Religion a view by The Daredevil of Anarchy inc. -------- Religion is a funny thing. People worship God (Budda/Mow/whatever) in their own way. But, you can get in a lot of "trouble" if you don't worship God in somebody else's way. Such is the case with the persecution of Jews, Moonies, Hari Krishnas, etc. The Bible, is put down by a lot of people as being "...just another novel full of stories..." Well, true. It is full of stories. But, these stories give people a base to live life upon. Some people accept that God exists as a "truth". Imagine trying to convince a Jew that God doesn't exist. It's the same thing as trying to convince a machine language programmer that PILOT is better. Bother the programmer and the Jew will pass you off as crazy. See? So, people, don't bother trying to convince somebody that one religion is better than the other. Mind you, you can prove that one thing is better than the other (ie, Macintoshes and Timex Sinclair). But religion is not one of those things. Trust me. (...said the spider to the fly...) Now, I've found that some people cannot sleep without knowing that there is somebody watching over you. Imagine, if you will, a world without God. Now, first, we suffer from lack of love and compassion. How!? Well, look at it this way. Now, if you have no God, then people have no sense of security. (...think of Linus's blanket, from Peanuts...) They know that the Universe is a massivly huge place. [I don't want to go into how big it really is. Douglas Adams already outlined it in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Just trust me, it's big.] They know that after they die, there is no place for them to go. They know that it doesn't matter what kind of person they are on this world. Everybody goes to the same place when they die. Where? To an eternal sleep. So, people are generally bad, cruel, uncaring, numb human beings. Human. Underline that word. Why do I say that they are bad? Because good people don't get very far in life. "NO! They go to heav-" No. There is no heaven. So, therefore, people see no reason for love, and as generations go on, they become even more filled with hate and disregard for laws, life, love, and anything else that should come along their path in life. Good guys finish last, right? "NO! They get to go to heav-" Nope. There is no heaven. So, therefore, nobody cares. WRONG!!! -------- -------- The Bible gives these people comfort, and lets them feel that there is somebody that loves them. That there is somebody to take care of them when they are in need. That there is somebody out there, watching them. That doesn't mean that The Bible is for everybody. It isn't. Call these people weak, if you must, but at least they're assured. What do I mean by that? Well, who's to say that God doesn't exist. Can you prove it? Who's to say that God does exist? Can they prove it? Yes, each side can prove it! Huh? Therefore, this cancels both these theories out. See? There is no God, yet there is. It can be proved. Now, here's another intresting point. "...faith denies proof, and without faith I am nothing..." THAT'S TRUE. But, this doesn't even have to interact with God. It can work with anything, that has been proved, and then not proved (and proved again...and not again...and again...programmers call this an endless loop. Congress calls this a working system. Bad joke.) This quote (i guess it's a quote...from who? From God. But I thought you said he doesn't exist! No, I said that it's been proved that God doesn't exist. But it has been proved that he DOES exist. That's correct also. HUH!?) can work with anything from UFO's, Aliens, the Supernatural, and Ron VanZuylen. See my confusing point? But, if it's been proved that he does exist, then proof denies faith, and without faith, he is nothing. So, therefore, he is nothing. But, what about all these people with Bibles, and all the churches? They must have put/wrote them for a reason? The reason? Comfort. Oh, I thought I'd mention. How does one prove that God exists? Why would all these massive amounts of people worship him if he didn't? If God causes miracles to happen, then these miracles are proof! Then again, what is proof? It's evidence. It's the facts, bud! But how can you have facts? Can you prove that Ron VanZuylen exists? [I realise that this a crude example. Let's use some- thing like Japan.] Can you prove that Japan exists? Ever been there? You haven't? Maybe Japan is an elaborate joke from the US Goverment, and accually you're going Toledo. All japanese are chinese? Or maybe all these Japanese are from Toldeo! Riiiiiight. Nobody in their right mind would believe that. Prove I'm wrong. Heh. Oh, you have a picture of Japan. Ever hear of Universal Studios? OH! I forgot to mention. Can you prove that I'm right? Therefore, nothing can be proved. See? Thank you. Thank you Mr. Moon Roach. Now, if nothing can be proved, then there is no religion. But, I'm not here to disprove Japan, Ron VanZuylen, Religion and God, VanVision CBBS, or anything else. Perhaps I've gone off on too many different tangents. ("Sex?" "Shut up Ron.") Have I confused you yet? Drat. You're following all of this. Now, what I've been attempting to grasp in this whole semblence of a statement, is that nothing can be proved, so knock off trying to disprove things, or even prove them. In this case, we're talking about Religion here. So, let's, for the sake of arguement, say that every religion is real. Everybody is correct. I can't end this file saying that everybody is incorrect. That would bother some people. But, let me end it on this note: Everything is correct, and real. Everything is also incorrect, and unreal. Both these statements can be proved. Nothing can be proved. Nothing can't even be proved. Therefore, everything cancles itself out, and we're all nice and confused once again. Now, perhaps you can understand why some people take drugs, right? They're victims of reality. What a wasteful pity of a human mind. Exposed to reality at a young age. Don't blame them. [Authors Note] At the rate I'm going, this textfile could go on forever. Or at least until I run out of buffer space. I started out on religion, and ended it on the note that people who take drugs aren't ready for raw reality. Strange. That's what I get when I don't write anything in a long time, and all these weird odd ideas form in my overtaxed mind. I can't call this file RELIGION. That would confuse too many people. I can't call it "FUCK!! volume two". This file shall be known herein as "MASS CONFUSION VOLUME ONE". Fair enough? Oh yes, I had a disclaimer to print also... [Disclaimer] I referred to God as God, as most people call him. However, God in this textfile shall be symbolized as anything that is worshiped by one or more people(s). So, don't get angry if I didn't mention your God. I also referred to God as being a "He". You'll have to excuse me for that. We cannot prove that God is male, or female, or either, or both. Now, I don't want to start disproving proof again, because I'm getting confused by my own writing now! [Last Notes] Drugs. Alcohol. Sex. Insanity. Violence. Lobotomies. Fantasies. These are a few of the things used to escape from the grim, bare, naked, nitty-gritty, down-to-the-earth reality. Reality is horrible, and it shows us running around this misrable little planet off in the corner of the Universe, creating things to tear them down, living only about forty years out of the BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS (etc.) of years that the Earth has existed. Am I scaring you? That's life. Is it? No. Prove it. Shut up, Daredevil. [Credits] Ideas for this file were derived from: The Moon Roach Ron S. VanZuylen Ruby Tuesday The Princess (Leia) Eric C. Thompson and some funny lady on a bus that tried to give me a pamplet on Christianity. Created by The Daredevil (Harrison) of Anarchy inc. 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