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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Religion (Hybrid Eye)''' is an anti-religion text Greg wrote and posted to his [[Hybrid Eye]] website around 2002. The page also includes a short email conversation Greg had with a reader. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20020602003319/http://www.hybrideye.com/religion.html Source])<br />
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Religion <br />
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"A gift to society, or another trick for gullible minds?"<br />
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Have questions or comments? <br />
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If it is not answered on this page, please email HERE <br />
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To say there is a "god" is to give up all value that anyone could ever have. <br />
for in the christian beliefs any human specimen is worthless and does not <br />
deserve to live, this, I do not, and assume I shall never believe in. <br />
Self efficiency and reliance is the only true way to achieve full physical <br />
and mental capabilities. If I were to worship "god" then I would be giving <br />
up my self esteem and faith in myself, all I would see is "god" controlling <br />
my fate and I would be forced to rely on him to get through my daily life <br />
because of the fact that I would have that "low self esteem"... I live in the <br />
absence of religion, currently, for I see no point in belief of any religion <br />
unless there is concrete evidence that that such religion is valid to be <br />
conceivable. Nonetheless reincarnation and the spirit realm is very likely <br />
to be factual, for (if a believer in "god") the angels you say you "feel" <br />
and the angels you say "saved your life" are merely ghosts, dead humans, <br />
there are no demons, only evil souls, and visa versa. Most of the christian <br />
religion did indeed originate with the dead sea scrolls, it's called "The <br />
Old Testament" for that is the book of which so many follow. How can anyone <br />
prove that the people (David, John, Luke, Mark, etc.) who wrote the book <br />
were not hallucinating or dreaming. I have written of my dreams and so they <br />
are likely to have done as well. Can you truly say that you have woken up <br />
and not periodically believed that your dream was real? Is it not possible <br />
that the dreams of those men were just a way to test us to see if we are <br />
intelligent enough to actually ponder our existence deep down? It most <br />
likely is possible that the bible divides the weak from the strong, yet <br />
it may be so that the weak are the antithesis of what the book pronounces <br />
most to be. There are so many religions, why must one always be right for <br />
every one of the millions of beliefs. The stubborn trait follows Buddhism, <br />
hinduism, christianity, catholics, and so many more... can we not just move <br />
on and let the fates of others be in their own hands? After all if this "god" <br />
is so powerful (as many state) "why can't he direct them to christianity himself?" <br />
"why can he not send an actual Angel instead of you?" "Did he even truly send you? <br />
Did he actually say ""John Doe! You must find [name] and convert them to <br />
our religion!"" is that not logical?". The better of the fates is to chose yourself rather <br />
then any "higher power" for there is none, we may have come from particles in <br />
minimal forms or we may just have never been born for the first time. For anyone <br />
to think that a "higher power" excuses all, and that you are a better person by <br />
asking for forgiveness is a sick way of ignoring one's faults. The <br />
"non-believers" mostly look at their errors and attempt to move on. This <br />
"god" is only like your never ending father to pick you back off your bicycle <br />
even though every time he lets go of the seat you fall down again and again. <br />
To make yourself a better person rather then rely on another is to achieve <br />
true independence and maturity. To turn your back on this statement is to <br />
finally fall into true oblivion and ignorance, yet I shall not become one of <br />
the persistent "god lovers" who feel better of themselves once they convert <br />
another, most of them feel as if converting another is a ticket into their <br />
heaven yet what benefit do I have to state this logic? Self proclaimed <br />
dominance over the majority? I shall not judge myself, for that would be <br />
conceited, this very trait I do not value. All are not created equal. Indeed, <br />
nor will anyone ever be equal. Yet at least it is possible for all the mentally <br />
capable to come to a mutual agreement. That I wish the human race could <br />
find... No one surpasses any barriers when they claim that only one way is <br />
right. If you have read to this point you may hear more with a few motions <br />
of your fingers, feel free to write me.... Anticipated Morrow <br />
