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Monotheism has set humanity back thousands of years… I truly believe that.

As someone who is spiritual I can respect all religious beliefs but in my personal opinion it does more bad than good, it is ideologically flawed, religion is just a pathway towards spiritual enlightenment and teaches you great practices based on ethics, community and compassion, but when bonded with ideology and the collective group it’s no wonder why tensions rise when there is more than just 1 set of beliefs.

I believe in God, and yet choose not to believe in religion, I view term God as a form of universal energy that can be unlocked from within, most of these religions take the viewpoint of an omnipotent, all knowing and all loving god, if that is the case then why do we see soo much suffering and disaster? That viewpoint is flawed.

Hodl 117 2y ago

This link below may or may not satisfy your question, but I hope your takeaway is that “God works all things work out for the good of those who love Him.” We may never know or comprehend what that good is in this lifetime, but we are not God, nor are we supposed to understand everything He does.

I trust and love God because He became a man (Jesus) who lived a sinless life and sacrificed Himself in my place, on the cross. God would have been a judicious judge for condemning me to hell, but He died and conquered death, rising again, so I wouldn’t have to die, and I will be raised again with Him when He returns. Praise God!

He is a gracious God, as the ultimate judge of everyone, He would be just in destroying all of humanity, yet He lets us live and have a chance to repent of our sins and trust in Him, Jesus Christ’s death on the cross to save us from the just consequences of our sin. It’s definitely a flip in understanding the world.

https://www.gotquestions.org/bad-things-good-people.html

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Kano 2y ago

I’m not ruling out God as I’ve just stated in my post, I’m ruling out the viewpoint of an all knowing, omnipotent and all good god, if you look closely at the wordplay you have just selected it’s quite evident that there is some sort of epistemic bias going on… with the universe being potentially 26 billion years old and trillions upon trillions of planets, why have we came to the conclusion that God is even a person/he/she????

Kano 2y ago

nobody 2y ago

CS Lewis > Jung

Hodl 117 2y ago

Because that’s how He revealed Himself to us in His Word, and the Son related to us in the man, Jesus Christ. God the Father and God the Spirit are also referred to as male pronouns, even though they’re exclusively spirits, and don’t have human male reproductive organs.

Have you had a divine personal revelation that you can say otherwise?

Kano 2y ago

Nope, I just think it’s pretty human of us to embody God as an all mighty being (human like) with pronouns, when in fact the universe is larger than we can ever comprehend, on top of that there is contradiction and logical questions that need to be asked… The God you have pictured is all powerful and all good, so if we look at the world today we clearly have 2 scenarios: God is either not all powerful or not all good.

And that’s why I believe in God without religion or guidelines… God is always present, but it’s something we can unlock from within, to my eyes religious practices throughout history aim to put people in touch with their own spirituality, but humanity have a tendency and urge to belong, joining groups satisfies our need to belong, gain information and understanding through social comparison, define our sense of self and social identity, I respect religious people and have many friends and family members who are religious, but in my opinion it sets humanity back.

Hodl 117 2y ago

You clearly didn’t read the article I linked to, because you’re not responding to it. It responded to your first paragraph in this comment.

In response to the second, do you have the hubris to define what God is or is not? That’s exactly what you’re doing here. You’re saying God’s not defined by a 7,000 year old religion, yet you’re attempting to define God yourself. This is exactly like, “I’m new to Bitcoin, and I’m here to fix it.” Humble yourself and study what’s been established. There’s a 7,000 year old ‘blockchain’ here, as old as human civilization, and you want to hard fork it. Lol. May I humbly suggest some books to you: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, The Reason for God by Timothy Keller, or better yet, the Bible itself, are good starting points.

Kano 2y ago

I don’t know fuck all, neither does any other ideological religious dogma. The real truth is NOBODY knows. I’m just trying to get to the most rational and conceivable answer of the inconceivable.

GoldenSun777 2y ago

The bible 🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭

Kano 2y ago

How am I trying to fork the bible? It’s a protocol I don’t even use.