Switch Seats."
Every day now for about a week, on my way to and from class I see this sign at the side of a Baptist Church. Every single time I see it I think the same thing.
What I think is "That if your God is the pilot of your life, switch seats". Then I think, "If you don't you are going to crash"...following the analogy to the airplane of course.
Think about it though, that is part of the problem with some people out there and with some religions. See rather than let their religion be a guide, they let it rule them entirely.
To follow the original analogy, if you are co-pilot of an airplane, and your pilot is someone you cannot see, hear, touch, or feel, you are going to have some problems reaching your destination. Lack of communication leads to big boom somewhere down the road.
Now some people counter that they can talk to their god, and that they have text that convenes his will. But...isn't praying akin to sitting there as the plane goes down and hopeing the pilot who isn't there suddenly appears out of nowhere and stops the plane from crashing?
Isn't the text itself an outdated book for a plane that is obsolete and never driven. I mean do you really want to try to co-pilot a brand new Boeing 787 when your manual is for driving the Original Wright Brother's first successful aircraft?
It sounds a bit silly doesn't it?
I mean, if anything a person should treat their deity and related religious text as a co-pilot of their lives. The individual needs to be flying the plane of their life. The text itself shouldn't be used as the only basis for morality either.
I mean, if you want to use something like the Bible, you have to realize that part of it is really outdated. It was not meant for 20th century life. Some of it might still apply, for example some of the rules stated are good for preventing a society from collapsing into chaos and thus bringing about it's own extinction.
You cannot have people stealing and killing left and right like some video-game. Society will fall apart...and to stay together it needs some form of order.
But, anyone care to divorce their spouse and tell the judge that they cannot attend a preset court-date because their wife is on the rag?
Does anyone really want to rally to end the law against Bestiality in some places just because one of the sacred text clearly states it is okay to fornicated with sheep on Wednesday?
I'd like to see the parent (well not really) stupid enough to stone his/her kid to death for disobedience and claim to the law that it is alright because the Bible says it is okay.
See where I am going? Anyway what are your thoughts about all of this? Anything related to the above will do as discussion. This is something that has been chewing away at me for a while.
Every day now for about a week, on my way to and from class I see this sign at the side of a Baptist Church. Every single time I see it I think the same thing.
What I think is "That if your God is the pilot of your life, switch seats". Then I think, "If you don't you are going to crash"...following the analogy to the airplane of course.
Think about it though, that is part of the problem with some people out there and with some religions. See rather than let their religion be a guide, they let it rule them entirely.
To follow the original analogy, if you are co-pilot of an airplane, and your pilot is someone you cannot see, hear, touch, or feel, you are going to have some problems reaching your destination. Lack of communication leads to big boom somewhere down the road.
Now some people counter that they can talk to their god, and that they have text that convenes his will. But...isn't praying akin to sitting there as the plane goes down and hopeing the pilot who isn't there suddenly appears out of nowhere and stops the plane from crashing?
Isn't the text itself an outdated book for a plane that is obsolete and never driven. I mean do you really want to try to co-pilot a brand new Boeing 787 when your manual is for driving the Original Wright Brother's first successful aircraft?
It sounds a bit silly doesn't it?
I mean, if anything a person should treat their deity and related religious text as a co-pilot of their lives. The individual needs to be flying the plane of their life. The text itself shouldn't be used as the only basis for morality either.
I mean, if you want to use something like the Bible, you have to realize that part of it is really outdated. It was not meant for 20th century life. Some of it might still apply, for example some of the rules stated are good for preventing a society from collapsing into chaos and thus bringing about it's own extinction.
You cannot have people stealing and killing left and right like some video-game. Society will fall apart...and to stay together it needs some form of order.
But, anyone care to divorce their spouse and tell the judge that they cannot attend a preset court-date because their wife is on the rag?
Does anyone really want to rally to end the law against Bestiality in some places just because one of the sacred text clearly states it is okay to fornicated with sheep on Wednesday?
I'd like to see the parent (well not really) stupid enough to stone his/her kid to death for disobedience and claim to the law that it is alright because the Bible says it is okay.
See where I am going? Anyway what are your thoughts about all of this? Anything related to the above will do as discussion. This is something that has been chewing away at me for a while.