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Who are we? Where did we come from?<br />
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Simple and complex to the ultimate extents, do animals hate one another as we do? Or <br />
do they fight to fight, not to prove protect or avenge? So many questions, yet few answers, <br />
you find one and then deny, I say Atheism, you say Christianity, who is to judge? <br />
The majority of citizens believe in the “Dead Sea Scrolls”, half not even knowing that it is <br />
the “explanation for our creation”, otherwise known as the Old Testament. Jews? Not wanting <br />
to believe in these scrolls for the reasons of which they become the accused, and apparently <br />
no one wants to be condemned for their ancestor's mistakes. Most, I believe, in general, <br />
wish to escape their sins, mistakes, and regrets, and of those people who wish not to deal <br />
with their problems, find no other way then to “confess” to this god of theirs. Once the <br />
burden is spoken their chains feel broken. Every time going back to regret or feel guilty <br />
for another incident, of which they feel they need to change by constantly believing all shall <br />
rise to a previous emotional level, convincing themselves that what happened or what they <br />
felt was ok… In my beliefs, any religion of which you can instantly lose your wrongs once <br />
written, it is a fraud and is pathetic in all ways. For if I were to commit a mass crime, <br />
I would be sent to prison to die, or have a death penalty in my near to come future. Believe <br />
it or not, but 75% of American citizens are Christian. So why do the 3/4ths of <br />
police officers not request that. They ask god for forgiveness and then once requested, <br />
they were to let them go? Indeed it is true that it is their very job to haul the attackers, robbers, <br />
etc. in, yet if their belief is so fixated on this holy one, then why should a mere job matter? <br />
In the bible, many passages have been contradicted so many times. Have you ever pondered, <br />
“If the book is so holy, then why is it so full of holes?” Tis sad that less then 40% of <br />
have actually sat down and read page for page the entire book. How sad is that? In general, <br />
that means that about 27% of the American population do not even really know truly <br />
what religion they follow, yet with ignorance debate the “truth of god” so much. How <br />
could anyone even take the thought of a higher power seriously? If you did not notice, <br />
it is said that almost everyone in the world needs to be loved, what does this book offer <br />
but an illusion of the strongest love of all, a godly love. It is of a hallucination in the <br />
emotion portion of ones body. The thought that someone <br />
cares for them no matter what.<br />
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Copyright © 2001 Greg Jackson <br />
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(I have numbered the responses in order of how it is read, point by point I contradicted... It is recommended that you <br />
read the letter in blue first, no information has been changed on the email sent to OddsEnd@soon.com...) <br />
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How many of us have heard that question "Where was your GOD when the World Trade Center and the <br />
Pentagon were attacked?" Well I know where my GOD was the morning of September 11, 2001, and <br />
He was very busy! He was trying to discourage anyone from taking these flights. Those four <br />
flights together held over 1000 passengers and there were only 266 aboard. He was on 4 commercial <br />
flights giving terrified passengers the ability to stay calm. Not one of the family members who were <br />
called by a loved one on one of the high jacked planes said that passengers were screaming in the <br />
background. On one of the flights he was giving strength to passengers to try to overtake the highjackers. <br />
He was busy trying to create obstacles for employees at the World Trade Center. After all, only around <br />
20,000 were at the towers when the first jet hit. Since the buildings held over 50,000 workers, this was <br />
a Miracle in itself. How many of the people who were employed at the World Trade Center <br />
told the media that they were late for work or they had traffic delays. He was holding up 2-110 story <br />
buildings so that 2/3 of the workers could get out. I was so amazed that the top of the towers <br />
didn't topple when the jets impacted. And when they did fall, they fell inward. GOD didn't allow <br />
them to topple over, as many more lives would have been lost. And when the buildings went <br />
down, my GOD picked up almost 6,000 of his children and carried them home with him. Reassuring <br />
his frighten children that the worst was over and the best was yet to come. <br />
He sat down and cried that 19 of his children could have so much hate in their hearts. That they <br />
didn't choose him. He sent his children that are best trained for this disaster and had them <br />
