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god is a pervert
I watched Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal the otherday. It was fantastic, dealing with a man's difficult relationship with his own faith. The title of the film reminded me of David Koresh, of WACO fame, because Koresh thought he was the messiah who had been sent to earth to understand the seventh seal of god. This, and a challenge from my girlfriend to read the bible a bit more before criticising it, inspired me to read the book of revelations which is written by someone named John (but most probably not the apostle John), relaying a message he received in the form of a vision from an angel.
I must say, I was super impressed by the book of revelations. It was like a mini sci-fi story, complete with plagues, angels of death, war, and revenge. The thing that fascinates me most is that god is painted as this whole and holy being, the ultimate symbol of love. If this is the case, why can he not just take those with faith to heaven and make it the end of the line for all of the lost souls? Instead, he unleashes a war on the world for a 1000 years, before releasing Satan, and then kills everyone AGAIN, along with Satan. So full of love.
I must say, I was super impressed by the book of revelations. It was like a mini sci-fi story, complete with plagues, angels of death, war, and revenge. The thing that fascinates me most is that god is painted as this whole and holy being, the ultimate symbol of love. If this is the case, why can he not just take those with faith to heaven and make it the end of the line for all of the lost souls? Instead, he unleashes a war on the world for a 1000 years, before releasing Satan, and then kills everyone AGAIN, along with Satan. So full of love.
It must be hardwork to look at revelations as being specific and complete predictions for the end of the world. For one, there is a specific mention of only 144,000 people being marked to populate heaven, which will be a cosy 2400km squared, heaven will also be made exclusively of gold and rare gems which strikes me as quite odd, was jesus big on bling? It also explicitly mentions sexual immorality as a reason to suffer the agonising eternity laid forth by god, so sorry to all the homosexuals but I think this is meant to include you, god does not love you.
It seems alot easier to ponder revelations while considering the circumstances it was written in. The author is thought to be a Palestinian jew who was exiled from Palestine by the Romans. The island he wrote the book on had alot of naturally occuring magic mushrooms on it, which were popular. The beast with seven heads that is locked in battle with god could actually be Rome, which had seven emperors up to that point and was waging war on christianity, the beast of 666 could represent Nero, as 'Emperor Nero' can be converted to 666 in Hebrew. Going off this revelations becomes a warning for christians to stay true to their faith and they will be rewarded when god crushes Rome and vindicates the people who died for gods word.
If it is easier to understand the book using context, background information, and metaphorical interpretation then what does that say about the rest of the bible?
My one persisting issue with the notion of there being a god is the simple question I have never heard a justifiable answer to. Why? He creates a universe and fills it with people. The simple purpose of these people is to find and serve god. If they do so, they gain acceptance to heaven, where they will live as kings for eternity, serving god. Whoever does not find or answer to god will suffer an eternity in hell. Why give us this empty notion of free will and make us trudge around this testing ground that earth is reduced to? My insolence is surely a result of his creation teaming up with an environment he could envision, so was I effectively relegated to hell before I was born? Did god create me because he wanted people like me to suffer for eternity?
So even if god were to materialise I would still think of him as a pervert voyeur type. I am looking forward to the nothingness I see enveloping everything when I die.
It seems alot easier to ponder revelations while considering the circumstances it was written in. The author is thought to be a Palestinian jew who was exiled from Palestine by the Romans. The island he wrote the book on had alot of naturally occuring magic mushrooms on it, which were popular. The beast with seven heads that is locked in battle with god could actually be Rome, which had seven emperors up to that point and was waging war on christianity, the beast of 666 could represent Nero, as 'Emperor Nero' can be converted to 666 in Hebrew. Going off this revelations becomes a warning for christians to stay true to their faith and they will be rewarded when god crushes Rome and vindicates the people who died for gods word.
If it is easier to understand the book using context, background information, and metaphorical interpretation then what does that say about the rest of the bible?
My one persisting issue with the notion of there being a god is the simple question I have never heard a justifiable answer to. Why? He creates a universe and fills it with people. The simple purpose of these people is to find and serve god. If they do so, they gain acceptance to heaven, where they will live as kings for eternity, serving god. Whoever does not find or answer to god will suffer an eternity in hell. Why give us this empty notion of free will and make us trudge around this testing ground that earth is reduced to? My insolence is surely a result of his creation teaming up with an environment he could envision, so was I effectively relegated to hell before I was born? Did god create me because he wanted people like me to suffer for eternity?
So even if god were to materialise I would still think of him as a pervert voyeur type. I am looking forward to the nothingness I see enveloping everything when I die.
