If Jesus died for our sins ...

One of the most widely accepted beliefs in Christianity is that Jesus died for our sins, the other most widely accepted belief is that God is the creator.  Let's take a minute and look at that concept. 

 Sin is defined as the act of violating God's will. God's will is what God wants, so, in essence, sin is not giving God what God wants. There is nothing that creates God's will except God. God also creates the penalties for violating God's will. So, when we are told that Jesus died for our sins, are we not being told that God sent a son to be disrespected, abused, whipped, scourged,  abandoned,  and ultimately put to death via one of the most physically excruciating ways to die so that God could have what God wants? 

If God is the creator of all that is seen and unseen is God not responsible for all of the things God theoretically wants?  Is the creator not responsible for the way “sinners” are punished?  If God is the creator it means God created the concept of sin, the sins themselves, the punishment for committing the sins, the process by which the sins are forgiven, and the concept of us being able to be saved from our sins by sacrificing God’s son.  Do you seriously think God could not come up with a better plan than that?  Do you not think God could have modified what it was God theoretically wanted instead of demanding the sacrifice of Jesus life in order to get it? Or ... maybe just didn't have any wants at all? 
Jesus being willing to die for our sins is a noble act but the concept of a father developing a plan so that his son could be abused, tortured, and then put the death  in order for the father to have the things he wanted is child abuse at the very best. 

Why do we do not question these things?

Lines 214 and 215 of the Catholic catechism proclaim God is truth and God is love.  The Bible proclaims the same.  To this I agree but truth and love have no rules, they have no punishments, they have no forgiveness, and they have no children. 

God is truth does not mean God is truthful … it means God is truth.  As a good friend used to tell me, the truth is the truth is the truth.  The truth has no attachments or preferences in order to remain the truth.  The truth doesn’t care if you believe in it or not, it is still the truth.  The truth is unaffected by what we do, say, believe, how we treat each other, or whether we go to church on Sunday.  The truth has no conditions and it is perfect in its purity.

God is love doesn’t mean God is loving.  God is love means just that, God is love.  Love wants nothing.  Love needs nothing.  Love has no agenda, no rules, no punishments, no desires, and no limitations.  Love has no debt or obligations in order to experience it.  Love is everywhere any time available for anyone every time.  Love heals and love bonds.  Love provides security, safety, strength, and serenity.  Love is perfect.  Love is unconditional and love is eternal.


Love does not pin a son to a tree … and the truth sets us free.

An Honor or an Insult?

The recent Martin Luther King day made me realize the parallels between so many of our fabulous messengers ... we worship the messengers and ignore the message. Martin Luther King's message was no different than the messengers before him ... LOVE EACH OTHER. So, what do we do? We name streets after him, we celebrate his birthday, we have books, articles, and statues of him all in "honor" of him while we insult him by ignoring his message. We don't honor messengers by praising them and making sure we don't forget them, we honor them by emulating them and doing what they did and taught. It's like learning how to use a computer and writing an article about computers on a typewriter. If we don't use the computer, learning about it was an act of futility. If all we do is remember what they did and said we are simply a library. If our actions don't change their message was in vain.

 The perspective that some of us are more important than others is the barrier to kindness and kindness is how we show we love each other. If we wait to offer kindness to those who are kind to us first, the world becomes full of people waiting for kindness but if we offer kindness first we live in a world full of people being kind. If I just make eye contact, say hi, open the door for the person in front of me and hold it for the one behind me, I feel good about it. At the end of the day I reflect back and pay attention to how it makes me feel. At the very least I experience myself as being kind which is much better than the alternative. Being kind to others is how we are kind to ourselves and when we feel good about ourselves we are kind to others. It's all cyclical.

Celebrating their birthdays while we ignore their message is an insult. Forgetting their names while living their message is the greatest honor we could offer.

New Blog

Introducing the new My Logical God blog. Most of what religion taught me just didn't make sense once I started to question it. I share most of those questions and the perspectives I arrived at in the book but I don't want my spiritual growth to become stagnant. It is on this blog I intend to share my new questions and perspectives. If you are reading, or have read My Logical God and have questions or would like for me to expound on anything please contact me and I will do so here for all to see. Please share your comments and opinions but please do so respectfully. I know this can be a passionate subject.


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