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I reject your God
Feb. 24th, 2011 01:09 pmI am not dedicated to any deity over anything else... Whatever the ultimate source of everything is in this universe, I do not hold it in the highest esteem.
Over all other things, I hold my values of freedom, responsibility, and compassion. (Possibly others, but for the purposes of this post, this is a nice collection of some things I hold in high esteem.)
If it ever came to pass that I encountered the ultimate source of all things, and it turned out that this thing was against any of this... I would stand against it and vow to spend every ounce of will in my being to fight it.
The creator being called "God" by many Christian organizations seems to stand against these principles. Not all versions, mind you, but the versions believed in by many. Certainly the God of the Old Testament has many of these anti-freedom, anti-responsibility, and anti-compassion attributes, if you take those writings as literal truth.
Thus, simply put... to those that would believe in this sort of God... The sort of God that would support murder and hatred towards any group of people... I reject it. I reject your God in its entirety. And if it came to pass that I one day came before the creator of all things, and it turned out that you were right about its nature. It turned out that your version of God was the real one all along... I would continue to reject it. I would continue to do my best to fight against it and fight for ideas of freedom, responsibility, and compassion...
I am a being with a mind capable of deep rational thought, and a heart capable of love and compassion. No matter what beings may or may not have created me, I will do my best to live honestly according to my heart and mind. No higher authority of any sort will ever again have my consent to cause me to act against what I believe and feel.
Over all other things, I hold my values of freedom, responsibility, and compassion. (Possibly others, but for the purposes of this post, this is a nice collection of some things I hold in high esteem.)
If it ever came to pass that I encountered the ultimate source of all things, and it turned out that this thing was against any of this... I would stand against it and vow to spend every ounce of will in my being to fight it.
The creator being called "God" by many Christian organizations seems to stand against these principles. Not all versions, mind you, but the versions believed in by many. Certainly the God of the Old Testament has many of these anti-freedom, anti-responsibility, and anti-compassion attributes, if you take those writings as literal truth.
Thus, simply put... to those that would believe in this sort of God... The sort of God that would support murder and hatred towards any group of people... I reject it. I reject your God in its entirety. And if it came to pass that I one day came before the creator of all things, and it turned out that you were right about its nature. It turned out that your version of God was the real one all along... I would continue to reject it. I would continue to do my best to fight against it and fight for ideas of freedom, responsibility, and compassion...
I am a being with a mind capable of deep rational thought, and a heart capable of love and compassion. No matter what beings may or may not have created me, I will do my best to live honestly according to my heart and mind. No higher authority of any sort will ever again have my consent to cause me to act against what I believe and feel.
