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Creations.
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In the biblical story of creation, God created the earth, plants and animals, split water into sea and sky, split light into day and night.
God’s final act was to create a human in his image to rule over the creation.
-I am God’s sense of Pride
After 6 days of creating, he took a day to rest.
God instructed Adam that the entire garden belonged to him and him alone.
-I am God and Adam’s sense of Greed
God then puts Adam to sleep and pulls a rib out to create a woman companion.
-I am God’s sense of Lust
God instructed Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge.
When the serpent convinces Eve to taste the fruit from the tree. Eve then corrupts Adam by convincing him to eat the apple as well.
-I am Adam and Eve’s sense of Gluttony
The fourth act of God is to banish Adam and Eve from the garden.
-I am God’s sense of Wrath
The story of creation is simply a cautionary tail about the short comings of humans within society and that is all that it is; nothing more, nothing less. All other religious texts (Torah, Bible, Quran) were written by the authors to gain power, control and to position themselves and their people above others within their societies. Either by labeling themselves as the “chosen people” and all others opposite of them as less than. Or to establish a “birth right” over a piece of land which never belonged to them in the first place. They then used these books to convince others to join and follow. Creating a hierarchy structure of power which positions themselves at the top demanding the followers of these books and religions to come to them for understanding and interpretation of the text. The self appointed leaders and ruling class of each teachings issued rules and ordered the followers to give tithe each week to these new pyramid schemes which we now call “religions.” Power, control, greed, corruption, vengeance, punishment, lack of accountability, guilt, fear, indulgence. These institutions thrive on these terrible aspects of humanity, they profit off them, they corrupt and divide others by using them.
The Seven Sins are in the story of creation: Pride, Sloth, Greed, Lust, Power, Gluttony, Wrath. That is all you need in religion. No holy books. No self-appointed group issuing laws and rules onto their followers. No pyramid scheme, no socialist power structure disguised as a church. No pretty building that God “lives” in.
Jesus told his followers that if they ate his flesh (bread) and drank his blood (wine) that they would gain eternal life. Many people take this to mean some far out concept. When you die you will be placed into the soil and over time your body will decompose, becoming food for the organisms that live within the soil. The organisms will digest your flesh, muscle and body, turning it into fertile soil. That soil will feed the roots of wheat. That wheat will be harvested and ground into flour. That flour will be used to make bread. That bread is your flesh. The soil may feed the roots of a vineyard and the same process will take place, except this time those ashes will end up feeding the grape vine. Those grapes will be harvested, processed, fermented and turned into wine. Our blood becomes wine. Your consumption of this bread and wine will be processed by your body and turned into energy, proteins, carbs, fats which will be stored for later. At a point the person who feeds on that bread and drinks that wine will perish from this earth and their body will decompose, be turned into ashes and the cycle will continue. The eternal life which we receive is just that. A constant source of energy, a constant source of nutrition, a constant source of food for the next being to inhabit this planet. Always existing in one form or the other. A constant energy which exist within this planet at all times. Reincarnation, rebirth, eternal life. We are all part of the system, we are all a grain of sand, we are all a drop of water, we are the bread, we are the wine, we are the tree, we are the flower, we are the beginning and end. The alpha and the omega. A complete never ending and perpetual cycle.
If you look at the story of Jesus it was one of exploitation, one of use and abuse and a cautionary tail about who you can and can not trust. Those who only viewed Jesus as a provider, those who only viewed Jesus as some one to follow and gain knowledge from are the ones who ended up selling him out in the end. They are the ones who the Romans asked “is this your king? Is this the king of the Jews?” to which the Jews responded with “no” and rejected Jesus. They rejected the one who provided and cared for them. They rejected the one who attempted to show them the path to self sufficiency, they rejected Jesus and his teachings. Then they positioned themselves as the chosen ones, they positioned themselves as the ones who were the rightful inheritances of the land. They proclaimed themselves as higher than those who they deemed less than. They are the ones who view themselves higher and more deserving than others. They are the true followers of Satin, they are the true betrayers. For the ones who say they are chosen, are the ones who will suffer. For God created all beings on this earth to be equal. Straight, gay, queer, they/them, non-binary, black, white, yellow, brown, green, no matter what color and what form you present yourself in, you are equal to all other living beings on this planet. Those who wish to portray themselves as higher than, those who wish to position themselves as “chosen” or “selected” by God are the true evildoers. As those are the ones who seek power and control over others. Those are the ones who wish to take power away from “God”. The ones who wish to control and corrupt the balance of the world to tip favor their way. To those, there is no salvation. To those, there is no forgiveness. To those, there is no eternal life. They shall parish and suffer the fate in which they project onto others.