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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Do as I say ,don't ask questions, and nobody will get hurt... -Bryan

So let me get this straight, you've got this guy (or broad, either way, what ever your fancy), and he (she) has unlimited power, knows all that there is to know, and can exist at every place and every time... but it seems to hurt his (her) feelings when you question him (her). So much so in fact that you will be smote for even thinking to question him (her [ok now it's annoying me]). It kinda makes you think that if God really was this way he'd have one hell of an inferiority complex. Truth is, it's not God who says not to question him, at least he's never told me to quit it, but rather it's the people who follow him. See back in the early days of the church (Re: corrupt days), it was a lot easier to control their members by saying this is the way it is, don't ask why, because God will kick your ass. Thus we ended up with such great practices as buying absolution and renting time shares on the other side of the pearly gates. But God in his infinite wisdom made us a curious sort, not because he wanted to give himself a reason to turn us into pillars of salt at a later date, but rather because he knows the only way people really learn is by asking questions. Well, there is the whole trial and error method but it tends to take up a lot of time, and get messy, and come to think of it, I don't know of anyone who has come back from the beyond to tell us if it was an error or not, but meh, I digress. I suppose the point I'm trying to make is, question your leaders, make sure you know the ins and outs of your beliefs before you completely submit (I especially recommend this if your a Scientologist), in fact ask questions for all your leaders and don't follow blindly. Finally don't kick yourself if you for some reason find the need to say "why God, why?" I've seen a lot of people just throw away their faith because they found one supposed truth to be false. The thing is, in the grand scheme of it all, no matter how smart you may think yourself to be, you're not omniscient, and to think your brain could comprehend one who is is fairly laughable. All you can really do is keep feeling it out to try and find your way.