A BIT OF CLEAR THOUGHT

“God,” i.e. the belief “in God” only gets in the way of one with oneself, is a convenient impediment used throughout history, to allow people to not have to be responsible for themselves. Thus, if it goes your way, it is a “miracle,” and, if not, “God’s will.” Individual never has to take responsibility for themselves as the agents of their own lives. If one relies on “God saving them,” when one gets oneself into a pickle, one never experiences the ability and agency of “saving oneself.” “God” is the “Great Enabler in the Sky.” All drowning men want a Rescuer but those who live do it because they got to the point where they had to save themselves. This may be the true “way of the Lord.” The scales of blind faith have fallen from my eyes. One is tossed back upon oneself; this is life’s way. It is better to learn to be oneself than to believe that oneself is insufficient. Self-sufficiency, even if flawed, is better than self-deceit, even if group, social, or cultural self-deceit. This may sound overly simplistic but it is nevertheless true.