@XXSpadeMasterXX,
First off, glad I can be a breath of fresh air.
Quote:Now, out of curiosity, What makes you believe they have not intervened? and what makes you believe that they don't care?? Why do you believe the story of Jesus is untrue??
As far as the powers-that-be intervening, they very well might have early on. And they might even be doing so today, with a few people here and there. However, it seems to me that they are not inclined to intervene on a large scale.
As far as the powers-that-be not caring goes, this is my take: There is so much strife and problems in this world. Now that tells me two things, neither of which are particularly good. Either A- they really don't care, or lost interest, or wrote us off as a lost cause, or something. Or B- they have one really messed up sense of humor, stepping in in a small way when they see fit.
With the story of Jesus, this is my take. Let me start by saying that I seem to recall you making a post saying something to the effect of the bible not supposed to be taken as seriously as some people take it. My thoughts are that the bible was written by man decades after the events allegedly happened. Man is fallible, and something could have been misread, misheard, misinterpreted, etc down the line. If you've ever played the game Telephone as a kid, where one kid says something to the kid next to him and has it passed on until it gets back to the first kid and is completely wrong, you'll probably find that this is a decent analogy here. Within five tellings you can go from "I ate a can of worms" to "I hate candied words" or something like that. Point is, something could have been misheard, meaning the bible (to me at least) is BS. It's a book written by fallible man.
However, I will admit that for all I know, there very well could have been a man named Jesus back then who tried to spread the word of peace, love, mercy, acceptance, good will toward men, and all that, and even recruited like-minded people to help him. As far as him being a miracle-worker and having all the gifts he supposedly had, I don't take much stock in it because it was written in a book by man after decades of tellings and retellings.
In that respect, It's kinda like Scientology: L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer who probably made up Scientology as a massive joke to see how many idiots he could snow, but died before he could say "Fooled you!" I'm not saying the bible or Christianity is a joke, I'm only saying that I only take it at face-value.
And besides, there are too many bad people who try to justify their evil actions and thoughts and feelings by quoting the bible and saying that they do it in God's name. Now I can take your words about those people not truly knowing God and accept them because in my opinion, you're absolutely right. But not everyone can, and I'd rather not be lumped in with the idiots like all the other honest and good Christians that don't deserve that kind of proverbial stone-throwing.
Therefore, I don't align myself with any organized religion. There are too many fanatics who don't understand the basic message that seems to permeate all major religions, and I'd rather not associate or be associated with that crowd.
Now, I know that what I personally believe isn't much of an issue, but I'm comfortable enough with it that I don't have a problem sharing it, whether I get ridiculed for it or not. I believe there's at least one being of a higher power than us, who may or may not care what we do with the planet and ourselves. And that there is an afterlife that's quality is based on the moral quality of your overall life.
