Fwweeeeeeeee. Religion. Oh goody. Let's put on our happy hats. [/sarcasm]
I take no one who considers religion peaceful seriously. Throughout human existence, religion easily has been, is and will continue to be the leading cause of human death on this planet and thanks to the "God" excuse, it will allow religion to continue that legacy of violence. Along with Stewart Lee and Chris Morris, allow me to add two past comedians: Bill Hicks and George Carlin.
But in dealing with "God", and what it has caused over the course of our existence, I did something very reminiscient of what the late Mr. Carlin would have done: I looked to define "God". Not in a dictionary kind of way (though I did turn to several of them), but in a universal sense - something that could apply to all of us, regardless of belief or stance on the matter. Thus, my search took me back to the Greeks; basically where our system of governing and language came from. In this, I discovered some very crucial things. I will single them out for importance:
God = Theos
Speaking specifically, the word "God" is a direct translation of the Greek word "Theos", thus they are the same word. However, in finding the word "Theos", I found another similar word "entheos" which, when translated, means "god within" or "having the god within". Finding this, I went to look and see if there was an English word for "entheos" since this word was close to sounding like a few of our English words and sure enough:
entheos = enthusiasm
The word enthusiasm, as best I could find, means "great excitement or interest, strong liking or appreciation in something". Oddly enough, enthusiam was a word originally strongly associated with religion. One last discovery made this research very rewarding for me:
If the words are the same, then, by that assumption, their definitions are also the same or equal to each other.
Ergo, "god within" = "great excitement or interest, strong liking or appreciation in something".
This alone was not enough, however. In addition to this, I had to research the big three religious books - the Christian Bible, the Jewish Tanakh and the Islamic Koran (or Qu'Ran, whichever you prefer) - for something that unified all three, outside of their discourse and history of violence. Again, what I found both amazed and astounded me: all three of these religions record Jesus as no less than a Major Prophet of God. They also record his golden rule, "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You". Now that I had all of this information, I combined it form my opinion and definition of "God":
"If you have god within you, and you do unto others as you would have them do unto you, then you will find peace and appreciation for life."
Now, how religious leaders and figures have missed this little tidbit of religious history for the past 3000+ fucking years is simply a goddamned mystery to me!
With that, I will return to what I enjoy, where I will infringe upon no one and leave everyone to what they appreciate.
I take no one who considers religion peaceful seriously. Throughout human existence, religion easily has been, is and will continue to be the leading cause of human death on this planet and thanks to the "God" excuse, it will allow religion to continue that legacy of violence. Along with Stewart Lee and Chris Morris, allow me to add two past comedians: Bill Hicks and George Carlin.
But in dealing with "God", and what it has caused over the course of our existence, I did something very reminiscient of what the late Mr. Carlin would have done: I looked to define "God". Not in a dictionary kind of way (though I did turn to several of them), but in a universal sense - something that could apply to all of us, regardless of belief or stance on the matter. Thus, my search took me back to the Greeks; basically where our system of governing and language came from. In this, I discovered some very crucial things. I will single them out for importance:
God = Theos
Speaking specifically, the word "God" is a direct translation of the Greek word "Theos", thus they are the same word. However, in finding the word "Theos", I found another similar word "entheos" which, when translated, means "god within" or "having the god within". Finding this, I went to look and see if there was an English word for "entheos" since this word was close to sounding like a few of our English words and sure enough:
entheos = enthusiasm
The word enthusiasm, as best I could find, means "great excitement or interest, strong liking or appreciation in something". Oddly enough, enthusiam was a word originally strongly associated with religion. One last discovery made this research very rewarding for me:
If the words are the same, then, by that assumption, their definitions are also the same or equal to each other.
Ergo, "god within" = "great excitement or interest, strong liking or appreciation in something".
This alone was not enough, however. In addition to this, I had to research the big three religious books - the Christian Bible, the Jewish Tanakh and the Islamic Koran (or Qu'Ran, whichever you prefer) - for something that unified all three, outside of their discourse and history of violence. Again, what I found both amazed and astounded me: all three of these religions record Jesus as no less than a Major Prophet of God. They also record his golden rule, "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You". Now that I had all of this information, I combined it form my opinion and definition of "God":
"If you have god within you, and you do unto others as you would have them do unto you, then you will find peace and appreciation for life."
Now, how religious leaders and figures have missed this little tidbit of religious history for the past 3000+ fucking years is simply a goddamned mystery to me!
With that, I will return to what I enjoy, where I will infringe upon no one and leave everyone to what they appreciate.
, i love it, keep it up