Thank You Bill Maher

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Thank You Bill Maher

Throughout my life, I have always felt an inner conflict when it comes to believing in a prophet. Whether it be Jesus Christ, Mohammed, or any prophet for that matter the overall idea that a man of flesh and blood could save the world or perform miracles or both and still just be a man, has always appeared to be somewhat farfetched to me. This doesn’t mean that I don’t still respect the prophets but more on that in a moment.

Bill Maher may have a point with regards to his personal belief, when speaking his peace regarding prophets being seen by some to be superheroes or have superpowers. Let’s face it, not one of us at this moment in time, was there during Christ’s lifetime, that we can recall anyway (reincarnation). Therefore Bill’s statements regarding prophets being seen as superheroes or having superpowers through the eyes of there followers in my opinion, is justified.

Because Jesus was such a good teacher, isn’t it possible that because his words struck a cord in anyone who listened, that if Jesus told the people something, for instance, that a man will heal in two days, whether those same people stayed to see if this would become true or not, people would still believe him?

Imagine if you can, you, living during the time of Christ; being so caught up in his words for what ever reason, that when a moment such as a blind man standing before Christ, has mud put into his face/eyes by Christ, that despite the fact that at that moment the man is not cured immediately, Christ tells you that he will be healed in five days, would you not believe him? This is the facet I have been pondering since watching Bill’s piece on 04/01/11.

Because there was no internet or real form of checking facts during Christ’s time and because Jesus was always wandering, never staying in one place, could such scenarios have taken shape and it was from this that faith became what it is today?

As mentioned earlier, I am not knocking any prophet. I believe each one has had something very positive to say, teachings that have real value, and a practice regarding peace that should be continued to be practiced by all of us. With that said, whether or not what Christ or Mohammed, or any other “prophet” may or may not have actually done regarding performing miracles is irrelevant to me for a number of reasons.

The first reason would be because I believe in an afterlife, I know that one day I will see these men again. With that said, I would like to meet them on a positive note.

The second reason would be, because we are all energy, energy which is shared and or taken away, can you fathom the kind of energy source these men who people recognize as prophets, have. My god, they might be like giants on the other side because of the exuberant amounts of energy given to them by millions of people every day for hundreds and or thousands of years. With that mentioned, I would expect them to, by now, be able to perform miracles and appear before the living, besides I may need to call upon them one day to look after me and it is because of my respect for them now that I would believe they would assist me if asked.

Finally, because I believe my creator/creators work with me on an individual level, I too am a prophet to myself and no one else. Because I believe in individual spirituality, I believe we are all remarkable in our own right, as are own prophet, for ourselves only.

When I hear on the news that someone has burned a holy book of a religion other than their own, although I believe we are all on are own individual paths, some things should be thought out a bit more before acting upon them. With that said, because I believe that there is always a bigger picture to what we see in the here and now, I do believe something positive was learned regarding the most recent event being mentioned in this paragraph; that lesson being, worry about yourself first, focus on yourself, leave the rest of the world alone, and remember that every action has a reaction when in some cases, lives could be at stake.

Bill Maher suggested to his audience this past weekend that we all should take time out to look at more than just the one side one may feel comfortable with regarding any issue and look at the other point of view then come up with your own original understanding of the situation. It is with this philosophy I take into consideration the way an atheist may think, investigate it within myself, and by doing so, have come to a possible theory that now sheds a new light on my spirituality, giving me a more precise reason/answer to why I have had the struggles I made mention of at the begnining of this piece.

Thank you Bill Maher


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