bird.is.the.word
Bluelighter
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- Jun 23, 2022
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When I was a kid I went to a kind of religious school. Every couple of months - or maybe it was twice a year, it doesn't matter - we had to sing hymns and shit. My high school had a massive church. We had religious education class. I guess it was a religious school but it wasn't like Catholic school. Hence the "kind of".
I hated Jesus when I was in school. I used to scratch swastikas into the pews and replace words in hymns with Satan and various curse words. My friends and me, we thought we were really clever. We used to give the religious education teachers hell.
Then, I got into drugs and I found God. Not in the religious sense. I don't mean the fake version that priests claim to experience. I mean I actually found God and we sat down (so to speak) and had a conversation.
Religious texts took on a different meaning. I understood them, all of a sudden. Throughout history, other people had found God and tried to document their experience. Trying to explain God in worldly terms is impossible. It's like trying to build a pyramid with syrup. This why all religions are different.
I looked back at myself in high school and realized how childish and ignorant I had been. I thought I knew everything back then. My assumption, therefore, was: perhaps everything I know is wrong?
I returned to the Bible with an open mind and found a lot of beauty in those pages. It is a wonderful book. Jesus - whether or not he is real - is a great story. Unfortunately, he is also the biggest false idol of all time.
A man cannot be God. He was just a man. Worshipping men is idolatry.
Christianity is full of idols (Christ, Mary & the Pope among others).
Jesus said something like, "I am the son of God and you are my brothers and sisters." So, why is he on a pedestal?
Islam & Christianity both break the 2nd commandment. So does Buddhism to some extent, even though there is no God. It doesn't serve a path towards enlightenment to worship men or women. Worshipping a man because he is wise is like worshipping a man because he looks like Ryan Reynolds. People shouldn't be treated according to rank.
I don't like the submissive aspect of Christianity. It comes from the God experience, where you have to give in. This is why Christian people say you have to accept Jesus when you die. It's not Jesus. It's death. You have to accept death and go into the hands of God, which is much harder said than done. Death is terrifying. God is terrifying. The whole thing is incredibly overwhelming. So overwhelming that it becomes hell if you try to resist it.
It's like trying to stop a trip, but a billion times worse. This is where the idea of hell comes from, but - like everything else - it has been lost in translation.
We don't have to submit in life.
People shouldn't bow down.
When the denominator is infinity, everything equals zero.
I don't need to worship Jesus.
I already know how to die.
Fuck Jesus. I'm going to worship me.
I hated Jesus when I was in school. I used to scratch swastikas into the pews and replace words in hymns with Satan and various curse words. My friends and me, we thought we were really clever. We used to give the religious education teachers hell.
Then, I got into drugs and I found God. Not in the religious sense. I don't mean the fake version that priests claim to experience. I mean I actually found God and we sat down (so to speak) and had a conversation.
Religious texts took on a different meaning. I understood them, all of a sudden. Throughout history, other people had found God and tried to document their experience. Trying to explain God in worldly terms is impossible. It's like trying to build a pyramid with syrup. This why all religions are different.
I looked back at myself in high school and realized how childish and ignorant I had been. I thought I knew everything back then. My assumption, therefore, was: perhaps everything I know is wrong?
I returned to the Bible with an open mind and found a lot of beauty in those pages. It is a wonderful book. Jesus - whether or not he is real - is a great story. Unfortunately, he is also the biggest false idol of all time.
A man cannot be God. He was just a man. Worshipping men is idolatry.
Christianity is full of idols (Christ, Mary & the Pope among others).
Jesus said something like, "I am the son of God and you are my brothers and sisters." So, why is he on a pedestal?
Islam & Christianity both break the 2nd commandment. So does Buddhism to some extent, even though there is no God. It doesn't serve a path towards enlightenment to worship men or women. Worshipping a man because he is wise is like worshipping a man because he looks like Ryan Reynolds. People shouldn't be treated according to rank.
I don't like the submissive aspect of Christianity. It comes from the God experience, where you have to give in. This is why Christian people say you have to accept Jesus when you die. It's not Jesus. It's death. You have to accept death and go into the hands of God, which is much harder said than done. Death is terrifying. God is terrifying. The whole thing is incredibly overwhelming. So overwhelming that it becomes hell if you try to resist it.
It's like trying to stop a trip, but a billion times worse. This is where the idea of hell comes from, but - like everything else - it has been lost in translation.
We don't have to submit in life.
People shouldn't bow down.
When the denominator is infinity, everything equals zero.
I don't need to worship Jesus.
I already know how to die.
Fuck Jesus. I'm going to worship me.