If there is a God, why do so many bad things happen?

The answer is pretty simple, there is no God. Before I continue with this post, I have to make an important disclaimer. Everything written in this post is my own personal opinion, it has not been proven as the ultimate truth (nor do I believe such a thing exists) and I do not have an intention to change your mind in any way. If you get offended by my opinion, that is entirely your problem and my right to hold my personal opinion has absolutely nothing to do with it. I do respect your beliefs, I may not agree with them but I respect them.

Yes, I will be careful with my words, but not too careful because I do value my freedom of speech and think that people are far too sensitive these days. I will address that problem too. The reason I am even writing this post is because @eco-alex made me :) I just hope that this post will be an interesting read and that you will not struggle with going through it as I will with making it. Some topics are dangerous in this day and age which is a horrible statement given the century we live in but we do have to be aware of it. Some people will defend their religious beliefs with blood...

Religion has always been a cause of great troubles. Human history is written in the blood of those who valued their beliefs more than they valued the lives of their children. What kind of parent hates his own child or wants to see him dead if a book or a prophet said it was the right thing to do? A parent that is a fanatic. Fanatics are dangerous. There is no talking with a fanatic, not a single rational thought in their mind. If you are a fanatic and you find yourself reading this, please leave my blog immediately. Thank you.

You can think what you want about me and I will not get offended. You can think that I am stupid, evil, egoistic, wrong, ugly, literary whatever you want. The reason why I will not get offended is because your thoughts are none of my business. Why would I allow you to live rent-free in my mind and obsess with your opinion? It is just that, an opinion and as long as it stays in thoughts and words, we are fine. When it gets to actions, then we have a problem. Why do you mind when people say or think stuff about you that you do not agree with?

You could be, that is as good a reason as any. You could be afraid that what people are thinking about you is true and you just don't want to deal with that. You want to preserve the safety of your illusion bubble. There is, of course, a probability that your ego is too fragile and you have a serious need to be liked by everyone. I get that. I get that we are social beings that love to be loved but aren't there some kind of healthy boundaries? Yes, our inner child does not want to be left alone and craves love and attention but that kid needs to have some strength too in order to be healthy. To keep your inner kid healthy, teach him that it is impossible for everyone to like him. You do not like everyone, why should everyone like you?

We all have our preferences. Some people like green color and some like blue. Some people like quiet people and some like them loud. This world is magnificent with the abundance of diversity that is provided for us, such glorious diversity. You have your opinions and others have theirs. Why should you be offended by it? Even if someone calls you the stupidest creature alive, there is no reason for you to obsess over it, why would you? No seriously, I am asking you, WHY would you? What is the reason behind your negative emotion towards that person?

Let me try a different question. If someone said something bad about your mother (or any other loving member of your family), would you mind? Would you get all angry with that person and say very vocally how you will not allow something like that to be spoken in front of you? Why is that? I know, do you? It is because you love your mother so much that you do not want anything to taint that love. You are under an impression that if someone speaks ill about her it will somehow spoil her perfection. People behave the same way with their religion.

We tend to defend that which we love. I will not pretend I am not like that too sometimes. I will show my teeth sometimes when someone is mean about people I love but only for a second because I have trained myself to monitor my emotions and understand where they are coming from. I suggest you do the same. No one will take your love away. You can still love and cherish someone or something when others do not. Allow people the freedom to express themselves without it affecting you negatively.

When others talk about your religious beliefs and mock them it says more about them than it does about your religious beliefs. Keep that in mind. You should also keep in mind that when people express their opinions, they are not necessarily mocking you. They are just speaking their mind. That being said, I do not accept any responsibility for your feelings after reading the words that will follow. These two previous parts of this post are here to ease you up a bit and to make a point that you have the right to resent me for what I am about to say but I do not care as much as you would like me to, sorry. You are responsible for your emotions, only you.

I was an educated Christian. This means that I did not only go to church, I was educated about it. I went to high school with nuns and studied about history, philosophy, and nature of religion. I traveled through Europe and visited many monasteries and talked to many religious and highly educated people. I say educated because 90% of believers are not educated in their religion. They go to church but do not know anything about their religion. I have read books and books and listened to lectures and lectures. My mind always wanted to learn and explore and religion was not spared from that behavior.

When you get some education in religion, the first thing you learn is that it is man-made. There was no holy-telegram that lead to the writing of holy books. A group of people got together several times in history and decided what will go into a certain book and what will not. There are so so so many things that were discarded and the books were changed many times. That which you are reading today was not always considered right or the truth. Another funny thing that you learn is that most of the major religions have the same exact history, same exact customs, profits, sayings, and commands. Can you guess why that is? Religions, not faith and spirituality but organized religions were invented as means of control. Fear controls people and if there is anything religion has spread, it was fear.

If I was a supreme all powerful, all knowing being, I would fix some things. I am sure you would too. There are so many things in this world that are wrong and unfair that their existence defies that of God. Either the God does not exist or He/She just does not care. Sure, here comes the Evil God who people blame for everything but common... If Good is more powerful than Evil why doesn't it kick the Evil one's butt? The logical conclusion that follows is that either Evil is more powerful or neither of them exist. The next argument that I hear is the DIVINE PLAN. An argument that kills the meaning of what an argument is. It is like saying "I do not know and I don't care, my faith is blind".

Are you aware that people who rape and/or kill people also believe in God? They do not consider themselves evil, a lot of them think they are doing God's work. Who is right then, you or them? How would you even decide? Your standpoint is your own morality and the belief that it is the correct one. But you just said that the divine plan is something you do not know or understand. Maybe they are the ones who are right and you are wrong for not raping and killing people. It was written that it is bad to kill people? Ok, who wrote that? God? Men wrote it. A God showed himself to a man and then it was written down? You mean the same God who killed innocent children and even made fathers kill their own children just to please him? I am not sure you should be listening to that kind of creature. We have medication nowadays and if a voice tells you to kill your son to please him please contact a hospital immediately.

I agree that killing is bad but I do not believe it is bad because God said so. It is bad because we are hurting another creature. That is something Gods all over the world have been very fond of, killing. They killed and tortured and seemed to enjoy it pretty much. I refuse to believe that a creature that is on a higher level of consciousness than myself is able to kill for revenge or punishment. My morality, ethics and a rational mind all prevent me to do so. If there is a Christian-like God out there, we are all screwed because that creature is neither nice or loving.

If I was to say that there is a God, I would say that God is the one who is writing this and God is the one who is reading this. You are God and you are divine. Yes, I am a highly spiritual person and no, that does not interfere with me being a scientific person. It actually works pretty well together. Everything is energy and everything is vibrating. Energy is not good and energy is not bad, energy just is.

There is so much love and beauty surrounding you every day. You can tap into those energies easily, you just need to try. Your mind is amazing and you are a multidimensional being capable of so much. I do not want to repeat myself here because I have told you this so many times before but still, YOU ARE AMAZING! You are an energy being first and a physical being second. You can feel and experience more than you realize and the abundance is there for you, ready to become a part of you. You have a higher part of yourself that does not need religion to determine your morality. When we see bad things in the world, they are not bad in their nature but in their consequences. Everyone is doing what he thinks is the best. It is easy to judge but hard to love, try it anyway. Do not love others because of them and do not forgive because of them. Do it because of you. Do it because you are love and were meant to love and be loved. You do not need God for that, you are God in that.