Religion to the Big Bang , Heaven and Hell

Religion to the Big Bang , Heaven and Hell
 
Okay let me say first things first. I am not looking for you to save me. I am not looking for you to guide me anywhere. I am writing about this topic because I am stuck in a place that confuses me and I assume I am not alone. So if you want to talk about what I write, comment on it, all of that is fine with me but please do not preach to me as I will not listen.

Okay, so religion. What is it? Is it a gathering of people with similar beliefs, hopes, and thoughts? Or is it even further than that in that the Church has guidelines for you to follow for you to be a good parishioner? I am truly confused on this and my thoughts on it probably do not jell with a lot of peoples but honest is what I am and this is that. I think that religions and Churches were started long ago for two reasons which may have evolved over time. I believe that they were started because people needed something to hope for and some way to explain the seemingly unexplainable. It was a good way to get people to gather and to control those people. They believed and often were told if you did not follow the churches or religious rules that you would go to hell. They were pretty cruel to people who were deemed sinners. As things evolved and cultures evolved did we not see these rules change and flex? Sinners were no longer flogged or put to death by the church but now suddenly you had the ability to be forgiven. So what changed? Who changed it? Was the church suddenly losing believers? Were other religions that were less strict popping up? Things change and evolve over time but if these were truly rules or writings from ancient times then why do there interpretations seem to be allowed to evolve to fit the needs of today? I do not get it. I guess it is a fine line because if you believe then you will simply believe and will find the justification for these changes over time.

So how about God and Jesus? How can one be both? How can God be the father of Jesus but Jesus is God? Add in the Holy Spirit if you wish as well but it certainly doesn’t make this equation any easier. I have heard Jesus is the living form of God. Okay but still how is one thing two things or even three things? It something that stumps me and all explanations from church goers to priests just do not make sense to me. Then often they will say that well some things just are and we are not meant to understand them. Well I am not buying that because we seem to be able to grasp and understand some pretty amazing stuff. So if God was not a human form. Why create a human form? Why do all images of God look human? Never mind if he is a she or he or she is black or white or brown or tan or whatever color. How do we even know that God looks human? Really if God is never here in the human form and is the creator of all beings, then we don’t truly know what form God takes on. I just do not understand it. Pretty confusing if you ask me. And why does the devil pretend to look human sometimes and then all of the sudden he looks like a guy on can of ham? Not exactly human form, hhmmm. Figure that one out?

So the “Big Bang” does tend to explain more but it is also a hard concept to grasp that everything starts with a bang. Things end with a bang but when was the last time something started with a bang? A race maybe but not much else I guess. Churches despise and refute that theory though seemingly because it just doesn’t give people hope of something else, of some other place. Or is it because it is hard to grasp? Think of things that make big bangs in your mind, okay got that image? Now what grew out of that chaos? Nothing ever seems to so why was it enough to start life at some other point in time? Throw two rocks together… what do ya get? Nothing right!!! Yes, Mr. Scientist there is energy and all that but what becomes of it? It doesn’t seem to be creating life as we know it. Can’t exactly grasp that everything around me is from one hell of a big bang!!

Man so what does that leave me? Well the church will tell me I may be going to hell because I am not a devote follower or I have not asked to be saved or a few others scenarios. So if I am going to hell then where is it? How big is it? What about the animals? Who decides if they are naughty or nice? Is that Santas’ off season job? Okay so how about Heaven, say I’m in heaven. Wow, sounds nice and relaxing doesn’t it. Say it..come on now… I’m in heaven, heaven, heaven!! Yes, feels good doesn’t it. Okay here is what I want you to think about with me. How many peoples have died and gone to Heaven? A heck of a lot right. So it must be really big. An all loving and forgiving God (same one who had his Son=Himself killed and others flogged, tortured and killed) will accept all if you accept Jesus=God into your life and ask for forgiveness. Okay so that opens the door for a lot of entries into Heaven, Devil gets a raw deal here and it is no wonder he is mad and recruiting. He just must be kinda lonely.  So with all these people it must just be huge. Add in all the other living creatures and WOW…… talking a big big place. Can you grasp that? I can’t, I just can’t grasp it that every living thing of all time can be in Heaven. How? I don’t understand it, can’t wrap my mind around it.

So I am Baptized as a Lutheran. I made this choice and did this as an adult not too many years ago. So according to my religion I am accepted into Heaven and God loves me. According to the Catholic religion my religion and baptism is not good enough. Not pure enough I guess but the Catholic religion just plain scared me. So I went for Catholic Lite and found Lutheran. So stop here and again what happened…. A kid’s game? My religion is better than your religion…. Maybe but God likes mine better than he likes yours!!! Really…. So many different religions exist today and yet but one God? One Heaven? And one Hell? Do you get it? There isn’t one Bible, one Koran, or one anything. So why would this be if God created all. Are we kind of believing like the people of New Orleans that when the apocalypse comes that someone (Jesus=God) will be there to save all of us? It didn’t work after Katrina. Was he there or here for any of the hunger and starving children of the World? All the death and destruction of War? I do not get it. Why lets us suffer and hurt one another? Why let us destroy the Earth and other species? Why? I just do not understand. I think we all need something to believe in and hope in to keep us sane but I just do not understand most of it. God, where are you? Jesus? Holy Spirit? Big Bang? Where are you? Someone, somebody, somewhere……… make it all make sense!!
As I said at the start of this I am not here to be preached too. I am just taking a look and asking questions. If you enjoy this great. If not then why did you read this far? If you were offended in some way then you could have stopped long ago. You make your own choices. I decided to share my thoughts with you. Thanks for reading. I gotta go, God is on line one, Jesus on two, Devil in disguise on three, and some wacky scientist on four…. Oh my!!!