Many of you have been raised within a religious background. My perception of life, religion, and spirituality was molded by the Catholic Church’s dogma and doctrine. Resulting in a fear of God. It became ingrained within me that I was a sinner, and my punishment would be severe and eternal. Over the years, growing up, all of this had a negative impact on my feelings of self-worth.
As a young adult onward, much of what I was taught created questions that nagged me constantly. In the Bible, there were blood sacrifices. Supposedly, God spoke about warring with the Philistines, stating to kill every man, woman, child, and animals as well. A great deal of killing all in the name of God. Yet Jesus taught that we are children of God, all are worthy, and we are loved unconditionally. These teachings and others are contradictions. If I am a child of God, that makes God my divine spiritual parent. So how can a loving God/parent condemn me to hell or purgatory upon our death? Another thought that frustrated me, was the statement that God loves me unconditionally. Unconditional love has no limitations, no conditions, so what’s up with that? A God that kills thousands of its children, a God that loves unconditionally, these thoughts continued to work within my mind, but no logical answers would come.
Free Will
It is a truth that we all possess free will. So, if that is true, why, if we did something that we perceive as bad make us sinners? Would not that simply mean we made an error, a mistake in judgment? The answer to this question lies in the knowledge of why we were created and why we are here. Before that knowledge can be revealed, there are other facts to be considered. One, is that we are Spiritual beings, having a human experience. We are not our bodies; we are spiritual, non-physical energy that vibrates at a specific frequency attached to what appears as a physical body. We are what religion refers to as our Soul. The part that connects us to our divine Mother and Father.
All That Is
Nothing in all of creation can exist outside of All that Is, our Creator. our divine Mother and Father, Source, God, or whatever one refers to All that Is, all that can ever be, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. And everything in between. We are all one together as the whole of creation. We are an extension of All that Is with our individual Ego identity manifested in the physical to experience for God so that they may know themselves, via all possibilities and probabilities, and that they may experience lack, limitations, and the sense of separation veiled by the Ego. Our purpose is to remember who we are and as to where we came from. And to live life from the foundation of our divine being. However, we have been denied this truth for millennia by those who wish to control mankind.
Religion
Religions of various faiths keep us separated by a man-made belief system that withholds the truth about who we are. If the majority of mankind knew and accepted who they truly are there would be no need for religion. The Roman Catholic Church falsely used the death of Jesus to create a belief that he died for our sins and that our salvation lies within the church. Jesus did not come to save us for our sins, but to awaken us to our true identity. He was fully enlightened, awake to his true self. He was crucified because what he truly taught that much was hidden from us, and was a threat to the existence of organized religion.
Sin
The words ” sin and sinner allows us to feel guilty. It keeps u down, creating a sense of unworthiness. It creates a feeling of inferiority and a dependency on religious intermediaries for our salvation. An aspect of All that Is, God does not require salvation in this manner. Your awakening is your true salvation. Live your life with the caveat of do no harm. Errors will happen; it is all part of living life in duality. Make Jesus your role model, live as he lived and taught. He loved everyone, regardless of race, creed, or cultural differences.