Thinking

By: L Jones

How do you make the right choice, when all the choices are correct and all the choices are incorrect? That’s the dilemma, paradox or whatever you want to call it when dealing with religions.

So, before I attempt to define who God is, I may first want to investigate exactly what religion is.  Dictionary.com defines religion as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

The first thing that needs to be noted is that religion is a man made coping strategy to help deal with the unknown. It’s not based off of the word of God, but simply the thoughts of man. It’s funny, because I can hear lots of you out there now saying, well what about Jesus? If you look closely at the Bible, Jesus’ teachings are mainly about how to live a just life on Earth. The things that Jesus talked against were foolish man-made laws, which were taught and enforced as if they were laws of God. 

So, who is God? I was reading another website and got this answer: “God is the mathematical formula, which runs the universe.” Alex Chui.   A mathematical formula? Now that’s interesting. If you found out today that after all those years of praying and reading the scriptures of man that God was just a mathematical formula, what would you do tomorrow? I do not believe this is so, but I do believe there is some truth in this statement…

By: L Jones

You ever wonder why there are so many religions? I do. I also think about how none of us know for certain which religion is the correct religion. We don’t know if any of the religions got it right. Throughout history, as man continued to think about God, man continued to change its religious beliefs. But after listening to some people, you’d think they had face to face conversations with God.

Sometimes I try and imagine who God is and what God is like. Are we truly made in God’s image? If we are, I hope it’s simply cosmetic, because if mankind is any indication of what God is like, I don’t even want to think about it. We haven’t gotten pass racism, ended world hunger or have a clue how to achieve world peace. God-like? I think not.

So, who is God? Is God the Creator of everything? That’s a difficult concept to wrap your mind around. I mean, when you say everything, that includes nothing. How do you create nothing?  How do you know to create nothing? Silly questions right; but it’s like trying to create light and not darkness. What’s the point of light if there is no dark? What’s the point of everything if there is no nothing? So back to my original question; who creates nothing for the sake of everything? God, I guess.

Does God know us individually, like Santa Claus? I’m not saying God doesn’t, I’m simply saying it’s a difficult concept to wrap your brain around when you think about it. Why would God need to know us individually?  Are we so arrogant to believe that we are that important? Out of all that was created, we are blessed to have a personal relationship with the Creator of everything? It is definitely possible, but I struggle with thinking its probable.

By: L Jones

Now, when I saw the monkey with the two bullet holes in its chest and the caption on the comic, which suggested the monkey was representing President Obama, I was a bit deterred. I listened as the media and other bloggers attempted to spray perfume on the “shit” that cartoonist Sean Delonas had thrown at the faces of bewildered African Americans. I grinned as I heard the excuses; it was a parody of the monkey that attacked the woman. Well, for one thing, that’s a pretty serious and personal incident in it self to exploit, but secondly, what the hell did that monkey have to do with writing the stimulus?

Now, in a Barnes and Noble window display, we see books about the President of the United States of America and his wife. In the middle of those books is a book about a damn monkey. Come on. Are you serious? What’s the excuse this time?

Now, I know that this does not represent the views of an entire race, hell, it could have been an African American that did it, trying to get something started (that’s a built in excuse, if you need one). All I know is, we need to end this historically tragic racial divide. Together, we are so much stronger. We are so much better. Will someone please light the flame beneath the pot, so that we may once and for all, melt?