The god Question

One of my favorite and least favorite things to talk about with people is the existence or lack thereof, of a god. For all intensive purposes the word god will remain with a lower case letter "g", as that is all god is – just a word. I have faced off in this arena many times and I have come to the conclusion that I am 100% right about this without a doubt in my mind. I have spoken to religious people of different faiths and men of faith such as rabbis. No matter what they try to tell me in order to convince me that there is a god I remain unconvinced. I have been unconvinced even before I took a philosophy course.

I was raised Jewish and I did not really start to question religion or god until I was about 12 or 13. I started to think about things that could not be answered simply and how the answer for those questions revolved around the answer of "it just is because god said so..." this is remarkably similar to republican thinking which is, "if I don't admit that I am wrong, then I am not wrong." I don't know if you can tell but I don't like irresponsible and irrational right wing nuts.

I pride myself on the freedom I gave myself from religion, which was not an easy path. The number of years I had to pretend to give a shit about religion were too many because my father was a real asshole, the dictator who decided what was right and just. If you disagreed with him about close to anything you were up shits creek. Finally when I saw an out, I took it and thus my pain and hard ship begun. My out was through college, where I knew if I was going to be kicked out of my house or driven to leave I could and would leave without issue and live on campus or with roommates. Luckily my father died 2 weeks after disowning me purely because of my disbelief in god or religion. That’s some good parenting and ironic to boot.

I remember when I told a rabbi that I was not interested in religion he told me I needed to do more research; which to me is a bullcrap answer. That makes as much sense as a salesman telling me I need to research a product because he wants me to buy something he is selling. If you can't convey your message clearly and logically, why would anyone be interested in what you have to offer? This kind of vague reasoning wouldn't fly during an interview unless the person listening is a brainless twit, which much of the religious masses are. Can't form your own thoughts? The only thing I have seen in these offers is false promise.

I don't think religion or god makes sense because if it were something that I required then I shouldn't have to be sold on the idea it should just be something I want naturally to do... like sex. So since this is not the case it is unnecessary and what I refer to as the weak minded and weak willed. Why do you require a god to live or go about your day to day business? This is silly reasoning and I really think people should take a step back and think about what they are committing there time to. The monumental waste of time and effort put into something that will only give back on a 50/50 basis. I remember being told a story once about how you should pray for what you want until you get what you want. The acronym they used for the story is called "P.U.S.H." or "Pray until Something Happens." I hate to break it to you folks but this means that nothing will happen 50% of the time, so why bother? It is the same as doing nothing.

So I offer an idea: if you need something to believe in, believe in yourself. It is wrong to assume that if you don't have an answer to something to render the subject inconclusive or to say that god is the answer or that god has an answer. This is shit reasoning and should not be used. Just because I can't figure out why something "is" doesn't mean there isn't a reason or an answer.

Religion aside from god is just a form of brainwashing and scandal. The only good that comes from religion is a sense of community, nothing more. Other than that there is corruption.

Something else that pisses me off is when people talk about miracles. There is no such thing. A miracle is an extraordinary (Extra-Ordinary) case or an unexplained happening which is inherently false. I believe that everything is a series of events, cause and effect. Therefore there cannot be a happening without a root cause.

There must be a starting point for everything. Which I know is fallible as well because there is no way to describe how time or life began, but our whole world operates on order of events and it works the best. My argument for this is, just because I can't explain why this is, does not mean there is no reason; it just hasn't been found yet. This is a much better answer than saying there is a god. God is a piss poor answer, because it is the equivalent of a 2 year old asking "WHY?" repeatedly. I can answer any question with: "god willed it so..." or "gods will be done..." or "god knows why..." it is dodging questions and leaving thing wide open and vague.

People swear they feel spiritual and they think they praying helps them feel better or recover from illness. This is all true, but mislabeled. Your brain produces chemicals, you perceive reality and events as you do and depending on how you take things your brain creates chemicals to make you feel a certain way. Therefore spirituality is nothing more than your brain releasing chemicals such as endorphins when you think about something that makes you very happy or thrilled. Guess what, I feel that way about sex, art, anime and money. It is called euphoria, nothing more. The people who keep a good attitude while in the hospital are the most likely to survive because they produce less toxins. It is not a miracle or god.

That being said, the person you should believe in is yourself. You will get faster, more accurate and sometimes quality results. I don't rely on anyone else for my immediate problems and success except for myself. However, I do believe that people cannot be successful without the help of others. That is, when someone makes the big headed republican claim of, "I came from nothing and I got to where I am today all on my own with hard work." Statements like that are only half true; because it is impossible for someone to be successful in a society without interacting with and mooching off of his community. You cannot work your way to the top without working with or for other people.

I never liked hearing from my parents or other people saying phrases like, "god willing" or "thank god" or "thank god for the food on this table." It’s pretty obvious that god doesn't have much to do with any of those scenarios. You will willingly do what you want whether driven by the thoughts of god or not. Didn't god give you free will? So why do you need gods will? Why thank god for something you did or something other people did for you. Don't be modest, if you did something thank yourself, you did it not god. If someone lent you a helping hand in a time of need, don't dismiss this fact by thanking someone who isn't in the picture, thank the parties responsible only, they did it not god.