My Easter Story ..
answers..
It is truly interesting: I
received a number of comments about my “Easter Story” Several
were in positive agreement with my thoughts, others however did allow
that they had a different set of beliefs.
The fascinating
considerations which one must gather from the negative comments is,
that not one of them discussed the issues I raised. Not one of them
said: Bert, you are wrong because....
One said: “How can you
question the word of God? Be careful, God's vengeance may be swift.”
Well, I can question it
because first I do not believe that the Bible is “the word of God”.
It is , I believe, the word of several, definitely not God-inspired,
human beings, evidenced by the “human traits” with which God is
endowed., evidenced by doubt, anger, punishment, penalties, evidenced
by contradictions, absurdities and sheer preposterous suppositions.
Typical of course also is
that I was warned to
“be careful, God's
vengeance may be swift”.
There, out in the open is
the threat with which Christian Churches of all denominations as
well, I assume, other organized Religions,try to keep their flock in
line. Do as we tell you or God's wrath shall befall you. “Fear the
Lord” is the usual battle cry.
I believe that contrary to
popular belief: God did not create Man, it was Man who created the
image of God.
This does not mean that
there cannot be a Creative Force, but it means that I do not believe
in the God as described in the Old and New Testament of the Christian
Bible.
Let it be known, that I
neither affirm, nor deny the existence of a Creative Force. I am
sitting on the intellectual fence of the Agnostic. I just wish to
express my absolute disbelief in the God of the Christian
Bible
Now, back to the-mails I
have received in response to my essay:
One of them said this: (
an excerpt)
“Dear Bert, why do
you not believe in Jesus Christ and in God? It gives to those who
believe so much inner peace and contentment.”
Well, to those, who
believed, Mao Tse Tung's “Red Bible of Communism” gave “inner
peace and contentment” So did the writings of Karl Marx, and, I am
certain that Hitler's “Mein Kampf”pleased many of its readers.
Another writer assured me
that the Bible speaks in Parables and Similes and may therefore not
be read without the explanations of a “learned Theologian”
Such a suggestion is truly
funny: It is like saying: You must not study “the Law” without
consulting the Don, Vito Corleone.
In fact, this is just the
point of it all: If you do not want to think for yourself, just read
and accept the Bible and, if in doubt, check it out with a “learned
Theologian” and then believe what he tells you.
You, as a member of the
common folk are evidently not smart enough to think, recognize
contradictions, be astonished at preposterous suppositions
If, as another of the
readers of my Blog, suggests via e-mail, words may not mean the same
today, as they meant then and translators may have made errors, then
the entire book becomes a totally useless book of (and here comes one
of my favorite words about the Bible) gobbledygook
Bertstravels
would have much more to
say, but will leave it alone for now.
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