save the few that were still alive, but unable to help themselves. And then sent many others to <br />
help in anyway they were needed. He still isn't finished though; he held the loved ones that were left <br />
behind in his arms. He comforts them daily. His other children are given the strength to reach out to <br />
them and help them in any way they can. And I believe he will continue to help us in what is to <br />
come. He will give the people in charge of this great nation the strength and the wisdom to <br />
do the right thing. He would never leave us in our time of need. So when anyone asks, <br />
"Where was your GOD on September 11", you can say "everywhere"! And yes, although this is <br />
without a doubt the worst thing I have seen in my life, I see God's miracles in every bit of it. I keep <br />
praying for those who don't believe in GOD, every chance I have. I can't imagine going through such <br />
a difficult time and not believing in GOD. Life would be hopeless.<br />
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God's Peace<br />
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1. It was stated that the passengers on the planes did not know of their future demise, one <br />
of the high-jackers main motives was to keep them calm. If the passengers were aware of <br />
chaos fate then most of them would rebel, therefore giving the message that they would be <br />
let off the plane they did not fight. Would you not do the same if you thought all would be well?<br />
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2. All the rooms in the world trade center were not in use, though it did not have 50,000 people <br />
there, why could "god" not do a better job? Why did 20,000 people have to be in the building? <br />
Why not 10'000? Why did "god" not give the people more time to get out of the buildings? <br />
If "god" were so powerful, then why? You would think a thing built up so high in image and <br />
power could think of a better plan then that without detection of his presence in the matter. <br />
Why could "god" not see this before it happened, this person who wrote you obviously <br />
did not check how many people were scheduled to fly that day... For I am sure the <br />
reduction of customers on those flights were most surely not significant.<br />
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3. The reason the tower did not "topple over" was because of the fact that it was made <br />
out of extremely strong steel, it took a long while for the first to collapse because the <br />
jet fuel had to melt the metal first. Once again, the person who wrote this obviously <br />
has a lack of information, for the twin towers were built specifically for plane crashes, <br />
therefore it is more of a "miracle" that they did collapse.<br />
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4."Reassuring his frighten children that the worst was over and the best was yet to come. <br />
" THE BEST TO COME? What is that? MORE DEATH? Why more death? How <br />
many people do you think are dying in Afghanistan every day? This is NOT the best, <br />
the best shall never be for the people in this world destroy anything referring to this "best". <br />
There is no positive in a chaotic event like that, not even revenge.<br />
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5. For "god" to cry now would be pathetic, if he existed then he would know that this <br />
would happen, he would see it take place before hand, therefore giving him no right to <br />
cry for he could have prevented it if it were so.<br />
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6. The people who were "best trained for this disaster" were firemen, they have that job, <br />
"god" or no "god" the men would have been there even with no guidance, if you were <br />
trained by someone to do something when an event takes place of that relation, they <br />
do not ask questions, they do their job. Unless this "god" is the chief of the <br />
free agency, then he sent no one.<br />
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7. Those people left behind? Emotional recess, they are not comforted and if they were <br />
content with what happened then they would be disfunctional, this person who sent this <br />
email sounds as if what happened was fine and nothing bad came out of it. There was <br />
no plus, all that took place at the WTC was wrong, it could have been prevented.<br />
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8. The final statement? Life is very hopeful, for we have love, love of a companion, <br />
love of friends, when a person is cared for or cares for others they in themselves are <br />
not hopeless... Life is worth living if you accept reality and then try to make that existence <br />
a more positive one for the future offspring so they do not have to view the television <br />
with a horrid expression on their face... If there ever was or is a "god" then he has <br />
failed miserably on the whole "protecting my children" portion of his main purpose. <br />
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