This God Thing

I have NO idea what this God thing is all about.  I know that something - some force or energy or intelligence, has worked miracles in my life, of that I have no doubt.  What that thing is, I have no idea.  I trust enough in all the great spiritual leaders and seekers throughout the ages to believe that there is something - some kind of creative force from which this universe and our lives have arisen, call it God, Tao, Nirvana, Allah, Great Spirit, All That Is, Higher Power, or whatever, it doesn't matter, but there is that something beyond our comprehension that is personal, that knows us, and that we can choose to have work miracle's in our lives.  

My problem - and, it seems, a problem for many atheists - is the absolute nonsense and, let's be honest, evil that has been perpetuated in the name of this something… this God thing.  All I know is that from the moment I invited this God thing into my life to cure me of my misery it has not harmed one atom of me, not even for a billionth of a moment, regardless of how poorly and foolishly I have behaved.

  

So, maybe this God thing actually loves me no matter what.  Maybe this God thing won't send me to an eternal, torturous hell for not being a good boy and doing what i'm told / commanded.  Maybe i'm not a naughty little devil-ridden sinner.  Maybe this God thing has not, will not, and never will - or even could - be angry with me.  Because maybe, just maybe, this God thing is not a fucking arse-hole.

You know, if our children did something wrong, would we send them to a place where they would be tortured forever as punishment?  If our children went against our commands and disobeyed our wishes, would we want them to burn alive for an eternity to show them the error of their ways?  Of course not!  Why?  Because that is how you end up on the front page of The Sun under the headline 'MONSTER'… it is nothing like love.

Even we as humble human beings recognise the difference between what is love and what is psychotic.  But this is what we are told an infinitely loving God will do to us.  It makes no sense.  And I suspect - as many atheists do - that it makes no sense because it is a LIE… a lie told by those in power with vested interests to keep us, the pitiful masses, living in fear, living in division, so that we can be controlled and exploited for their gain.  You know, the Vatican has an awful lot of gold...   

       

So, let's not disregard the possible truth of this God thing because of the toxic deceit and manipulation of them who know who they are.  Instead, let's consider that, maybe, the only church that we need to worship in is within our own heart… that the only priest we need listen to is our own conscious awakened mind… and that this God thing is within every one of us - no lying, profiteering middleman needed -  just waiting for us to wake up and remember our divinity again.