If God exists..

[RESiNATE]

Easy... because we're stoners....

lol, just kidding

aha, not so fast with dismissing that reason lol
Weed, as with many other psychoactive drugs, opens our minds to wider thinking...we refer to them as 'keys'. They enable us to think on a broader scale, even when those thoughts laspes into the..ahem..bizarre, on occasion

I think people usually require a spark to start to think about these things. Something like a traumatic event, death, illness, problems at home, etc. If everyone was just happy and everything's going good, people don't tend to concern themselves with 'the Meaning' or 'God' or other such things.

This can be referred to as the 'comfy-slippers senario'.
We have no need to ponder such wider issues, because they do not apply to our current state of affairs.
It's only when our comfort zone is violated (ie, in the ways that you described), that we need to concern ourselves with the bigger picture.

I look at my own life, and wonder why I seem to be struggling constanly to find happiness - I am a (mostly) good person with good intentions, and yet, no matter how hard I try, I seem to always face adverse situations that prevent me from finding that elusive contentment.

I had a disease this past year, and I'm not even sure it's completely gone yet. I think about death (maybe I'm overreacting a bit, but meh...) and what could happen, I think about what it all means, and 99.9% of the time I get so frustrated because there is no point. Why do I, an otherwise healthy 24-year-old, have to contract this disease? Why is my life in danger when I've done nothing to deserve something like this?

And we are told that God helps those who help themselves, and that good intention shall be rewarded...then why do 'good people' often suffer the most?
Why are people, like the friend of our own Koshea, taken from us in their prime?

I don't know, and I guess that's why I like weed It helps to ease the anxiety, or stress, that comes about by thinking too much.

And maybe it helps us to continue questioning 'the reason', by allowing us to view it all a bit more objectively , rather than just throw in the towel (a very tempting proposition, on the face of it)

When I found out about my wife's affair, I was faced with a choice (apparently lol).
I could have kept my discovery to myself, and carried on in the family unit for the sake of my children's well-being (which was at the forefront of my mind). Being of a broken marriage myself, the last thing that I wanted to do was 'inflict' that situation upon my own children.
But, with the aid of getting completely stoned, I was able to view the situation in a much more objective way, and in so doing, realised that there was no way that I could keep it to myself. I could foresee the aurguements and resentment that would arise at evry turn, and I quickly knew that the kids would ultimately suffer because of it.
I made the only decision that I really had to make - I left.
I didn't really have a choice after all, except in the way that I chose to leave.
Being stoned also enabled me to keep calm and resonable during this time of great upset.

Death is something that we all contemplate.
It is the last bit of our life-cycle, and the one that we know least about. It can invoke great fear in some people - the unknown is a very scary thing.
Some people use religion as an assurance that their 'place in the after-life' will be secured, as long as they follow the dictates of the 'word'.
Others just resign themselves to the fact that their bodies will eventually breakdown into dust, and that will be it - ie, there is no after-life.
I believe that my time here will affect the whole in some small way, and that when I die, my life-force will be a contributary factor in the continued evolution of human-kind - whether that effect is from my philosophy, or from some act that I have performed.

Maybe in the future, someone will think of me, and that thought will give them something that changes humankind for the better (not trying to be concieted here, just making a point ) - just as Darwin's thoughts and ideas, have contributed to this discussion today.
Which is why I say, in all seriousness, that sometimes things happen for a reason that we will never know the meaning of.

Heh, one thing's for sure, this discussion has evolved quite a bit, and just by typing out my thoughts, I learned a bit about myself, and what I couldn't figure out on my own ... Yay!

Ditto to that lmaooo

At the end of the day, it's all just ideas and theories - all of them open to discussion and debate - but, if we don't ask questions, then we cannot expect any answers.


Hey, Imotep...you got any pretzels left, dude!!!

RESiNATE Reviewed by RESiNATE on 12-01-2004. If God exists.. ..then why doesn't he prove it? He created Man in His image, so surely he can understand the complexities of the Human brain. Surely he knows that after thousands of years without proof, some of us are going to start doubting His existence. So if he proved it back then, why won't he prove it now? I mean, all he needs to do is give us one sign - one unquestionable, irrifutable piece of evidence - and all of us 'non-believers' will believe. People say that He doesn't prove himself because we Rating: 5