Leaving God behind
This is a reflection to how my mind wanders after leaving behind the idea of a god after my rational mind didn't allow me to believe anymore.
Life is more
Than the four walls of a building,
And surrendering my being to a deity
Is now out of the question.
Why should I be shameful
Of living the way I want to live
Just to please a man whom many claim to be sovereign.
How do I know that your book is real,
And should I really base my life on it’s teachings.
Why would a loving God knowingly create a race
Whereby most would burn for eternity for not following him
And yes, he knew this from the beginning.
Yes, I feel lonely sometimes
And yes, sometimes I wish I could believe in him.
The perfect God, the god who IS love,
Who envies and destroys and orders to kill,
And then decides to be loving when his “son” decides to be tortured and killed
For all of humanity.
Why would a loving god wish to control my life,
Yet give me free will.
Why would god punish Adam and Eve
For obtaining knowledge to reach their divine
Potential.
Why would he put the tree in the garden in the first place.
Why destroy a race you claim to love.
Where does sin come from if god is sovereign.
For a god who is perfect and divine,
He seems to have very human qualities and flaws.
Something which would be common of a man made construction.
My opinion, my life, thank god for reason.
We are divine in our own right,
We are perfect and can be guided by our own conscience.
(2014)
