Re: Got God? MY two cents
I grow weary of seeing all this God stuff of love and beauty and the many other wonderful adjectives so freely being tossed around.
For sure, God is love and the animating force of the universe but that's only half of the story.
It's like people are saying I got mine to hell with you. While all the suffering continues. Its a form of apathy. Get lost in the love of God so you can cop-out from actually doing something about the suffering that is purposely being done to us and our fellow human beings.
Oh I discovered God all right - on the batlefield and ever since then I can't help but fight the people that gave us the battle. But according to some folks "Oh that's allright God knows what he's/she's doing". "As long as I'm safe and I know God loves me". Meanwhile - The suffering and wars continue. And folks sit there lost in the love of God. Doing nothing. Or trying to figure out this great mystery and debating amounst themself who has the true path to God. All the while death and destruction, lies and deceit surround you. You can't see it because you don't want to do anything about it. That's apathy at its finest.
Do you really know God??? Is it possible to be "enlightened"?
Once you experience that volume of love is it possible to NOT get angry at the genocide they have brought us? Can you just sit there and watch them kill your loved ones, kill your friends? (If you saw the blood and heard the screams it WOULD be different) Is it now no longer possible for you to get at least a little upset at these things? Or do you rationalize: "Well, God knows what he's/she's doing I'll just stay out of it". That's a cop-out. That's apathy. That's NOT right.
If God is love and life then God MUST be hate and genocide also. That IS the bottom line on what is being said.
There are some things that MUST anger you. There are some things you cannot rationalize away.
If you are so far lost in this love thing you cannot get angry at legitimate injustices, at purposefull suffering, at planned death and dying (genocide) of your fellow human beings, well, what can I say? Good luck!!! You're going to need it.
And don't think for a momment I don't know God. I learned about Him/Her many years ago in a far off country fighting in a contrived war. God does NOT like seing his creations blown to bits, his children starving, and the sheer volume of suffering "they" have brought to this earth.
But even so, carry on, I hope you learn someday.