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Religions can become irrational very quickly and one of the main reasons is because religion deals so much on the subjective-esoteric realm; however, worst of all though is a religion that claims that they alone have the truth. And it’s hard to find one that doesn’t make such a claim! Can they all be wrong? Can only ONE be right?

I hope that we agree that God is Love!

Moving from that premise (are you still with me?) how do we get to a concept of God wherein He decided to allow for hundreds of religions, but gave only ONE the keys to eternal life in a heaven somewhere out there? Is that not a cruel game to play?

But, if there was only ONE right religion, which one is that? Surely it’s the one to which we believe. How marvelous and lucky we are- a delusionally irrational at the same time. From there then comes the killing fields. When only one religion pretends to speak for this God, then no one can question or go against the authority that He has and the authority He extends through us, who have the truth.

Can’t we see through such irrationality?

Powerless people particularly conceive of themselves as being protected in their weakness by the power of this omnipotent God (who is on their side only). He stands as their defender and the rewarder of good things later on, after death, since there’s so little good in the her and now. It doesn’t take too much of an imagination to see how death really becomes inviting to such down-trodden people.

Hey, and throw in a couple dozen virgins and you’ve got many applicants!

Offer to the person, who has endured physical pain for a couple of decades, a mansion in the sky with streets of gold and you have the equivalent of winning the lottery- for them. While I’m all for HOPE in the future, we need to realize that there is HOPE in the here and now and it comes under the heading of the GOOD NEWS!

There is ONE GOD and LOVE is His personality, Forgiveness is His modus operandi. Mercy is Her speciality. Grace is Their plan. Believing that God created a world wherein 90% would be sent to hell forever, believing in a God who loves to dish our WRATH on whomever He chooses, and to say you want to love and follow such a Being is totally irrational to me.

That’s no where close to my God!