Re: Lies, Damned Lies and Religion
Well, waiting until the cars have stopped before crossing the road is quite sensible behaviour, so long as it's caution justifying it rather than fear.
Of course parents aren't trying to be mean, or get revenge for their own childhoods. Nonetheless, they are lying. For some reason, people seem to think bringing children up to think a large man in a red coat carried by flying reindeer is going to come and bring them presents once a year is a good idea. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that all the presents have to come from somewhere, and so it's very much in the interests of big business to support it.
As it happens, for most children there is a day when your parents buy you presents, it's called your birthday.
In the end though, Santa Claus isn't the big issue. The issue is lying to children in order to protect their feelings, innocence, to curtail a potentially embarrassing discussion or for any other reason. Children having been brought up by their parents in this way will naturally believe (if only subconsciously) that lying to people is acceptable, if they can justify it in some way. This is clearly shown in a sexual relationship where one of the partners has an affair. Naturally, whoever's doing it will keep it secret. They'll justify that by thinking if they keep it secret, their partner won't be hurt.
Children have cartoons, their dreams and everything their friends say to keep their imaginations running wild. They don't need to be lied to by their parents too.
That's a pretty big timing error! One might be able to accept days having been misinterpreted as weeks, maybe months... But Millions of years? They made it days because they had no idea it was millions of years, and no real reason to think the world existed for a real length of time before humans. They just didn't know any better.
People tend to remember the good times about the past, and forget the bad. People had much the same concerns back then that they did now, the poor education, the crime, the immoral children having underage sex.
Just like parents and Santa Claus, religion lies to people for 'good reasons'. They're trying to save people from a God who might just torture them forever. That doesn't make it right though, because they can't validate their religious beliefs with reason. Unless they're insane.
What would you want done with your life? Funnily enough, happiness comes from you. You're the only one who can make your life better, but the easiest way is to change yourself. Changing other people is very difficult, requiring enormous and constant effort. That's why a great deal of relationships end, by the way. People trying to mould each other get worn out and change back to who they really were. Then they realise they're incompatible.
Well, your negative feelings won't just disappear. You need to make that happen. Feelings are only thoughts that are allowed free reign in your mind, and if they're strong enough even your body. They can be controlled, changed or eliminated by your will.
-----Original Message-----
From: Complaints Department [mailto:Address removed by anti spam software]
Sent: 17 May 2008 21:07
To: God
Subject: FW: Lies
Well, I know it wouldn't be my fault exactly but it would be so typical. I like the way you say you didn't have a boyfriend until you were 16, as if that was a long time... I've been alive over 1500 of your years now. Never had a relationship... Never even a, "hey baby, fancy a quick meaningless affair?". People vomit on me a lot though, dunno if that means anything.
Different with the angels?! You did talk to Raphael right? He's not even the worst of them... Not that it matters if a certain someone wipes out entire species just because she's in a bad mood, they're probably better off anyway. Probably safer talking to strangers on Earth, at least they get put in prison if they murder you. Not that murder is possible for us sadly...
Well, that particular human host turned out to be allergic to ice cream, I'm sure if I tried it again the same thing (or worse) would happen though. I wouldn't go to Beachy Head to be honest. The cliffs are nice but then you might meet me...
Angels do die, eventually... Takes almost 6000 Earth years though. Some people are just horrible, but it's the nice people that really get me down...
Love and light are things that affect other people,
Camael
Signature - I'm not always this depressed... Except when I feel, think or do anything really...
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