You define and design your god. You also refine him with the passage of time and tide. Your spirituality is a function of you, your nurture and the nature around you. I mean, your god is as you want your god to be… Your god can be a raging bloodthirsty desert god, who is paranoid about (‘non-existent’) rivals and sees nothing in taking other’s land and belongings for you. He demands blood sacrifices and allows slavery, rape, incest, pogroms, genocide and a strict diet. You are his only people. His holy Book is the Torah and his holy day is Saturday and Jerusalem is his Holy City. He’s Yahweh. That is if you are a Jew. Your god can now be refined, very gentle and benevolent and belongs to all nations. He shuns blood sacrifices (except that of his son, who is also a part of him). He encouraged turning the other cheek. He needs only your praises and a tenth of your monthly earnings, which are handled by his fat cat and sleek middlemen. His holy Book is the Bible and his holy day is Sunday and Jerusalem and Rome are his Holy Cities. He’s the Jehovah God. That is if you are a Christian. Your god also came out of the desert and the Arabs are his favorite folks. He allows pedophilia but forbids eating common pork and keeping dogs as pets. You are encouraged to turn the oppressor’s weapon on the oppressor. If you die in fighting for him, 72 virgins with sharp nippled-breasts await you in al-Jannah, his own version of heaven. His holy Book is Koran and his holy day is Friday and Mecca is his Holy City. He’s Allah. That is if you are a Moslem. Your god can still be far-away in the skyey heavens but is felt everywhere. His representatives, deities, are everywhere too, staying in exotic places like rivers, soil, mountains, sacred forests etc. Figurines and statues are carved to denote his emissaries on Earth, but not him, note. He accepts propitiation and blood sacrifices. White is his color. You dare not swear falsely before him, for he answers instantly by fire. That is if you are an African Traditional Religionist. Your god can be very, very black and from Ethiopia. He is loving and a redeemer from the clutches of Babylon and is strictly for the oppressed black worldwide. No, there’s nothing wrong in smoking ‘ganja’ and having dreadlocks and feeling ‘eerie’. His music is Reggae and Ska. He is the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Conquering Lion of Judah. That is if you are a Rastafarian. Your god is de-emphasized here and salvation lies more in your adhering to the Four Noble Truths, which encompasses the Noble Eightfold Path. Right exercises (yoga), morality, wisdom, and samadhi, or concentration are very important in the quest for Nirvana. Karma is real. The holy Book is the Tipitaka. That is if you are a Buddhist. Or… Your god can also be your Pente-rascal Pastor, whose own god is money (preferably dollars and pound Sterlings). He can cure all diseases (HIV inclusive), have jets and drive limousines, guarded by bodyguards and stay in mansions. You lap up all his gobbledooks, worships and eat the ground he treads on and like Caesar’s wife, do no wrong. He preaches heaven up there to you while he is already living in heaven down here. His holy books are the Bible and his own literatures. He is the Church to you! SO, YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN HERE, FOLKS, IF HE IS NOT HERE ALREADY…
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:06:54 +0000
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