Is God On Vacation? Or Just Out To Lunch?

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

WindWalker12
Member

since 2009-10-17

Posts 57

0 posted 2015-05-03 10:35 AM

I got a question:
does God only 'grant' general stuff,
like faith, courage, serenity, peace
but can't or won't do specific stuff
like building me a home
where the Buffalo roam,
or putting a million dollars in my account,
or a parking space near Wal-Mart?

Ok, well maybe he’s on extended leave,
gallivanting in another dimension
with Miss Universe?
He packed his bags, slipped down a ladder,
snuck out of heaven
through an old black hole that hadn’t been sealed
and the last thing anyone saw
was a huge Cheshire cat grin fading out...
Or he’s holed up at the donut shop
dunkin’ and forgot about time?

But just maybe, just maybe,
we really are going it alone
but too afraid of the responsibility;
of the scary thought we’re in charge,
– no one else--
and we can really make this old world
a better place to live in;
a much happier place
without
you know who.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-05-03 11:00 AM

There is no God, WindWalker12. My personal opinion.

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2015-05-03 02:30 PM

What is hardest (for me at least) to believe is how organized religions have proven so consistently to be the greatest (and on-going) scourge of human history (crusades, inquisitions, witch burnings, Jihads, genocides, etc.) So much lunacy perpetrated by fanatics of every cut and creed in the name of an "old guy in the sky" and excused as "God's will." If there is such a thing as true 'holiness' it lies in right action ... what each of us chooses to think, write, say and do in every moment of the 'now' not in musty old tomes, tired, oppressive dogmas and rituals, stone-pile edifices, or the hearts of angry men.

devina
Member Elite

since 1999-10-28

Posts 3539
Cali

3 posted 2015-05-04 12:37 PM

loved, LOVED this line:
"gallivanting in another dimension
with Miss Universe?"

sums it up about right!
I'd say, Faith in yourself is most prudent these days!

Enjoyed the smooth travel from one line to the next...
~d

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

4 posted 2015-05-12 08:16 PM

whether you have faith or not in a Supreme being is one's personal choice, and it's your day-to-day decisions that define who you are. So if believing in "you know who" brings you peace and a direction in your life, never mind what the other fellow does.

WindWalker12
Member

since 2009-10-17

Posts 57

5 posted 2015-05-12 11:23 PM

Thank you all for your comments.

[This message has been edited by WindWalker12 (05-13-2015 03:05 PM).]

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.