Being religious, or believing in God does not mean that we do perfect things. We are still imperfect human beings full of all sorts of imperfections such as pride, lust, greed, selfishness, etc.
No kidding.
"We are still imperfect human beings
full of all sorts of imperfections such as pride, lust, greed, selfishness"
What your own words clearly demonstrate is that you have cast your lot in life with a spirit of perversity not the spirit of truth
" to the spirit of perversity belong greed, remissness in right doing, wickedness and falsehood, pride and presumption, ruthless deception and guile, abundant insolence, shortness of temper and profusion of folly, arrogant passion, abominable acts in a spirit of lewdness, filthy ways in the thralldom of unchastity, a blasphemous tongue, blindness of eyes, dullness of ears, stiffness of neck and hardness of heart, to the end that a man walks entirely in ways of darkness and of evil cunning. The guerdon of all who walk in such ways is multitude of afflictions at the hands of all the angels of destruction, everlasting perdition through the angry wrath of an avenging God, eternal horror and perpetual reproach, the disgrace of final annihilation in the Fire, darkness throughout the vicissitudes of life in every generation, doleful sorrow, bitter misfortune and darkling ruin-ending in extinction without remnant of survival."
The enlightenment of man's heart, the making straight before him all the ways of righteousness and truth, the implanting in his heart of fear for the judgments of God, of a spirit of humility, of patience, of abundant compassion, of perpetual goodness, of insight, of perception, of that sense of the Divine Power that is based at once on an apprehension of God's works and a reliance on His plenteous mercy, of a spirit of knowledge informing every plan of action, of a zeal for righteous government, of a hallowed mind in a controlled nature, of abounding love for all who follow the truth, of self-respecting purity which abhors all the taint of filth, of a modesty of behavior coupled with a general prudence and an ability to hide within oneself the secrets of what one knows - these are the things that come to men in this world through communion with the spirit of truth.
Manual of Discipline
Were you expecting utopia?
Are you perfect?
Do you seriously believe everyone should believe as you do?
Do you seriously believe that unless everyone believes as you do they are evil?
Do you seriously see yourself as any different or better than others just because of your religious beliefs?
Do you believe you speak for God?
Am I perfect? I doubt it, even though some people have tried to convince me that I am awesome. lol...
Do I believe everyone should believe as I do? Of course not. Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people.
Do I believe that everyone who does not believe as I do is evil? Of course not. Only those who have made evil a deliberate choice qualify for that distinction.
Do I see myself as any different or better than others just because of my religious beliefs? I heard that I am different, more than a few times, even so I'm not convinced that thats a bad thing. I don't have religious beliefs and I don't think that I am better than anyone else. I even don't think that I am better than someone who lies in the name of God and expects no one, even God, to notice. I just tend to think things through a little better than that..
Do I believe that I speak for God. No. God has no problem communicating with whomever he wants to.
I am speaking for myself about what I have seen and heard and learned in the presence of God, turning a curse into a blessing, blood into a fine wine.
