Dear God,
If I am wrong and you do in fact exist, then this post is for you. I've been listening for some time now to those who claim to know you and what you want, and I reject the philosophy they claim is yours. If they’ve got it all wrong and what I have rejected is theirs and not yours, please accept my apologies: I have rejected you when, in fact, it is they I have turned my back on.
The Christians among them claim it was your son, Jesus, who brought your message to the Earth. Did he get it right? Was Jesus teaching your philosophy? I have two teen-age sons of my own, and I know how often children act on ideas alien to the lessons their parents have taught. If he got it all wrong and what I have rejected is Jesus’ and not yours, please accept my apologies: I have rejected you when, in fact, it is him I have turned my back on.
If you do exist, and you do have a philosophy, and you do decide to send one of your children to Earth to teach it, next time…
Next time, please send one who loves his life on Earth.
Send one who fights to defend his life.
Send one who understands freedom.
Send one who understands his right as an individual to live his life in the pursuit of his own happiness.
Send one who understands science and respects the growing body of hard-earned, human knowledge.
Send one who understands that love is earned.
Or do nothing at all [which is what I expect you have always done]. We can figure things out all by ourselves. We don’t need commandments; we have discovered individual rights and objective law. We don’t need miracles; we have discovered science. We don’t need promises of an afterlife; we need to start really living our lives on Earth.
Sincerely,
Donn
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2 comments:
Hey,
I'm a new reader so I figured I'd start at the beginning. While I don't disagree with your view at all, there is one part of the story I think you may have overlooked. Don't forget that while Jesus is God's son, he his also God himself, part of the Holy Trinity. Whether this Trinity was made up as a transition from polytheism to monotheism is another matter. Also, Jesus did not fight to defend his life for the greater good of mankind. The Bible says he had a host of angels surrounding him and that he could 'save himself' at any moment. As a former Christian I can tell you that people find this quiet submission inspirational. But, I believe your last paragraph sums it up nicely. Religion was a nice idea for the time period, but it's time to wake up.
Congratulations on shaking the tyranny of religion.
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