Posts tagged ‘god’
AI English translation of Miguel de Unamuno‘s “La oración del ateo” (The Atheist’s Prayer)
Just an observation from life:
Observed: a security guard from a provincial town with delusions of grandeur. He claims he is God because he sold his soul to the devil and will become God after death. No real achievements, does not study, unskilled labor, drinks alcohol, uses substances, watches TV. I met him because he left a profile on an asexual dating site. It turned out he lied for unclear reasons and is actually a regular sexual person. Blocked.
From GPT chat:
Important point:
Grandiose delusions often arise in people who:
- feel inner helplessness,
- experience strong frustration,
- live in limited conditions,
- have a chronic sense of unfulfillment.
The mind compensates:
“Right now I am nobody, but actually I am chosen.”
This is not anger or stupidity – it is the psyche’s way of coping with pain.
About Christianity… they obey miracles – virgin birth and resurrection from dead…. why not to obey Motherhood as self-sacrifice and a moral person who died for own faith… why do they need to invent these miracles?
Studying religions I realized there are no human-made perfect systems, only divine system is perfect. I believe in science not in religions, but I dont exclude Divine cos of unexplainable power of deaths and rebirths… I have own connection with God without any religion, Buddhism so far is the closest understanding of the system I found and its atheistic cos the role of God plays Karma Law. I also believe that faith in God is humans natural purpose and its nice to put service to God first to kill ego and be more effective in everyday life. So I believe I’m agnostic – I believe in God but not in that God can be explained. I like Buddhism also.
And I had to read all the main religious books of the world to understand it.
I accidentally found a sect of Shakers on fb, its a branch of Quakers. I read about them and realized that I really like their principles:
“The Christian Society of Friends of the Inner Light,” better known as the Quakers, was founded by George Fox in the mid-17th century in England and Wales. At that time, religious disagreements, disputes, and violent conflicts on religious grounds were escalating: between Catholics and Protestants, and among different branches of Protestantism. Debates about Biblical interpretations did not lead to agreement and reconciliation, but only multiplied religious splits within Christianity. In the Quaker doctrine, the way out of this situation was found in the belief that every person can receive direct revelation from God, who is within every man as “Inner Light.” Such direct and often unspoken revelation is more important to Quakers than Holy Books.
Quakers promote moral values such as the equality of all people before God regardless of external differences, the rejection of any discrimination and oppression, pacifism and non-violence, honesty, the unacceptance of oaths or sworn pledges, simplicity of life, and voluntary renunciation of excess and luxury. Completely unusual for Christian religious communities of the 18th century was granting women the opportunity to preach and lead. Many Christians still do not accept this, citing the words of the Apostle Paul that women should remain silent in church (1 Cor. 14:34). But the Quakers became an exception: as early as 1670, the founder of the Society of Friends, George Fox, appointed women to leadership positions within the community, as he believed that the Spirit of God dwells in every person.
The Shakers, having separated from the Quakers, still share these values, adding to them mandatory celibacy and religious communism (shared belongings). As convinced pacifists, the Shakers considered it unacceptable to kill people or inflict bodily harm, even during wartime.
From my own perspective, even among Vaishnavas (Hare Krishna ppl), gender equality at the head of that community is not observed, although celibacy is present, which Vaishnavas may break for procreation… Throughout the time I’ve followed them, I’ve only seen 2 female preachers; it’s mostly the same male lobby.
More about the Shakers and Quakers: they are based on the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ… It’s hard to say if I even believe in the virgin birth and the resurrection from the dead. I also don’t understand celibacy, as I am asexual because my desire for sex has just finished at 30 y.o. so I never practiced celibacy myself and dont think i have any right to push someone towards it. Also, the Bible claims the world is 6,000 years old, while Earth is 4.5 billion years old, so this concept’s bias towards Christianity is questionable. I suppose they developed in period when there was no access to the religious books of other religions. Now, when one can learn and study not only the Abrahamic religions, but Bhagavad Gita and Dhammapada, we can attach multi-religious approach to the Quakers approach, not only Christian one.
But the main ideas of Quakers seem very interesting.
Everything depends on what kind of illusion you have created for yourself — one that makes life easier or, on the contrary, complicates it.
God appears where logic stops working.
Historically, God fulfills important functions:
- keeps a person from falling apart
- provides a solution for surviving suffering
- makes it possible to bear loneliness
- creates a stable point when the world is chaotic
