Does God Exist?

Who's this? Kinda looks like Jesus, don't you think? Or could it be the Big Fella himself: God? Actually it's neither. This is an artist's rendition of the Greed god Zeus, whom the Roman Church hijacked and used as a model for the crazy old man in the sky with the serious personality flaws, that so-called " Christians " look up to. Zeus, if you remember is the guy up on Olympus who interferes in the lives of mortals, throws lightning bolts at those who irritate him, and cheats on his wife. The Christian[God] is not married as far as anyone knows, therefore if Jesus is truly the "Son of God" then he was born out of wedlock, and therefore must be considered a bastard. God wasn't married to Mary, and she was married to Joseph the carpenter, and was pregnant when they tied the knot. But, see, we're not supposed to talk about these things: They're mysteries!

No. The only mystery is how supposedly intelligent people can swallow this crap whole and without blinking. Jesus, rather a decent fellow from all accounts, said of the pharisees, commenting on their many daily duties and observances, they " tug at a gnat yet swallow a camel whole. " That about says it all.

This Christian [God] is one that we really have to look up to. That's because [He] lives way out there someplace, called Heaven, where we are all going to go when we die if we have eagerly gobbled dowm all the swill that [His] minions pump out from every pulpit. Starting with the indoctrination of young children, these preacher types seek to control the minds and wills of any they can cajole, coerce, or by any means " convert " to their way of thinking. Their [God] is the classic iron fist in the velvet glove; [God] loves you but if you step out of line, well look out because something will happen that will put the Fear of God into you. Screw up badly enough and you might even get to burn in Hell for all Eternity! It seems there are some things that [God] cannot forgive. A [God] who holds grudges?

A while back I had the opportunity to debate relgious matters with a Pentacostal pastor. It was an eductaion. When I told him of my belief that God is the Spirit of the Univers, All Thigs Everywhere and in all things, he said I was wrong. "God," he told me, " is only where [He] chooses to be. " When I asked by what criteria [God] chooses to be somewhere or to do something, the answer was, "God only knows."

This [God] apparently chooses to be on one side or another, or both, in the many wars that mankind wreaks on itself. This is also an imitation of the Olympians, Zeus' children took sides in the Trojan wars and even went down to help their side, Greek or Trojan. Zeus, to his credit, didn't interfere very much, and at one point took a trip to Ethiopia and returned in twelve days. Some feat: travelling from Greece to Ethiopia, round trip, in twelve days? Pretty good for the eleventh century of the Old Era! Not a mystery, really; Zeus was a Lord of the World, one of our distant ancestors.