance. A good Sheppard must guide his flock.  

 And then, family members began killing each other. Does any of this sound logical? Again this is the Sheppard’s fault. One must teach his young bulls not to fight or trim their horns so they cannot hurt each other.

Just some food for thought. These are just a small part of what turned me against religion and the so called Good Book. Have a pleasant day.

THE B.I.B.L.E. THAT’S THE BOOK FOR ME

THE BIBLE, THE GOOD BOOK, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, YOUR CHOICE

Heaven knows there is no shortage of Bibles, the Gospel, the Good Book, the Holy Scriptures in this world. The big hurtle is finding just the right one. There are so many versions available these days it’s hard for one to make a choice. Where do you start?  There has been so many different ones published you need a program guide. A scan quickly brings up hundreds of different bibles, each adapted for everyone from a one-legged pervert to a non believing, redneck illiterate. Well, maybe they span a gap wider than that.

The point is, you can pick and choose one to your liking. Select a year, a reading level, or if you can’t read, there are numerous audio versions available. You have a 50-50 chance of getting the Bible you want, or if there are none you like, write your own, it seems to be the fad these days.

One wonders if they all claim to be the word of God. Probably, God seems to be speaking to everyone and anyone willing to listen. Turn the TV on and tune in a religious station, of which there are as many as there are different versions of the Bible. You can be assured that within a few minutes the preacher is ranting on about talking to God who told him something or other. It must be one of the requirements of being a preacher. If God doesn’t talk to you at least a dozen or so times a day, you must be a heathen.

It’s amazing. It’s no wonder the world is in the shape it is i.e. all these religious wars raging on. With everyone talking to God and him answering and making decisions for them, “Should I do this, Lord, or do you think I should go here to do my mission work, Father?” If there really is a deity out there, do you think he’s really interested in all that malarkey?

It’s no wonder the Bible is the most popular book sold. There are a blue million versions of it, and like any other book the publisher is out to get his share of sales. Most of them are bought by churches, and given away, or motels and hotels who have one or two in every room. I’ve never bought one in my life, but if I did a thorough search of my residence, I could probably produce at least a dozen.

Way back yonder,  when the religious leaders began to develop the GOOD BOOK, the Holy Bible, the Word of God, they deciphered the writings of all who claimed God told them what to write, picked out what they thought would and would not be included in the these Sacred Writings and burned everything else. Suddenly, we were in the middle ages where everything was going haywire. They finely  had a nice big fat book. Yet no one seemed happy with it. It just didn’t fulfill what everyone thought it should. It wasn’t quite what they thought God meant, it didn’t fit exactly their beliefs.

 Everyone and his brother wanted their own version, so they rewrote it to their liking and they never stopped. It’s evolving today at a record breaking speed, and will probably continue until a day when humankind finally realizes there are too many Gods, too many Bibles, too many deaths in the name of religion, and decides to fall back and regroup.

Imagine a day when we all have the same beliefs about who we are and where we are going. A day when religious sects, filled with love for only those of their following, are dissolved, a day when the world is filled with people who truly believe everyone is their brother and sister and instead of being filled with fear of their beliefs and fear and hatred of anyone with beliefs different than their own, and suspect others of wrong or evil doing. Won’t that be a blessed day? This may happen sometime in June in the year 4012.

 Wow, I’m a Prophet already. Peace and happiness to all. Keep the faith. Don’t forget to mark your calendar now.