I've been a christian, an Odinist, a Satanist, an atheist & now I'm an Odinist (or Asatru, as it is called today) again. I've never been happier but, I'm SURE it's my wife & kids that are responsible for my happiness. My religion is simply a thing which I draw a tiny bit of added strength from. I've known people who simply couldn't live a productive life (drugs & stuff) without a religion to fall back on. It's not the way of Asatru to preach, as we simply don't give a pimply ass fuck, if you join us or not. However, if you care, check out "Asatru" on the web.
Your Friend, Agonies Creep
Odin Lives!! Otep is Love!!!
P.S. "Even a good dog will bite, if kicked once too often!"- Me
the older i get the more i know there is no god. i used to at least hope there were something out there but after all i've seen i know there is no god that would be so fucking cruel and lack any sense of humanity. if you believe the bible, koran,torah ,etc are accurate and the word of god - you are retarded and there is no helping you.
I respect others opinions, you should to. Some people need to cling to the idea of God because the idea of nothing after death is rather frightening. I agree that the world is fucked, but that could be explained with Jhonen Vasquez's fat little man in a recliner not paying any attention whatsoever to what's going on down below.
I respect that you don't believe in religion, but please respect that Christians believe in God, Muslims believe in Allah, Hindus believe in their gods and goddesses and Pagans believe there's a god or goddess in everything. There's no need for name calling.
Its not God that is cruel friend, its human beings. God is a just and loving God, if he interfered with every evil committed by a human on this earth he would no longer be the God of love because we would no longer have the choice to chose good or evil we would be robots forced to do good, God doesn't force his love on us.
God didn't create evil but the potential for evil by giving us freewill. God is just he says" vengeance is mine and I will repay" we will all have to answer for our actions someday. I am a sinner and I have made a choice to accept God's love and forgiveness, I am now devoted to showing compassion that God has shown me. Am I perfect nope and the world isn't perfect but I know that I was a wrenched, hurting, hateful person before I found Christ, now I'm set free from all that baggage and I can love myself and others even those who hate me. But this means nothing to you.. I say challenge God! open your heart with all sincerity Ask God To revel himself to you, thats his job not mine I am the messenger not the message. God says knock and I will open, seek me and you will find me.