The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody’s unholy hoax
— XTC in Dear God
Tonight, my country is in mourning for the 63 or so Canadians lost in the mysterious crash of a Ukrainian airplane in Tehran on Wednesday.
One can’t help but tear up and cry when watching news reports here that show photos of the victims. So many of them were young, with their whole lives ahead of them.
Where is the hand of God that could have saved the 176 people on that plane?
Why is God so derelict in his duties?
It’s simple, really. We’ve all been had. There is no such god looking out for mankind.
The god of religions is a myth, and the pope and all the others who preach about benevolent supernatural entities should be ashamed of themselves for spreading such obvious lies.
On the off chance there is a god, he should be fired for dereliction of duties.
But there I go again, giving the idea of god a chance.
The truth is, many if not the majority of humans are better than God. With our limited power, we do the best we can to help those who are suffering, while the god with supposed power to make everything right does nothing.
Because he is not there.
The plane crash is a reminder of that. So are the fires in Australia and all the deaths of humans and wildlife there.
And the crimes of ISIS, and Hitler and so many others.
It’s all a lie.
Why does anybody believe in God?
Why will I keep praying, anyway?
— Jillian
Jillian Page 
Ooof! Tackling this subject in the wee hours of the morning may not be the ideal time.
If God exists, and the Scriptures are true, our lives on earth are only significant by what our spirit/soul does. The carnal body is only an envelope. Our lives are our purgatory, only to be judged when we are in Heaven. That we die is a matter of fact. How we die is a matter of circumstance. This is why I don’t fear death, because all in all I live a decent and respectful life, and foresee an easy transition when I leave this world.
If God doesn’t exist, then somehow, deep down inside we find a spirit deep within us send out conscious, or subconscious vibes, positive or negative depending on the situation. That is why we pray. Either way.
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Why? Because the idea of this life being all we have and there not being anything after death is too scary to even contemplate.
After all, for most people telling our selves that everything is going to be OK even though they know it definitely is not, just is a fairytale they rather believe than accept reality.
And as for churches… Conning people, certainly when so many people like to be conned. and even indoctrinate their children in believing the con, is a very lucrative business…..
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I don’t know where this idea of “if there’s a god, nothing bad should ever happen to anyone” came from. I can only speak for Christianity, but the Bible is full of stories about terrible things happening to people, including people of faith.
Having said that, the plane crash is a terrible tragedy. Yes, it’s difficult to read the bios of those who died and to see the suffering of those close to them. The same goes for the wildfires in Australia.
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Gods are created in the image of man. As long as humans have been sentient beings, they have invented gods to explain what they couldn’t understand. At the beginning of recorded history there were dozens of gods across hundreds of civilizations from the Inca and Aztec empires, to Egypt, to Western European pagans… the list of gods is immense. Yet through thousands of years of history, not one god has ever materialized among his, or her charges. Even the fabled Jesus person never claimed to be God, or even more than a priest. That he was somehow the next in line to the deity was a construct of writings years after his death. Much of the imagery of Christ is from illuminations of texts written many hundreds of years after his death.
Ever notice how the images of Christ are always a white man?
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Like the Calvinist said after falling down 3 flights of stairs, “thank god there were not 4 flights”!
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Why? Because we(last time I checked) are human. Of course, we don’t know what the d**n f***k that means . And don’t let anyone tell you that they do %P%@%*
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No specific comment on this; just letting you know I’m glad you are posting prolifically again after what seemed like a long hiatus. Welcome back.
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