I know that this is a touchy subject for a lot of people, but I'm gonna write about it anyway.
A friend says that I limit human beings; that because I say, "maybe we're not supposed to understand everything and why things happen the way they do," I limit the possibilities of human beings.
Here's the thing. I'm not Atheist. But I'm not a believer. This arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion is the thing that I just can't stand. My brain cannot fathom the fact that some omnipotent being created EVERYTHING and then caused all these miracles to happen about 2,000 years ago, and now we haven't seen one at all.
In the book of Genesis, people lived to be 900 years old. And now that doesn't happen? Why not? I asked a friend. They said it's because of infection, and STDs, and smog and all kinds of other stuff.
To be honest, I don't believe that people really lived to 900 years old. With all the modern science we've come up with over the years, you would think that we would have found the skeletons of Noah, and Cain, and Abel and all of them and would be able to figure out how old they were when they died. But no skeletons? I wonder why. I'm not saying they were fictitious, but there is no evidence that they actually existed.
Let's talk a bit about Genesis.
A talking snake? Really?! Come on people. It's a snake, and it talks? When was the last time we saw this? Harry Potter. That's right. Harry Potter. Someone once told me though, "hey, if I can believe that God created Man and the Universe out of nothing, then sure, I can believe that there is a talking snake."
Living in a Great Fish for 3 days? Yeah. Good job, Jonah.
Noah's ark? OK. Big Ark. Fitting 2 of every animal. God said that Noah will build an ark out of gopher wood, and use the measurement of a cubit. Now, I don't know if you know this, but a cubit is only about the size of your forearm; roughly 17 to 21 inches.
So the length is 300 cubits (Best Case Scenario: about 525 feet long)
Breadth of 50 cubits (BSC: about 87.5 feet wide)
And a height of 30 cubits (BSC: 52.5 feet high)
OK. So it's humongous. Almost 2 football fields long, about one football field wide, and about 5 stories high. Now, that is pretty big. But that had to house ALL the animals. Two of every animal for that matter. Wow.
I think the primary focus of this is going to be Christianity, considering we are a Christian nation. If I offend anyone, I don't really apologize. This is just me, and what I believe.
The story of Jesus is one I think everyone knows. Born of a Virgin, performed miracles, crucified, died, came back to life 3 days later.
This isn't new.
Let's go over to India.
Krishna; a thousand years before Christ.
Krishna was a carpenter, born of a virgin, and baptized in a river. Mind you, Krishna was just a deity worshiped in India, and there was no hard evidence that he existed as an actual human being.
Persian god, Mithra; 600 years before Christ.
Born December 25, performed miracles, resurrected on the third day, known as the Lamb, the Way, the Truth, the Light, the Savior, Messiah...
Study the religions of the Mediterranean region a thousand years before Christ. Many of the gods were born on December 25. It's not a new story.
Written in 1280 BC, the Egyptian Book of the Dead describes a god, Horus.
Horus is the son of the god, Osiris, and was born to a virgin mother. He was baptized in a river by Anup the Baptizer, who was later beheaded. Like Jesus, Horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. He raised Asar from the dead. "Asar" translates to "Lazarus."
Oh yeah, he also had 12 disciples.
Yes, Horus was crucified first.
And after 3 days, two women announced Horus, the savior of humanity, had been resurrected.
And you may ask me, "what if you're wrong?" Then I'll simply respond with, "what if you're wrong?"
This is an ongoing blog. I'll update this later.
A friend says that I limit human beings; that because I say, "maybe we're not supposed to understand everything and why things happen the way they do," I limit the possibilities of human beings.
Here's the thing. I'm not Atheist. But I'm not a believer. This arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion is the thing that I just can't stand. My brain cannot fathom the fact that some omnipotent being created EVERYTHING and then caused all these miracles to happen about 2,000 years ago, and now we haven't seen one at all.
In the book of Genesis, people lived to be 900 years old. And now that doesn't happen? Why not? I asked a friend. They said it's because of infection, and STDs, and smog and all kinds of other stuff.
To be honest, I don't believe that people really lived to 900 years old. With all the modern science we've come up with over the years, you would think that we would have found the skeletons of Noah, and Cain, and Abel and all of them and would be able to figure out how old they were when they died. But no skeletons? I wonder why. I'm not saying they were fictitious, but there is no evidence that they actually existed.
Let's talk a bit about Genesis.
A talking snake? Really?! Come on people. It's a snake, and it talks? When was the last time we saw this? Harry Potter. That's right. Harry Potter. Someone once told me though, "hey, if I can believe that God created Man and the Universe out of nothing, then sure, I can believe that there is a talking snake."
Living in a Great Fish for 3 days? Yeah. Good job, Jonah.
Noah's ark? OK. Big Ark. Fitting 2 of every animal. God said that Noah will build an ark out of gopher wood, and use the measurement of a cubit. Now, I don't know if you know this, but a cubit is only about the size of your forearm; roughly 17 to 21 inches.
So the length is 300 cubits (Best Case Scenario: about 525 feet long)
Breadth of 50 cubits (BSC: about 87.5 feet wide)
And a height of 30 cubits (BSC: 52.5 feet high)
OK. So it's humongous. Almost 2 football fields long, about one football field wide, and about 5 stories high. Now, that is pretty big. But that had to house ALL the animals. Two of every animal for that matter. Wow.
I think the primary focus of this is going to be Christianity, considering we are a Christian nation. If I offend anyone, I don't really apologize. This is just me, and what I believe.
The story of Jesus is one I think everyone knows. Born of a Virgin, performed miracles, crucified, died, came back to life 3 days later.
This isn't new.
Let's go over to India.
Krishna; a thousand years before Christ.
Krishna was a carpenter, born of a virgin, and baptized in a river. Mind you, Krishna was just a deity worshiped in India, and there was no hard evidence that he existed as an actual human being.
Persian god, Mithra; 600 years before Christ.
Born December 25, performed miracles, resurrected on the third day, known as the Lamb, the Way, the Truth, the Light, the Savior, Messiah...
Study the religions of the Mediterranean region a thousand years before Christ. Many of the gods were born on December 25. It's not a new story.
Written in 1280 BC, the Egyptian Book of the Dead describes a god, Horus.
Horus is the son of the god, Osiris, and was born to a virgin mother. He was baptized in a river by Anup the Baptizer, who was later beheaded. Like Jesus, Horus was tempted while alone in the desert, healed the sick, the blind, cast out demons, and walked on water. He raised Asar from the dead. "Asar" translates to "Lazarus."
Oh yeah, he also had 12 disciples.
Yes, Horus was crucified first.
And after 3 days, two women announced Horus, the savior of humanity, had been resurrected.
And you may ask me, "what if you're wrong?" Then I'll simply respond with, "what if you're wrong?"
This is an ongoing blog. I'll update this later.
