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People have a real problem with blaming God for their troubles.

I am all for blaming God. And we should not feel guilty for doing so. Why? Because “He” (just using that because of the common vernacular) has the biggest shoulders, and he created this mess.

I wish to refrain from blaming human beings who have been virtually blind folded and are expected to guide themselves and others through this confusing life without running into things. 🤦

People don’t like me talking like this, because “God” or our concept of Him is the only means for self soothing that is not tainted by this world. I get it. But, maybe we need to look at the reasons for our need to spiritually ’self soothe’? Why do we need a blameless Daddy?

Maybe our problems remain, because we constantly self blame and make ourselves responsible for failing. Maybe it isn’t our fault? And we carry around this false guilt that does not belong to us. Put it on God’s shoulders, literally for that is where it belongs.

Perhaps this is the meaning the Gospel should have had. Instead of finding Himself an innocent lamb (human sacrifice), He should have been the scapegoat for what He created.

Something I wrote as a FB comment… When will deconstruction be over?

What we are actually “deconstructing” isn’t the Bible or Christianity, although these are pieces in this megalithic mosaic… but really it’s all of our “ego” constructs. And those involve so much more than just the religious aspects.

We are deconstructing the illusions of Ego. And yes that will be ongoing for the rest of our 3D existence. We constantly have to weigh and re-level the balance of Consciousness and Ego. And each time we deconstruct another piece, we go through another grief cycle.

Reminds me of the Bible verse attributed to Paul when he wrote “I die daily”… I die daily to yet another piece of my Ego constructed “reality”.

And when we are done deconstructing Religion, lets move on to deconstructing Politics.

I was pondering the “atheist” thing the other day, and thought to myself… I actually am atheist now. But then, I had to check out what the official definition of “theism” is… and here is one:

The belief or acknowledgement of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

I think what most atheists actually reject is the idea of the “big man in the sky”. And in that sense, I am definitely atheistic now, as I don’t believe GOD is a ‘person’.

If I had to adopt a label, it would definitely be pantheism which we can vaguely deduce from Ephesians 4:6, and of course it has a flaw in translation with the word ‘over’ not actually being in the original definition.

One God and Father of all, who is over upon all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:6

Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity. The physical universe is thus understood as an immanent deity, still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time.

You know, it sounds ironic to people when I say that I needed to “set aside God” as the standard to “live up to” - which simply was unattainable! And that is what made me such a poor Christian.

And in order to find ABILITY to let Love flourish within me, I needed to “clear the space” that God occupied all my life. It may not make a lot of sense when people hear me say this; in fact I am sure the amygdala registers this as a terrifying thought initially… but in order to be “able” you have to let go of the “disabling” belief in God to do everything for you and start believing in your Self.

It wasn’t until I gave myself enough credit that I could actually be a capable and loving person, that I became that quite naturally. It’s all in what we believe about ourselves.

Originally published on Facebook June 16th, 2024 © Rene Gade