Is religion a club? Is it a requirement of life? Is Hell a tool to Save souls? No. Religion is a relationship between you and your God. Since there only appears to be one God, let's just call him/her/it/them God. God created the universe. Many people say they don't believe in God for a variety of reasons. Some hate God. What has God done to deserve this? He created the universe and us and gave us lives. I've thought about it quite a bit and have come to the conclusion that I've received way more than I have given. We're here and we got here somehow. Someone set the universe in motion. Perhaps He used the Big Bang and evolution to accomplish this purpose. Who knows? How would you determine whether or not God exists other than that we exist? That does it for me. From that point we can only wonder Who God is and how we can get in touch with Him. We can ascertain that all that is good is made possible by Him and all that is bad is a simple consequence of our choosing to do bad things instead. Life is a learning experience. Most people aren't interested in learning, though, they just want to suck out all the good they can without thinking about their responsibility of passing it on to the next needful person. I'm sure God doesn't appreciate that. He gives out of love and we hoard out of greed. We Americans are the worst. It's incredible how much we need.
Where is God? I don't know. I can only detect the universe. I don't know what's outside it or even if. But God created all that we know. He is not governed by the universe's rules. Is He with us? Is He outside the universe? I'm sure that both are routine to Him. He is Something we cannot detect unless He chooses to reveal Himself as He did to Moses. How many of us could handle such a thing? I think if He appeared before me, all I would feel is utter shame. All we have is our religion - our communion with the Creator. And, as far as I can tell, it's better when you don't do it alone. That's what your church or synagogue is for. People gather and share themselves and admire their Creator. They show their gratefulness. Many dance to show their joy. That's religion.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Freedom of Religion
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Modern English: Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of it; or censoring the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to assemble peacefully, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This is not nearly as complicated as the ACLU and the liberal courts make it. It is very simple. Congress cannot establish a specific religion that its citizens are required to follow. Got that? Congress cannot prevent its citizens from freely exercising their religion. Two completely different things. Don't tell me what religion to follow and don't stop me from following the religion I choose. The next part tells me I can complain about Congress when I don't like what they are doing. If you have half a brain, you will stop voting for idiots. Then the press is shown as having the right to make public things the Congress is doing, including the consequences. The people should be allowed to gather peacefully to express their dissatisfaction with Congress when there is a problem. We should be able to stand before Congress to state our cases. There is no separation of church and state here. If you think there is, you cannot read English. A Christmas display can be placed on the White House lawn if the people want it. This has nothing whatever to do with the establishment of religion. They just say, Okay, you can do it. They don't pass any laws. You can set up a menorah or any other religious object. Anything is fine short of beliefs that are antagonistic such as the KKK, who have only symbols of hatred to display. Anyone who doesn't like this amendment is free to go to any other nation on the planet. See ya.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Modern English: Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of it; or censoring the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to assemble peacefully, and petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This is not nearly as complicated as the ACLU and the liberal courts make it. It is very simple. Congress cannot establish a specific religion that its citizens are required to follow. Got that? Congress cannot prevent its citizens from freely exercising their religion. Two completely different things. Don't tell me what religion to follow and don't stop me from following the religion I choose. The next part tells me I can complain about Congress when I don't like what they are doing. If you have half a brain, you will stop voting for idiots. Then the press is shown as having the right to make public things the Congress is doing, including the consequences. The people should be allowed to gather peacefully to express their dissatisfaction with Congress when there is a problem. We should be able to stand before Congress to state our cases. There is no separation of church and state here. If you think there is, you cannot read English. A Christmas display can be placed on the White House lawn if the people want it. This has nothing whatever to do with the establishment of religion. They just say, Okay, you can do it. They don't pass any laws. You can set up a menorah or any other religious object. Anything is fine short of beliefs that are antagonistic such as the KKK, who have only symbols of hatred to display. Anyone who doesn't like this amendment is free to go to any other nation on the planet. See ya.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Evil Holidays
Merry Christmas! Hope I didn't offend you. If I did, you need to toughen up. Apparently you're a whiner. Run to your mommy and tell her an evil man said something that hurt your feelings. Call your lawyer. It's the new American way. What a bunch of idiots. Everything that is traditional is becoming offensive. Christians are offensive. Christmas is offensive. Free speech is offensive. Where will it end? Even the military is screwed. They're letting women in. That in itself is not offensive. What is offensive is that the women don't have to do as much to qualify. Why not? If they want to be a fighting man, go to the gym and build up your muscles so you can pass the test. Stop wussing up our country. Someday we will be subject to another country's will. I wish all the luck to you wusses. I was raised to deal with problems, not go whining to my mommy or a lawyer or congressman (congressperson for you wuss women). Okay, now that brings up another thing. Women rebelled against their being different from men. They started wearing pants and demanding that each word has to be scrutinized to make sure it is gender-inclusive. Then they wanted to be chairpersons instead of chairmen. Since they're trying to be men, why wouldn't they want to be a chairman? It's a title and it's not gender specific. On Star Trek they have it right. Whoever is the commander - male or female - they are called Sir. Why don't people get lives and quit whining? Merry Christmas.
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