[This will contain a heavy topic regarding religion. If this could anger or upset you, click off.] I do not believe in a higher power. Now, this doesn't mean that I don't respect those that do. I'm good friends with a devout Christian, and my mother is a practicing mormon. But if there is a god, why would He let the trajedies that happen... happen? Covid, the Black Plauge, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and so much more. They say, "it's all a part of His plan," but why does that plan involve k!lling so many people? Why does that plan involve letting the gullible be lied to? The vulnerable taken advantage of? The weak exploited? Letting his own son di3 for "our sins?" If anything, He is not benevolent. He takes life, and, sure, he gives it, by why does so much have to be a sin in "His" eyes? Homosexuality is a main example. " Because of this, God gave them over to shameful desires. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with desire for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." Now, this has been changed so that the ST won't ban me for eight thousand years, but it stays the same. If God made Eve from one of Adam's ribs, where did He get the concept of "woman" from? God has always been portrayed as He. So how am I supposed to be attracted to someone I just don't take interest in, or even that I do, but just don't prioritize? I've been told so many times that "God will fix you, you just need to let Him in." Ok, how? Pray? Hope? That didn't keep my cat alive. That didn't save my best friend's sister. That isn't why I wake up in the morning and think "I have to push on for my family." "But He cares about you." Prove it. I want you to prove that God exists. And if you can? I'll believe. But don't reference the bible. It's just a book with words in my opinion. And honestly? The written word can be tainted. So much of the bible is mistranslated. 20,000 leagues under the sea was mistranslated. The little prince was mistranslated. So why is the bible infallibale if everything else isn't? Why does He get so many free passes when I get told "You're a sinner," for just looking the way I do? For just being who I am? And honestly? You can be mad for my opinion. I won't lose respect for those that practice. But I will lose respect for you. I don't hate all people who worship god. I just hate the concepts that He gave us. Sinning is subjective. Not worshping Him is a sin to some, being gay is a sin to others, and being born autistic is a sin to still others. I can't control how I was born. Accept me for me. Don't bring a God into it. Just accept who I am, and if you don't like it? Don't talk to me. Leave me alone. Let me be who I am. Even if the bible says I should follow His footsteps, I don't have to if I don't believe. Sure, I'll pray at christmas dinner. I'll go to church weddings. I will dip my hand in the holy water as I enter a church. But I do not practice, nor will I. So take it as it is. And accept me for me.
