I found this neat post at: http://www.breaktheillusion.com/
If you could ask g*d 1 question, what would it be. And there were tons of responses. A lot of them dealt with why there is so much pain and suffering. Is he even there and why s/he isn't more visible.
You could tell from some responses that there are some queers with strong belief in GOD. Mostly xtian. Some doubters.
My question is why is faith in an intangible higher power still so necessary to so many. Why belief? And what would the world really look like without it. After centuries without it, where it was taken for granted that it was an ignorant lifestyle from a backward time.
Of course, I have my own ideas as to why faith is important. What hinders humans from moving on. But that's for a later post.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The Root
Late nights wax me philosophically so wtf, why not.
Is there a elemental, root cause for our fkps as a species?
Buddhist, at least I don't think, don't believe in evil. However, they state that the ROOT of all human suffering is DESIRE. That we want, demand or seek more than we should.
On the other hand, Xtians go even further. According to them, we should not only surrender our desires, but our entire essence as well. They say "die unto yourself" and basically live as a foot or arm attached to the body of JC, devoid of any personal motivation other than to remain attached. Again, it seems, xtians claim the root of evil is being selfish.
So, at humanity's most basic level it fears Independence, free-thought, etc. And, more deeply, people fear desire. And out of that fear, does some pretty fkp stuff that could only make sense in Greek tragedy. They try to suppress, control, and steer it at every turn only to wonder why it doesn't lay down and die. And worse, they wonder at the deformed creature their own oppression helped to create.
Here is a little snippet I often reffer to that points out just how unadvanced humanity is. On the surface, it may not seem to relate to this post, but it sums up a lot.
Physicians, in terms of modern medical practice, have to poison the body to cure cancer. Kind of reminds one of leeches, don't it?
Is there a elemental, root cause for our fkps as a species?
Buddhist, at least I don't think, don't believe in evil. However, they state that the ROOT of all human suffering is DESIRE. That we want, demand or seek more than we should.
On the other hand, Xtians go even further. According to them, we should not only surrender our desires, but our entire essence as well. They say "die unto yourself" and basically live as a foot or arm attached to the body of JC, devoid of any personal motivation other than to remain attached. Again, it seems, xtians claim the root of evil is being selfish.
So, at humanity's most basic level it fears Independence, free-thought, etc. And, more deeply, people fear desire. And out of that fear, does some pretty fkp stuff that could only make sense in Greek tragedy. They try to suppress, control, and steer it at every turn only to wonder why it doesn't lay down and die. And worse, they wonder at the deformed creature their own oppression helped to create.
Here is a little snippet I often reffer to that points out just how unadvanced humanity is. On the surface, it may not seem to relate to this post, but it sums up a lot.
Physicians, in terms of modern medical practice, have to poison the body to cure cancer. Kind of reminds one of leeches, don't it?
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