Need Buddhists

Part of me believes that there is a god, but I don't know which god, if it's even a god from any of the religions people believe in; it may be a god we've never heard anything about, for all we know.

Another part of me thinks people just convince themselves that there's a god and an afterlife because they need the comfort of thinking that there is a place we go to when we die. This part of me also believes that there is nothing after death and that there is no god.

The thought that there may be no afterlife doesn't bother me. I'm comfortable with it, which is why I live for today and just do what I feel like doing. Some people may say that's selfish, but I still treat people right and do the right thing, because that's what I want to do.....not because I am told it's right or because I'm scared of what will happen if I don't, but just because I want to be a good person and treat people the way they deserve to be treated. I'm also comfortable with the fact that if there is an afterlife.....I'm probably going to hell. hahaha at least I'll know I got there by being the person i wanted to be, whether god's happy with it or not.

Other people, it seems, do the right thing and hide their true feelings because they are afraid of damnation and are, like I said, kissing god's ass so they can go to paradise. What's sad/funny is the fact that they MAY be kissing the wrong god's ass, if there even is a god. haha

Another thing I don't understand about people is something I heard on tv today: There were tornados all through Georgia last night, and there was this woman talking about her mom surviving through it. She said "I just thank god my mother is still alive. God was looking out for her". Does she not realize that, if there is a god, he is the one that put the tornado there in the first place? She also didn't seem to think it was weird that "god" allowed the same tornado to kill an infant just a few houses down the street from her. I just think it's pathetic and sad for people to put all of their trust into something they've never seen. It's like that article thered posted in the Stoners Lounge a couple of weeks ago about the baby that had diabetes and the mother and father didn't take her to the doctor because they prayed about it and assumed god was gonna magically cure their baby. I mean, wtf?

 

I'm vibin' you. (I like that phrase)
It goes back to what I mentioned about when people sit there and convince themselves they're seeing the work of God, they won't be convinced otherwise. This woman has spent so much time convincing herself that the god she believes in is real, that anything good that happens, her subconcious shoots straight up to her concious that it was exactly what she said earlier and it was God. She doesn't even bother to consider about the infant. she''l just say that it was God's will and he wanted him home.

The bible pretty much covered all its bases... which is why I think it's lasted so long. Basically, when something great happens, its of course god doing his work, and when something bad happens, its God allowing Satan to hurt people for a greater cause that no one knows about. So when an entire church of christians pray for a certain person of a family in the church to be healed of cancer, and it happens, its of course God... but when it doesn;t happen, it's merely God's will that he be taken, and you can;t argue with that, and there's no proof that God simply wasn;t there to answer their prayer, because it says in the Bible, that god can say no, and God allows Satan to kill people as tests and all this other crap.

 

Yeah I hate that shit. Good thing=god's love. Bad thing=god's will.

My grandmother gets on my nerves with that shit too. She complains about shit ALL DAY LONG! Then I'll mention something good like "it's a nice day today" and she'll be like "yep.....god's been good to us. I can't complain".

She's the type of woman that puts EVERYTHING in god's hands. She says "god will take care of us if we just hand everything over to him", but she overlooks the fact that the bank misplaced $150 of her money last week and she couldn't pay her bills. I guess if everything's in god's hands, then he's the one that stole her money. haha

 

All gods are one God, and all goddesses one Goddess. I believe in a supreme force, with no name or gender. a force of creation, and ALL that makes me feel tiny, and unpleasant. so i direct my energies to Lady and Lord, and they can relay the message
I found this awhile back, and it might make a better statement than threatening her spirituality with a rock. i must have been feeling violent earlier. this page has several good representations of the same idea.

http://mereative.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/21/