May 10, 2010

Consider the three main religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam. It is said from each that they believe in one God. In fact, the Catholic church has it in the mass, ” I believe in one God….”.

Yet, this God can be interpreted in so many ways, even within the same religion! Baptists, Catholics, Methodists have different beliefs and they are all Christian beliefs. One islamic belief encourages a disharmony with other religions where as others belief in religious tolerance.

We hear, “God loves you,” and “Fear your God.” Which is true? We even ‘kill’ in the name of God. What does God think of all this? If there are so many opinions about God and what ‘He’ says, can it be said that anyone has ever heard or seen God and, if so, which is true? Who can say so? Which church do we believe? Do we believe because of ‘convenience’ or is there ony one true church that is interpreting the word of God? If so, is this God the same God as the other churches?

I’ve heard it said, ‘it doesn’t matter which church you follow, we all believe in God.’ Is that really good enough? I wonder if God isn’t confused by all the different beliefs about ‘Him’, and come to think of it, haven’t many churches ‘de-sexed’ God? Ask a womans libber!

“Love thy neighbour.” Is this true for all religions? If so, why do many Islamic groups form terrorist groups against Christians? For that matter, why to the Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics hate each other? After all, they believe in the same God.

Ah, but we are only human. God wouldn’t have gotten it wrong, but we have free will so we can interpret Gods word to suit our needs. Na, the church wouldn’t do that.

May 3, 2010

Have you ever thought about ‘heaven’? If you believe in God, then you must believe in heaven, after all, it has been said that, when we die, we go to heaven to be with God. So, where is heaven? What does it look like?

We live in a three dimensional world and we are told that ‘time’ is the forth dimension so, heaven must be outside of our realm which places heaven outside of our universe. Hey, if God has been around for ever, then God must be outside of time, therefore, heaven must be outside of time since our universe has a life span which is dictated by time.

So, heaven must exist in another dimension. Can this dimension overlay our current world? Can it exist with this world, but not dictated by time? Is heaven only for earthlings? If so, why do we have such a large universe if all that matters is us?

Our Muslim friends tell us that heaven is multi-leveled. There are degrees of heaven. Are they interconnected by another set of dimensions? I wonder if I’ll get to heaven and be surrounded by seven virgins. Do they stay virgins? Where did they come from? There are a lot of questions aren’t there!

Now, what about hell. If we can believe in heaven then surely we can believe in hell, yet, the church now says that there is no hell. Nor is there that in between place called ‘limbo’. Why? How can we suddenly get rid of hell and limbo? For years people have lived believing in these places, if it was thought that they might have gone to hell, where in fact are they?

And those people who have never believed in God, where will they go, now that hell no longer exists? Think of all the good people who knew nothing about God, where are they? Not in limbo, it doesn’t exist either. That means, we must all go to heaven or, cease to exist.

Can our heaven have a solidity much like our earth, and again, where is it located? Will our spirits have a solid form and will it look like our earthly form?

I know I have posed a lot of questions but they can’t be answered by ‘faith’ alone. Blind faith, to me, is ignorance. If I believe in heaven because of faith, then why can’t anything else I believe, because of faith, exist? I would love to read your opinion. Remember, those who do not believe in God have no thought about heaven, to them, it simply does not exist. It gets back to the question, where is heaven placed within the structure of our universe and our lives?

June 6, 2009

“A being than which none greater can be thought,” what a great definition for God! Anselm derived some great thinking when he defined God, thus. It has become the mantle for Procrastinators since, because tomorrow never comes, there can be no greater reason for procrastinating.

Think about it! If on this day I decide to complete a task tomorrow, and when on the next day I think about it, tomorrow hasn’t come. So, like God, I can put off completing the task adinfinitum.

Can you think of a greater being than which none can be thought? Isn’t it great? If you can think of a greater being then, that being must be God, since, there cannot possibly be a greater being, unless you don’t believe in God in the first place then there is nothing to  argue.

But, truly, tomorrow will never come since on the day after the said day that the statement was uttered, if I ask, “Is it tomorrow yet?” You can say, “No. Wait twenty four hours.” It’s fantastic! You can wait twenty four hours and tomorrow is still in the future. See? You never have to worry about completing a task provided you say to the task giver, “I will have it completed tomorrow.”

Don’t be trapped into saying you’ll have it completed by 12June, since this will bind you. Imagine how foolish you would feel if you didn’t complete the task! You would not be true to your word.

Ah, thank God for the Society for Lovers of Procrastination (SLOP), our motto, wait until tomorrow stands firm in our hearts. Join us and become a lazy, slothful person who always has a sound excuse for tardiness. “No worries, it’ll be done tomorrow. You can stake your life on it.”

November 30, 2008

I went to enter ‘Windows live’ for the first time on my pocket PC and because I didn’t read the instructions that popped up on the screen, I went to enter my name to register.

Ah! But I was already registered and when I clicked ‘OK’, I was taken to a page of Newbegins. “Look at all these people!” I thought, “And they are all Newbegins. What happened to my registration?” I asked my dull brain.

Anyway, I clicked my way through the list until I came across the name Terry Newbegin. He had written a book and since I too had recently been published, I decided to check out his book and site. Terry has written a book interpreting the first book of the bible; Genesis, and boy! Does he give a different meaning compared to the traditional meaning offered by the church. But you know what! It makes sense. I immediately identified with what he had written.

I still get confused by some of his descriptions, but I find what he says fascinating and we now communicate regularly, both in friendship and with Terry explaining his text to me. Chance? I don’t know but I am glad that I ventured into his portion of cyberspace. If I hadn’t been ignorant of what I was doing when I opened Windows live, then we propably would never have met.

If you are searching for answers about the bible (here Genesis), want a different interpretaion, or want answers about who you are, then go to Terry’s site. The link is provided below. I have not tried to give an interpretation of Terry’s book here, but I urge you to visit his site. He has provided sample pages to read before purchasing his book, should you wish to take this avenue.

Terry can be found on:

http://www.eden.co.uk/shop/genesis-1242596.html

 

A web page has been developed by his son: http://terrynewbegin.com, it works, but is limited at the moment. I have no doubt that Terry and I have loving sons that will get our pages up and running fully soon.