My main issue with the singular “God” portrayed in many mainstream religions is that it’s billed as omnipotent and all powerful.
If a person has the ability to, through action, prevent great harm, and just ignores it - that is not the type of person I want to be, more or less “believe in”. If you’re all powerful and you allow children to be maimed for life, die young, starve, etc. - you aren’t worth an ounce of my faith. And save the classic “but if he intervened it would interfere with our free will” bullshit.
I’ve considered religions with many gods, like Norse Paganism - I’m just not the religious type, but if I were, something where gods are fallible is much more believable.
It seems to me that if there was an omnipotent and all powerful god that actually cared about what was going on, we’d have noticed by now (beyond vague pictures on burned toast).
I know all the usual explanations that are really poor ones too.
I’d say the problem lies with God being portrayed as an authority by those that have an interest in maintaining power (capital), and by those that don’t actually know God (those that have been misled by those that have an interest in maintaining power).
God is nature, greed is an anomaly, as it does not benefit nature, as there is already enough for everything and everyone in existence and no reason for greed. Unless one is greedy for the distractions created by capitalism and it’s past incarnations, that have nothing to do with nature and God.
The great harm that must be prevented and is ignored is the power projected by us that is the inventor of all unnatural harm.
Those of the highest wealth are practically the gods in this system, against our actual will, that allow children to be maimed for life, die young, starve, etc…
God is the hostage of capital, God is made to act against the truth, that we all know, through us, as we are made to act against the truth, that we all know, by the authority projected by us.
Personally I’m not religious at all, but if I were to believe in a religion it would definitely be Buddhism. The fact it doesn’t center around a god and denies the existence of a soul outright seems much more honest and realistic to me. Really, it’s pretty fascinating how brutal and almost nihilist it is compared to other religions.
My main issue with the singular “God” portrayed in many mainstream religions is that it’s billed as omnipotent and all powerful.
If a person has the ability to, through action, prevent great harm, and just ignores it - that is not the type of person I want to be, more or less “believe in”. If you’re all powerful and you allow children to be maimed for life, die young, starve, etc. - you aren’t worth an ounce of my faith. And save the classic “but if he intervened it would interfere with our free will” bullshit.
I’ve considered religions with many gods, like Norse Paganism - I’m just not the religious type, but if I were, something where gods are fallible is much more believable.
It seems to me that if there was an omnipotent and all powerful god that actually cared about what was going on, we’d have noticed by now (beyond vague pictures on burned toast).
I know all the usual explanations that are really poor ones too.
I’d say the problem lies with God being portrayed as an authority by those that have an interest in maintaining power (capital), and by those that don’t actually know God (those that have been misled by those that have an interest in maintaining power).
God is nature, greed is an anomaly, as it does not benefit nature, as there is already enough for everything and everyone in existence and no reason for greed. Unless one is greedy for the distractions created by capitalism and it’s past incarnations, that have nothing to do with nature and God.
The great harm that must be prevented and is ignored is the power projected by us that is the inventor of all unnatural harm.
Those of the highest wealth are practically the gods in this system, against our actual will, that allow children to be maimed for life, die young, starve, etc…
God is the hostage of capital, God is made to act against the truth, that we all know, through us, as we are made to act against the truth, that we all know, by the authority projected by us.
Personally I’m not religious at all, but if I were to believe in a religion it would definitely be Buddhism. The fact it doesn’t center around a god and denies the existence of a soul outright seems much more honest and realistic to me. Really, it’s pretty fascinating how brutal and almost nihilist it is compared to other religions.
As above, so below. If we are truly made in God’s image then He, by definition, must be as flawed as any of us.