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God and Country (Haiku) by dougsoderstrom

Prayers to Jesus, Flags a waving, Missiles launched from pews.

dougsoderstrom 19-Sep-02/8:00 AM
Dear Dark_Angel:

You asked that I respond to your question concerning God (the possibility of His existence) and the possibility that Christianity is bullshit (I suspect that here you more specifically mean "pure and unadulterated bullshit").

Well now, as to the question of God's existence you, as well as I, know that that question cannot be answered by us mere mortals. It is quite simply an assumption that each of us, for our own selves, (for all kinds of legitimate or sometimes rather illegitimate reasons) make----and, of course such unprovable assumptions are made on the basis of "faith" (and of course "faith" can sometimes be spelled as "ignorance and laziness," and in the more mature cases, it can be spelled as "a fairly reasonable axiomatic assumption concerning life". But nevertheless, it is just an assumption that we, as human beings should be allowed, by each other, to make, without the need for undue argument or debate.

Now, in regards to the question of Christianity being "bullshit or not." Well, my own personal opinion on this is that Christianity is quite surely a matter of "pure and unadulturated bullshit" to the extent that it leads to hate, prejudice, injustice, and war. On the other hand, to the extent that Christianity leads each and everyone of us to be more kind, more gentle, more caring, more able to put ourselves into "the shoes of others," more willing to seek justice for all (especially those who have been persecuted), more humble, and more willing to say that "I am sorry and that "I forgive you,"---------to the extent that Christianity leads us to want to become more like Jesus Christ is the extent that Christianity (along with the other great religious traditions of our time)is absolutely essential to the survival of mankind----as well as our survival as individual human beings. In conclusion then, to the extent that Christianity (or even Buddhism, Hindsuism, Judaism,or the Moslem faith) enables our world to move toward the one and only acceptable goal of mankind (that being peace and love manifested by our own behavior on the earth) is the extent that our relationship to that which is most ultimate is good.

What do you think?

Doug




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