Wil's Rant

For the Love of God?:

I hear people describing others as God fearing, or she's a god fearing woman, etc. This always confuses me. According to most everything I've read I would suspect God would not want us to fear him, her,etc. Love is not born of fear. For us to Love God truly, fear must not be a component. Throughout history, people have been killed in the name of God. Members of virtually every religion have at one point or another killed others in the name of God. I strongly suspect this is a severe misinterpretation of his words, will, whatever. A God strong, knowledgeable, and wise enough to create the universe would not require me to take the life of anything he has created. If he feels one of his creations is flawed he could easily destroy it himself. I think what our real task in this life is might be more on the lines of learning as much as we can, be tolerant of other views, and attempt to eliminate the reasons that criminals, terrorists, and any other persons who are dangerous to the rest of us, are created in the first place. A world where people are free to express, don't have to see their children die of malnutrition, and have access to decent medical care might be much less likely to produce deviance. It is possible for us to have such a world. I think many of us are tired of seeing the killing and suffering everyday, and this from the comfort available in North America. There are many more people living in suffering in this world than there are living in comfort. Perhaps one day soon, we will have evolved far enough that we can put this type of pain behind us and live truly as we were meant to.