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It’s been a while since I’ve published any posts. Sorry. Anyway, here’s a post about God.
People don’t appreciate biblical miracles nearly enough. Living during Bible times must have been a whole lot of fun. Examples include: People lived to be 900 years old, water was frequently walked on and/or turned to wine, and people sometimes got swallowed by a large fish.
It. Was. Wild. Continue reading “On God Part XIII- Miracles in the Bible”
I’m genuinely undecided on the idea of prayer. Much like the existence of God, there is no direct proof that prayer helps those we’re praying for. There’s anecdotal evidence up the wazoo- someone, somewhere knows someone who was near death but someone prayed for them and they were healed- but there’s no direct evidence.
Many of us are tempted to call the example above direct evidence, but it’s not a fair comparison because the opposite is not also true. When someone is near death and we pray for them and they aren’t healed, we don’t count that as evidence that prayer doesn’t work. This sets up a situation where any positive evidence is counted while all negative evidence is thrown out.
Continue reading “On God Part VI-Does Prayer have the Power”
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”
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?”
