Savior Time: Preface

            What happens when we die? Where do we all come from? How will the world end? These are the questions that freak so many people out, that we will create stories, just to keep them in line, essentially closing their minds to reality, and substituting in certainty about all of these questions, while the real thing we should be practicing is being doubtful, and humble. The reason for this is the fact that religion has no evidence. The Bible teaches us that the Earth was created 6,000 " 10,000 years ago, and we all began with the story of Adam and Eve, with the talking snake and a tree with apples containing the knowledge of good and evil. While this may be a good story with values and morals, it is preposterous that so many people take the Bible and its stories literally. That’s what this book will confront. It will challenge everyone’s beliefs and lack thereof. I will interview various religious individuals, and grow along the way, as I hope my readers will do also. I will also present my own personal beliefs along the way.
            There is such a huge, overwhelming minority in this country right now; a minority that is greater than Asians, Hispanics, African-Americans, and NRA members. These are the non-religious, rational people. I believe there is an even greater number than the 16% believed to be. It is the great untapped minority, and I believe there are multiple reasons this minority is never heard from in the mainstream. The big reason would be that these individuals feel alone; they feel that if they say how they truly feel, family members, and friends will treat them differently, and most likely, sadly, they will. This is where the hypocrisy of religion comes into play: the super-religious people, usually so rational about everything else, and so moral, will condemn individuals with a lack of faith and threaten them with eternal damnation. The reason being, it says to in their Holy Book.
            Take the Qu’ran, for instance, which professes the notion of “killing the infidel,” and suicide bombing in the name of their God, Allah, in order to obtain virgins in Heaven. There is a great fallacy in all of these stories and myths, a naturalistic fallacy as well as a logical fallacy. Simply because we have everything we do, and the Universe exists, does not mean that there is in fact, an Almighty Creator. At the same time, it doesn’t mean there isn’t as well. As I stated before, I’m simply preaching doubt, that’s my sermon. My purpose is to challenge everyone’s belief, because if we don’t challenge our faith, and just let these questions in the back of our mind, uncaring, blind, our faith isn’t truly ours. We must formulate our own opinions, and not conform to a particular belief system.

            On that note, I’d like to state that this is not merely a book to “roast” religion; it is to educate the religious and non-religious, and present my own personal beliefs of religion, and will focus primarily on Jesus of Nazareth, and my own personal theories of his life, stemming from my belief in religion for 19 years, followed by the questioning of it, and finally realizing the good that comes of it and having my personal revelations of Jesus’ existence. While I may be considered a “non-believer” in the traditional sense, I recognize the goodness of religion and this world, and don’t need a belief in God in order to see it. Instead of going to church every Sunday, try practicing your beliefs, our simply embracing all of “God’s glory.” While this may seem paradoxical, it’s not. Imagine God as metaphorical for everything good, instead of an actual person who created everything. It is this allusion that I believe in. I see God in everyone and everything. I can also see a metaphorical “Devil” in some bad situations as well. When we start to realize that it is not God who has the power to “End the world,” and instead it is us; with polluting on a catastrophic scale, wars, and the like, we will truly be a free world. When we look past ridiculous prophecy, as well as self-fulfilling prophecy, we will come closer to being the best people we can, and reach self-actualization.

Reviews

[Sara Mercury]

This is obviously very well studied and thought out. I would, however, consider revising this some day soon and separate into more paragraphs. There are some paragraphs that truly should be broken up into two and the like. Just a little nudge; nothing to hurt your feelings. You do write very well and your thought processes are quite clear and focused.

[Kenfucius69]

I'm glad you enjoy it! I'm planning on making it into a book eventually; it's in the early stages right now as you can see, but I've got a few more chapters I'll be uploading soon. I was really just looking for feedback on it.

[Vinyl Affair]

Wow, very wow.. I am speechless with this, where is this story going? What are you going to do with this? I would love to learn more.