Who really believes anymore, anyway?

Today I want to give a shout-out to Doubting Thomas, whose feast day is today. Oh yeah, and to my good friend Beth whose birthday was yesterday!

I think we ought to give it to Thomas. I mean, who really believes in Jesus anymore, anyway? If he couldn't see Jesus, then he wasn't going to believe that He was alive. I agree whole-heartedly.

Modern man (excuse me, I meant "modern women and men") has moved way past the need to believe in God and to be part of some faith group, especially one that always wants to tell people what to do all the time. We can pretty much do everything on our own now anyway. Heck, we just figured out the actual length of Neptune's day! And, did you know that by 2045, machines are going to be smarter than us anyway?

But let's take the "Father"/Creator-being, just for fun. You don't really think God cares about you, do you? Sure, maybe He made you, every ounce and fiber and knew you before you were even created, but I doubt He cares much about your life now. I'm sure He has much bigger things to worry about, like making sure the planets stay on track or new stars come out of the nebulae. I mean, personally, once my children were born, I'd just as soon leave them to fend for themselves, except that I don't want to end up in jail. I may have been happy that I created them, but I don't really care about giving them what they need, like food and water and their favorite episode of Thomas the Tank Engine. I think it's really annoying to have to give them any rules or consequences so they can learn about life and how to live with others and, of course, respect me, their parent.

And, that Jesus dude? You don't really think God actually became a man, do you? Why would God give up being God? Human existence isn't exactly a walk in the park - if He were God, I'm sure he knew about the less than enjoyable possibilities like hunger, no air conditioning, constipation, experiencing the death of a loved one, to name a few. Why should we trust what people have been saying about what He said and did? Do you really think that story is still straight after 2,000 years?! Who's really going to try to claim that? So what if thousands of people who heard him speak began following Him. And, all those people He "healed"? Yeah, right. Those were just stories to get the people to believe. Oh, and the people who were killed because they believed in the dude, after the dude was killed? They were probably just as crazy as He was. I wouldn't give my life for another human being! I'm enjoying myself just fine, doing what I like. [Thank God I live in America and I can do that! Happy Bday tomorrow, US of A. You're awesome!]

Now, the Spirit I can believe in a lot easier. You know, we're all connected by spirit. We're trying to be one with Nature, too, if we don't kill it first, of course. But, back to the God-spirit thang. Does anyone think that God is still trying to communicate and be with us today? I certainly don't hear anything. But, I got my iTunes on, checkin' out what all my "friends" are doing right now, and then I'm going to play a few rounds of Snood, and that's all a LOT more fun!

So, Thomas, pray for us, if you can even hear us. We want to find the Truth! And, when we do, ask God to help us believe.

Next week . . . my shout-out to Judas!