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awesome post ... beyond thinking .. i think today, youth should read all religious books ... they will find the answer ...world will destroy one day and we will be in front of GOD..
disaster on true believer of GOD is an examination of his faith and a curse on non believer

@Nicolas - no that's not my intention at all. Just sharing another point of view.

@Annie - I couldn't agree with you more - people should be open minded and tolerant of all. I know someone who got shut out by her Christian family for falling in love with a beautiful man from Pakistan and she became a Muslim. Her family told her if she didn't acknowledge Jesus as the son of God instead of merely a prophet of God as in Islam, she was DEAD TO THEM.
I thought that was HARSH.

@Mizz Tonya I think my comment just got eaten. I typed I understood completely as I grew up basically in what we used to jokingly refer to as the Buckle of the Bible Belt. I have never been religious and eventually lost friends over my lack of interest in "being saved". I replaced those friends with smarter, non-judgmental people. :)

GOOD POST

Thank you Leny!

REALLY A GOOD ONE.............

@Anna - thank you! I thought your Incredible India photos on your blog were beautiful!

@michael - thank you - I agree!

That's a great post. I can't believe in all that mythical fairy tale BS either. I remember my babysitter taking me to her church when I was about 7. I went to Sunday school and thought it was Story Time. Then I realized later, during the service, that the grownups BELIEVED it. Here I was, 7 years old, and fully convinced it was just stories, and totally amazed that the adults believed them.

@Amber - I'm with you. I wasn't raised in a religious household and I attended church sunday school once with some neighbor kids - I was a little older than you were but I had nothing but questions after a brief bible lesson that were basically answered with, "Because that's how Jesus wants it". Yeah, that'll work LOL....

As usual my new friend Jolynn has got me thinking. I struggle over the fact that there has to be more to life than just this. If we are here by evolution then what is the use? All the suffering, pain, wars, for what? So people can go through life hungry, sick, tortured for what? To die at the end and become dust? Then why even live? All we humans do is destroy our Earth, hurt each other etc. Yes there are some good times in life, but not for millions of hungary, abused humans around the world. I don't know, I am saddened to think that this is all there is. I would even be willing to come back and try to do better the 2nd or 3rd time around than just think I turn into dust and all is for nothing. Why have morals? Why be good? Why care about other people if there is no God or here after. I would just do all the selfish things I want to do and the heck with everyone else. Questions, questions and more questions.

@Pat - good questions all- you are so deep! Personally I like to think I'm good without God. Someone needs something, I do my darnedest to see they get what they need if it's remotely within my power to do so. Questions and thinking are GOOD :)

@Anna - funny how outside the bible there's no proof Jesus even existed, and remember the bible was written long after Jesus had supposedly been here.

@Nicolas - you're funny! :D

I am very sad at the way your family has tried to convince you to follow God, but I am also sad at how your misunderstanding of the true message of the bible has kept you away. There are many wonderful things that have happened in my life only because I love my Jesus. I won't go into them now, but I do respect your choice, as we all should for each other.

@Michelle - what wonderful thoughts you shared! This wasn't my personal letter -It was a narration of the video. I was raised in a non-religious home and taught the bible was literature - I was also taught to respect anyone that didn't think the same way and was a believer - and I absolutely do.

@Rog - I appreciate your concern for my soul and thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am well researched, extremely well educated and let me stress *very* comfortable with my decision to not involve religion in my life. Contrary to what you may think, I personally don't need the threats of eternal damnation to be a good, charitable, kind, giving person. By the way, saying Muslims are evil, Hindus are going to Hell and Jews are the devil is not very tolerant. Just sayin'.

"No Good without Evil. No Love without Hate. No Innocence without Lust. No God without a Devil. I AM DARKNESS."

@Jeff... I loved Tim Curry as the Devil in Legend :)

@Roger - No amount of belief will make a fact. I thank you for your concern for my immortal soul but I'm very comfortable in my own personal knowledge that Jesus is not real.