What next in the world?

[pardouncia]

I'm beginning to think that religion is the root of hatred, arrogance, war, death, and strife in our world. Serbians are uprising over the secession of Kosovo. They are upset because it's their spiritual heartland. Hadn't they been told those Serbians living there could continue living there with no restrictions? This isn't supposed to be another

Comments

[pardouncia]

Ah, but if we could choose to do evil, the impulse or ability to be tempted, then is that not a flaw? God wanted obedient, loving children, but giving them the ability to choose they could not be perfect. Nor could the angels. And in their own ways found evil. Evil is the choice itself. But the human form, the human mind, is setup in a way to constantly be tempted and find difficulty in not sinning. That is something I find questionable. If we were not given such curiosity, such arrogance, which are human traits, then would we have taken the bait? Sentient beings could be far less flawed than we likely started out as. It becomes a process of wondering why we were able to be tempted. If we were perfect children, then why would we be tempted? And if we will be perfect someday in heaven, what's to stop us from being tempted then? How will we be so different? You can ask question after question, and I find myself doing so. To not do so would be to go blindly without ever using logic where it goes contrary to what you've been told. And the Bible is ripe with contradictions. You don't even have to look for them. The Old Testament is so contradictory to much of the new that it's hard to know what to believe.

I almost disallowed comments, but I had to go back to work. I forgot about going back to click that option before I left, and thus we are left with this.

And I am well and truly done. I'm going to eat dinner.