I NEVER QUESTION GOD. He has made all things; He knows all things; He has a plan for my life. Of course I would LOVE to know what that plan is for my life, but that's what prayer is for. Prayer is available for us to ask God to show us His will for our lives. Maybe it's not the right time for me to know what His perfect plan is, but it will show itself in due time. I do not follow Him blindly.
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"Maybe it's not the right time for me to know what His perfect plan is, but it will show itself in due time"
You'll probably die waiting you stupid fuck.
Dear Laurel Moon:
I am so happy for you that you are secure in your faith that an all knowing, all powerful god figure has a personal plan for you. As if you're equal in his eyes with the revolving of the planets around the sun. Good for you! That's quite a solid grasp on a personal identity!
I just wonder, though, how much prayer it actually takes to get him to reveal his will for your life? 20 years? 30? 60?
To assert that you do not follow him blindly is really quite interesting - praying for years to find out his will for your personal life isn't following him blindly?
You really might try to start to understand that assigning your life choices to a god that takes a long time to respond (if ever) might be equal to absolving yourself of making your own decisions - of taking the responsibility for your own happiness?
Good luck, Laurel - I wish you all the best in your blind adherence to a myth which you may - you really may! - choose NOT to believe.
Mooo to you - stoopid cud chewing cow.
Here's the memo I received from god:
"Hey kid --
Don't worry about my master plan...it's immaterial (no pun intended) at this point.
The OS I loaded at your birth covers the major points. Try not to fuck it up, OK?
Go ahead. Learn some shit. Meet some people. Raise a little hell. Have some fun. Develop good relationships. That's where it's at.
Remember, kid: nature abhors a straight line.
Live your life as if it were the only thing you're getting. Remember, there are spirits out there that would kill for a living body.
Oh yeah. Don't make a habit of lying, OK? Nobody likes a liar.
Peace, out.
*
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THIS is a life-sized automaton monk, c. Fourteenth Century.
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Aside from being unbelievably horrifying, this robotic monk can move it's eyes, mouth, head, feet, scoot about, mouthing silent blessings and crossing itself.
Yeah... I'm looking at you, Laurel.
Some people eventually still get out of it this way. They ask and don't receive. They want to be honest and faithful but discover hypocrisy around them. They study the holy texts and their origins for years then come to understand that it's human tradition and how it formed. Eventually it's possible to reassess one's perception of reality, using more solid bases like science and critical thinking to discover it. They realize how blind they really were, that they'll always be ignorant, but a little less than before... At least it happened to me.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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