Insight on God

[tayo]

..was hoping for feedback or arguments on this. 'twas posted elsewhere but i felt it deserved to be put in the right section.

just typed this up as it came to me, if you're religious i apologize if this is "BLASPHEMY!" ahead of time.

Personally, I don't like to think that anyone (god) has more control over my life than I do. It would be logical to accept "god" as yourself, but as a mortal that has limits, not an all powerful being but a being that has some power, and through empowerment of the mind one can shape hir world for the better. By believing in a god that can change the future or outcomes it can only set one up for disappointment like "oh god's on my side i don't need to shave for this interview", it may give you a false sense of confidence but will not change the way an employer looks at you. That will be followed by disappointment when you're not hired, and blaming god or satan will happen, and one will feel powerless without god and give him credit for something you earned on your own. This constantly lessens the status of the self and self-worth. If there were a god he/she just put us here to do our own thing, if god were helping in day to day lives no one would kill, there would be no poverty, there would be no such thing as hate, etc. God is just a symbol of the idea of good things/positive influences, and satan is a symbol of the idea of evil/negative influences. Accepting god could be seen as believing in yourself to "do the best thing". So why accept god at all?.. if you look at it like this you won't have god on your mind and spend however much of your life will be spent on thinking about god, talking to god etc.... to think about how you have the power to change things in life for the best. If you think of it like this there might be more weight on your shoulders, rather than god's, but when it begins to slip off you can take credit for balancing it.

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great monologue. very well written and points well made.