Day 134c: Down with their Lord & Savior … (September 10, 2019)
And once again I am astounded by how many “holy homes” I am encountering on my walk through this country; all of which tend to inspire me to frown a bit – inspire me to wonder how our world would look of even a small portion of their congregants would embody only a small portion of the teaches of their own Lord & Savior … (sigh) … So many churches; so few true Houses of God – so many Christians; so few true Followers of The Way of Christ …
“Our civilization will never attain anything close to its upper perfection until the very last stone crumbles from the foundation of the very last church, and the very last stone falls from the very last hand of the very last priest … Indeed, how is it that hardly any major religion has looked at the obvious advancements of science and concluded, ‘My goodness! This is way better than we thought!’ In truth, our Universe is so much bigger and so much more wondrous than any of the prophets ever noted – so much grander, so much more subtle, so much more elegant. And yet instead of admitting the same, the leaders of our religions would have us believe that God is a little god, a picky god, a petty god, an unjust god. In astounding contrast, any religion – old or new – that would choose to stress the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern scientific rediscoveries would be able to easily draw forth reserves of reverence and awe barely tapped by the conventional faiths … And religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, a poet, a father, a city, a house of many rooms. He is a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert. He is someone who loves you and all those like you – and either hates or ignores those who are different or who have been waylayed by doubt or disbelief. God is even, perhaps – and against all current evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your own particular football team (or army or political party or church or business or marriage) thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition. We would all do well to remember that religions should only be places to stand and look; vantage points from which to view the world, never citadels from which to trumpet our personal beliefs or demand allegiance to our unique celestial ruler.” ~ inspired by Emile Zola, Carl Sagan & Neil Gaiman
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