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Philosophy of the Radical Dreamer: Idea 1.0
Date: Feb 14th, 2007 7:52:40 pm - Subscribe
Mood: adventurous
A Radical Dreamers journey through despair: and a view from a windowsill.

Ok I got to thinking today while listening to some music. The song in question is "Judith" by A Perfect Circle. If you have ever heard this song you know what its about. The quote I am going to reference here is "It's not like you killed someone. Its not like you drove a hateful spear into his side". For those of you who don't understand this quote because you haven't heard the song. Its in reference to the suffering of humans and the reference of the spear is a notion to the roman soldier and the spear of longinus. The spear used to make sure Christ was dead.

I am no atheist nor am I agnostic. I am a failure of religion at this time. Wandering trying to find my way. The point I want to envoke today is from that song. Keenan Maynard-James (lead singer tool and a perfect circle) states the fact that we are not the original sin. We today are not the ones that crucified Christ. Why must we suffer? Why must we be tried and tested? Why are we the ones who have to repent for what Adam and Eve did millenia ago?

I am not a religious follower of KMJ but he asks a good question. It goes back to a human philosophy of why when one person fucks up do we all get punished. Its just like in school when you were a young one. If you were allowed to go to the bathroom when it wasn't time, and you got in trouble for running in the hall. The teacher would not allow anyone to go during non-bathroom break time... Why? Because 1 or 2 people fucked it up for everyone. Humans are ignorant when compared to the overall scheme of it all. If God is omniscient he knew already that Adam and Eve were going to disobey right? So he created more of us.

More of us he knew would defy him and not follow the rules he laid out. He knows your story before you do. He has already closed the final lines of your life the moment you were born. Which makes me wonder a very weird thought. Some people closest to me know this question before I ask it. Do we have any control whether or not we get saved? People say they will pray for you to find God. But when you get saved they say "Thank You God for saving this soul". I am confused. Life is a mere question of does pre-destined fate exist or no? I have asked Ryan this before I know. If pre-destined fate exists... Is it not shitty to know that if you die without being saved that it was meant to be that way? God created you to die and not know him.

I don't mean to question him. In fact we aren't supposed to question his thoughts and ideas. But this is what happens when you make a being capable of thought and a conscience. He knew at some point we would defy him. It just so happens it happened very early in creation. Adam and Eve were the original sin. We were not the original sin, we are an off-spring of the original sin. Sure he gave the off-spring of the original sin a way out by coming to Christ. But I guess my whole issue is pre-destined fate. I like to think our books are still open and free to change. But if God knows everything, he will know your end. He will know if you will come to him or not.

And like I said. If your not meant to come to him, you were chosen at birth to die and go to hell. Thats a shitty outlook I know. But you have to view all aspects of your life. If you were to still be around when the Revelation begins the bible states how many people will be called up. The numbers not very large... So does that mean we were born to be in hell? Or will the number of people on Earth dramatically decrease long before the apocalypse? When the tower of babel was construced, did he not cast out everyone and spread them amongst the world? What generated was multiple religions then. I'm not trying to be blasphemous. I just want to learn what I am supposed to believe. Blind faith is no faith.

Those out there who follow a religion blindly might as well be leading yourself to a slaughter. I'm going to question your beliefs because I want to find my beliefs. I refuse to believe something just because someone goes read this. If your going to follow something thats highly criticized. You gotta be prepared for everything. I think I know alot more about Christianity than some of the people that are in church every sunday. But if I don't start going to church and following the bible religiously I am condemned to hell. Whereas someone who knows nothing of Christianity other than be in church by 11a.m. and get saved will go to heaven. And lets not forget, it might not be in my book to come back to him. I know I may get flamed for this post. Its possible. But I am open to all criticism here.

I am a free thinker. I also think there is no such thing as pre-destined fate. If your a religious person you can follow me when I say "He whoever believes in me shall not die but have everlasting life". So we are saying 2 things here. Number 1 if there is predestined fate, we can't control who does or doesn't believe in him. Thats like saying God created a group of "Special" people and some of us aren't going to be allowed in that group. That sucks... Ok so then we have the other option. The one that sounds alot prettier and hopeful. Good ole Option 2. Plan B if we must. The idea that we are free souls. God doesn't know how it will end, He only knows the past and present. We can have free choice to decide whether we follow or not. Everyone likes this idea more. And we know why.

Humans need hope. Without hope we would not exist, nor would any of us strive to do better, nor attempt to live for God. Does that not seem more plausible? I would like to hope for the Option 2 in life. It would mean more if you had to earn your way back into Heaven, and you weren't pre-planned whether or not you were born to be condemned to hell. Please... thoughts, opinions, flames, hate mail, arguements, etc. All are welcome here. I am opinion to your ideas and beliefs. I can not establish my beliefs without learning a basis of why I believe. So fill me in. I can take all criticism because I know religion is supposedly a topic of conversation you can't have with your friends. But I don't mind it.

See ya in the stars...
-=The Radical Dreamer=-
Comments: (3)

strazesfab - February 15th, 2007 That was pretty deep. I don't understand God. I think he laughs at me alot and trys to make my life terrible. I don't get it.

revelation - February 15th, 2007 I posted this on myspace and my buddy at work says "You just opened up a can of worms." I said put your comments on the blog. Don't verbally say them. If your going to stand up for something you need to let everyone know it. Telling me in private doesn't say a thing to me.

tron - February 15th, 2007 The reason teachers punish the whole class is because fear of punishment, making examples of people the social regulation of peer pressure keeps society going. see job, see soloman, see foucault... MJK is an interesting fellow. And I like his music a lot. But I don't buy into his spirituality. There is nothing if you ask me. God is dead, irrelevant. Humans can tell themselves anything they need to know... See sartre... see st augustine and laugh... God is used to tell us that its all going to be okay. All we have to do is make a choice and we will be saved from our own nothingness. See Wittgenstein... see Pascal's Wager... God is a construction in a language which was created by people who couldn't even concieve of a life without a deity. 'He' is a concept, see feminism see patriarchy... Maybe that in itself is a comfort to people. But the ideas we have about causality... the bible itself... people in their own weird ways... don't add up... Good luck finding your own answers. I turn my back on faith. xxtron

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