In the Name of Doing Nothing
Why is it that so much evil is done in the name of God? Everything from the Crusades and suicide bombers to Fred Phelps picketing soldier’s funerals with signs that read “God hates fags.”
It’s bad enough that God lets evil flourish in the world, but why would she allow it to be done in her name?
She told me I shouldn’t care so much what gets done in her name. Sooner or later, everything gets done in her name, so relying on what other people tell you is her will is a sure recipe for disaster. She told me that more people just need to get in touch with their own sense of right and wrong and to stop spending so much time worrying about what other people think is right or wrong.
She pointed out to me that the Bible is full of examples of her getting into people’s lives and meddling and that the end result is rarely any good. You don’t hear about her doing that too much in the last couple of millennia; she says she’s learned to just let people be, and that she’s a lot happier because of it. She thinks maybe the rest of us should try the same thing.
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