Just Do It

I like to write about things that are inspirational, at least to me, and also maybe things that are a bit light hearted, not wanting to get too serious.  But sometimes we need to just say what's on our mind.  The thing on my mind now is I am sick and tired of all the bullshit out their about God and religion.  Now don't get me wrong, This is not about God, who I believe in passionately, and in a sense it is not even about religion, although as I have discussed in the past, religion is more ambiguous than many of us think.  No, this is about the pure, unadulterated shit that people from all corners of the earth and from all faiths throw at us with unprecedented frequency and ferocity.


Many of our children struggle with their faith, not because they do not have the fundamental sense of God that I believe we all have, but because we, meaning our entire society, force them into bizarre and unrealistic compromises and decisions.  We place upon them a conflicting set of rules and beliefs that do not even make sense to us, least of all trying to get the next generation to buy into them.  For example:

• You should love all people, but only marry someone from your religion.  Why?  Because that's what I was taught.
• You should respect all religions, but understand ours is the only "right" one.  How do you know?  Because that's what Scripture says (and all religions use this same argument).
• There is only one God, but the true God is the God we choose to believe in (again, all religions feel the same way).
• God wants us to love each other and live in peace, and if people do not agree with that, we will either force them to or drive them out.

With regards to our children, this is at best confusing and at worst very damaging.  But far worse than that is how this plays out world wide.  Look at all the wars that have been fought and are being fought in the name of God.  Look at ISIS and all the craziness associated with that organization.  Look at all the completely f'd up things going on in this world because of the fanatical behavior of people from differing faiths.  Well you know what?  You all suck!  If you want to live in peace and harmony, than simply choose to do so.  If you believe in God and feel the need to fight or have a conflict over something that you feel is what God wants, then get you friggin' head out of you ass and understand what God really wants.  He/She wants peace and harmony and for all of us to love each other.  Is that so friggin' hard to understand?  People need to stop acting like they know what God wants and start doing what God has told us, and more importantly, what God has shown us.


How do you stop all the horrible violence in the world?  Do you use force?  Attack and kill people?  What are our choices?  How about we do what we tell our young children every day when they fight in the sandbox?  Just stop.  Don't do that anymore.  You're getting too old to act like that!


Does God want us to figure out a way for "good" to overcome "evil"?  No, that's not our job.  We can't even agree what "good" and "evil" are.  God will take care of that.  Our job is simply to love each other and respect each other.  It's time to follow Nike's slogan and "Just Do It".