Faith in a Godless World

Want to have a good day? Its your decision. Not Gods.

Feel like you're always burdened with more than you can handle? You are because you think you are. God didn't do that you.

About 5% to 10% of Young Americans have historically not gone to church or claimed religious affiliation. In May a national survey pulled a staggering 30% to 40% of young Americans who no longer affiliate themselves or go to church. We're effectively losing our religion and I'm here to tell you I don't care about that. That just means less of us are blaming our hate, bias, guilt and discrimination on an all powerful deity. We're getting our freedom back from the thrall state of organized religion! Awesome!..?... no.

(If you do hold a religious faith, keep reading this applies to everyone.)

Yes, its awesome that people have opened up their lives to making personal decisions outside of a dogma that dictates lives for the financial and spiritual benefit of few... but it appears that the 40% isn't replacing their faith with anything substantial, including themselves. Our brains are constantly being bombarded of images of what the media tells us we should be, its easy to see how our peer group has lost its self-esteem and faith in general because a very small percentage of the population fit in to the media model of wealthy, good looking, flawless and problem-less people. No faith in religion, no faith in ourselves... so lets go get hammered, make some bad decisions because we have nothing to believe in... right?

Wrong dude. Faith in its purest form transcends religious boundaries to equate to the most beautiful components of human nature: love, kindness, hope, well being. Who deserves this faith just as much as anyone else? You do. So many people resign to things that bring them down and pigeon hole themselves in to moments of tragedy and challenge that seriously hinder their human experience. By having faith in yourself, faith that you can rise to the occasion and get out of whatever hole you are in, faith that this to shall pass- this is the faith that our generation is starving for. Don't confuse faith with confidence, one is spiritual and of your id and the other is the reflection of the ego. If we are going to survive in this generation we need to open our eyes to the god-energy within ourselves. Take control of your experience, know that by gods hand or by evolutionary placement you are here to do your damn thing- eff all the rest.

Maybe this is a little fru-fru for some of ya'll, but its the simplest of simple. Don't allow yourself to be fooled by handing responsibility of your life to the circumstances around you. Check your head, see that your perception of life is determined by your attitude. Once you understand that, you can see how your faith in yourself- the love, kindness and hope you see in your own experience will radiate in everything you do. You're not turning water to wine, or floating out of a cave three days dead but the miracle of your God is your life. Sans the collection plate and any sort of fasting. Even if you practice a faith, this is good shit. And I'm sure you're god will dig on it too, just as much as the disenfranchised average kid will. It also may make your journey here a little more enjoyable.

A little heavy on the thought, easy on the rant today.... but so it goes.