Trisha,
What do you consider as organized religion?
Laura

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> From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A feeling question..
> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:15 PM
>
> Hi Bobby,
>
>         I have to concur with you -at least partially -
>
> > If I thought a Higher Being pre-ordained my CP, someonelse' MD, etc. I
> > could not respect such a being. As Rabbi Kushner says in "Why Bad
things H
> > appento Good People" God put is some degree of "slippage" in creation.
> That's
> > the "luck of the draw" and as I once said in a poem "Play the cards you
> are
> > dealtand don't whine". That's my own" raisson d'etre"
>
>
>         I am awed by the whole creation of a being process. We can't
> replicate that. To create something as complex as a being and go thru
each
> of the cell mutations flawlessly is mind boggling. I am not surprised
that
> when created inside another being, subject to what that being does and is
> exposed to - that glitches occur. I do not view any of that - what other
> people call illness and disabling conditions as anything other than
normal.
> You are asking something many times more complex than a engine to
function
> flawlessly. If I thought a higher being had deliberately orchestraed
Amber's
> CP or my abuse - I would loathe that being from the bottom of my heart
and
> certainly could never respect it - surely a God would have better things
to
> to than be a petty tyrant who maimes and tortures. Surely such a being
must
> be the ulitmate Evil.  From where I stand the Gods have given us all we
need
> to live our lives and love and care for each other without requiring
their
> constant intervention like a nurse maid. Hopefully they have better
things
> on which to focus than my life. Its a endless Universe. How egotistical
to
> think Gods have nothing better to do than think of me. Of course
organized
> religions are not for the people who think only for people who must be
told
> what to think and how to act. Its much easier to be told how to be than
to
> accept responsibilty for one actions and have to think them out. The
problem
> with life is the fact people are spoon fed what to believe thru religions
> and in our soctiey that includes Hollywood version of what life should.
> Mindless sheep!! True value systems encourage a person to thinks thing
thru
> and come to conclusions based on their experiences and ability to
question -
> blind obediance is required only by those whose ideas won't stand  up in
the
> light of scruteny.A true God is so far beyond human comphehension  and
Gods
> of humnas resemble the humans - strengths and weakeness - autocratic
petty
> tyrants that require unthinking obediance. Modern religions are big
> usiness  - and if they don't have followers they will bite the dust. They
> are no different than Chrysler, Ford,Cadillac or MicroSoft. Of course
those
> all have their followers too. LOL
>
>                 Brightest Blessings
>                        Trisha - who has never managed to do the sheep
thing