Tag: agnostic

On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins

I always have mixed feelings when I put something out there about my faith. I come from a long line of Christian men and women. For a lot of the people in my family faith isn’t just one aspect of life, it’s the only thing that matters. I grew up attending countless church services and always had a close relationship with Jesus. As I grew up I started to have questions about some of the stories in the Bible. I didn’t so much doubt THAT they happened, but I questioned WHY they happened. 

One of my favorite things in life is contemplating the religion I grew up with. I can’t emphasize enough how large of a focus Christianity was to my upbringing. This series is fun and cathartic for me, but I also can’t help but feel a little guilty for how it might make some people feel. I’m not purposefully being a smug little shit with the way I depict the characters. But, I don’t want to tiptoe around some of my doubts. I aim to hold a light up to them. If there’s no monster in the closet, that’s not on me. 

Please note: If the below cartoons are likely to offend you please consider not being offended by cartoons. This is meant to be funny and thought-provoking, not disrespectful and offensive.

Several years ago God looked down on the world and was super not into what he saw. People were sinning and killing animals to pay for the sins and it was all a bit much. He had already promised to not flood the world again so he had to think of a better way to get people to start behaving. Long story short, Jesus came to Earth to pay for our sins, and I have a lot of thoughts about that. Continue reading “On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins”

On God Part III- What Happens in the Afterlife?

I don’t know what happens when we die. Darkness? Golden staircases? Elephants with lots of arms? The possibilities are intriguing. Depending on what part of the globe you’re standing on, you’ll get some radically different guesses on what encompasses the afterlife. It’s possible that everything you currently think is correct, and everyone else is wrong. It’s also possible that the way you think the world works is so far off-base that you’re basically just wasting your life being wrong 100% of the time. Exciting, huh?

Oh, this is Part III of my On God series, BTW. You can read Part I  and Part II here.

The point is, nobody really REALLY knows what happens when we die. I distrust people whose pie chart of belief on the afterlife is all one color. Continue reading “On God Part III- What Happens in the Afterlife?”