Why
I came accross this news article about a mother and her 3 year old daughter getting into a car wreck. The baby was impaled in her car seat and died a slow death. She had blood coming out of her eyes, nose and ears from the pressure. The whole time she was crying mommy it hurts while her mom had to watch, cry and comfort her through hours of dying. I was curious what a response would be to that from a christian. So I asked my dad who is a hardcore, traditional catholic. And this is what I got from it.
In the catholic belief, it is humbling and encouraged to show the crucifiction of jesus christ even in the church itself. so that we are reminded how he suffered and died for our sins (inherited from our original parents /Adam and Eve\) making the original sin. They were meant to live in eternity in the garden of Eden until they failed the test with their free will by eating the apple from the forbidden tree, tempted by the serpant. So since we are believed to be all descendants of adam and eve, we are all born into this world with sin and are to be baptized. That is the reason why jesus gave up his body as a sacrifice showing his ultimate love for us. To save man kind and give us salvation, by giving us hope that one day we too will raise from the dead like him when jesus comes back to earth again for judgement day. The day the dead and undead will be juged and rise to eternity with him if we say yes to him, say that we love him. So in the christian faith we are all god's children, our bodies and soul are his temple. Man was meant to suffer to be able to wash out his pride and be humbled again. when something as tragic as a 3 year old baby getting impaled in a car wreck and dying a slow death infront of it's mother to watch...is considered a sign of suffering, an extreme suffering if you will. we are supposed to see jesus christ on the cross in the horror of that baby dying slowly with blood coming out her eyes and ears from the pressure and pain (screaming mommy it hurts), since we are "one" all of god's children. and of course they say there is a reason for everything and you would have to keep the faith in that situation. you are expected to grow stronger in god's love, become weak for him, don't question, and trust his will. considering god's will, we are to except that he is mysterious and omnipotent to our logic. basically saying "i am your servant and i will not try to be greater than you because i am not worthy of your love, i do not know" which is true, we humans never really know, but we keep searching and learning. so why should we stick with a religion that requires us to live in stagnation in this world instead of progressing. Meaning this world is not meant for us we will turn back to ashes anyway, our souls is what matters and has to be "saved." Well this is why I can't grasp this faith based on religion because I just rather keep learning and think for myself while I'm living, not stick to one thing that might end up turning out to be nothing in the end.
So back to the point of that story i read in some news article (the 3 year old baby dying slowly). My reasoning is that there is no way i could be able to hold faith after seeing that, because a worst case scenario such as that shows me only horror/pain and that ANYTHING in this world can happen good or bad. I would start to see that in death, there is no order, no calling from a god that loves you. That death can be complete chaos and random. it can come at anytime. there is no reasoning, justice, or logic in an innocent baby dying so slowly, it's complete CHANCE or fault of another wreckless being. Sacrifices are retarded, i don't understand the purpose. So my reasoning like this is considered to be "pride" according to christian beliefs, pride in my own logic. pride that i know better than god. pride that is taking me away from trusting god. This is why i can not believe in an organized religion. I can only find search and meaning in the natural good things and love i expierence in life as it is while i live it, the struggle to live (the beauty in the struggle), the ability to solve,liberate, and justify conflicts. Just being human. If i were to have hope in a greater being, it remains at the possible origin of a great force before man organized it and tried to explain it.
In the catholic belief, it is humbling and encouraged to show the crucifiction of jesus christ even in the church itself. so that we are reminded how he suffered and died for our sins (inherited from our original parents /Adam and Eve\) making the original sin. They were meant to live in eternity in the garden of Eden until they failed the test with their free will by eating the apple from the forbidden tree, tempted by the serpant. So since we are believed to be all descendants of adam and eve, we are all born into this world with sin and are to be baptized. That is the reason why jesus gave up his body as a sacrifice showing his ultimate love for us. To save man kind and give us salvation, by giving us hope that one day we too will raise from the dead like him when jesus comes back to earth again for judgement day. The day the dead and undead will be juged and rise to eternity with him if we say yes to him, say that we love him. So in the christian faith we are all god's children, our bodies and soul are his temple. Man was meant to suffer to be able to wash out his pride and be humbled again. when something as tragic as a 3 year old baby getting impaled in a car wreck and dying a slow death infront of it's mother to watch...is considered a sign of suffering, an extreme suffering if you will. we are supposed to see jesus christ on the cross in the horror of that baby dying slowly with blood coming out her eyes and ears from the pressure and pain (screaming mommy it hurts), since we are "one" all of god's children. and of course they say there is a reason for everything and you would have to keep the faith in that situation. you are expected to grow stronger in god's love, become weak for him, don't question, and trust his will. considering god's will, we are to except that he is mysterious and omnipotent to our logic. basically saying "i am your servant and i will not try to be greater than you because i am not worthy of your love, i do not know" which is true, we humans never really know, but we keep searching and learning. so why should we stick with a religion that requires us to live in stagnation in this world instead of progressing. Meaning this world is not meant for us we will turn back to ashes anyway, our souls is what matters and has to be "saved." Well this is why I can't grasp this faith based on religion because I just rather keep learning and think for myself while I'm living, not stick to one thing that might end up turning out to be nothing in the end.
So back to the point of that story i read in some news article (the 3 year old baby dying slowly). My reasoning is that there is no way i could be able to hold faith after seeing that, because a worst case scenario such as that shows me only horror/pain and that ANYTHING in this world can happen good or bad. I would start to see that in death, there is no order, no calling from a god that loves you. That death can be complete chaos and random. it can come at anytime. there is no reasoning, justice, or logic in an innocent baby dying so slowly, it's complete CHANCE or fault of another wreckless being. Sacrifices are retarded, i don't understand the purpose. So my reasoning like this is considered to be "pride" according to christian beliefs, pride in my own logic. pride that i know better than god. pride that is taking me away from trusting god. This is why i can not believe in an organized religion. I can only find search and meaning in the natural good things and love i expierence in life as it is while i live it, the struggle to live (the beauty in the struggle), the ability to solve,liberate, and justify conflicts. Just being human. If i were to have hope in a greater being, it remains at the possible origin of a great force before man organized it and tried to explain it.