Not Preordained

To those of you who are saying that the Trump presidency is preordained by God, this is for you:

By your argument, it was preordained that Eve would eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. By your argument, it was preordained that hate, pain and misery would encompass the world. By this argument, it was preordained that wars, famines and disease would plague this planet. By this argument, it was preordained that murder, rape and abuse would sweep across the Earth. By this argument, original sin was preordained. This argument means that free will doesn’t really exist; if it is preordained, then we never had a choice.

No? You disagree?

Does any of that sound like something a LOVING God would do? By this logic, He created us just to punish us. Those are not the actions of a loving God. A loving God would protect us, teach us and be physically present.

Now I would be considered to be testing God. Let me say this, then.

If God exists, and we can trust the Bible that has been edited who knows how many times by human beings with an agenda….

God stands for peace. God stands for unity. God stands for understanding. God stands for harmony. God stands for love.

So… Why is there so much bad in the world?

Satan stands for division. Satan stands for hatred. Satan stands for spite. Satan stands for bigotry. Satan stands for confusion. Satan stands for jealousy. Satan stands for greed.

Or so we are told by the Christian Bible.

People use Christianity today, and have used it through the ages, to justify their hatred and bigotry and greed and spite and division. This is not the actions of a people who worship a loving God. Yet, it happens everyday. Are you not to show people the love, compassion and understanding of Jesus as a Christian? So why turn those away whom you disagree with?

I must also note that if your faith in the Christian God truly makes you a better person, then that is your truth. I do not judge you. If your faith in the Christian God has changed your life for the better, and everyone else around you, then I am happy for you. If you are a truly good person who is all accepting and understanding, I stand with you. As long as you aren’t hurting yourself or other, I stand with you.

If you are using your faith in the Christian God to be divisive, bigoted, hateful or anything in relation, you are part of the problem. Do not use your faith to harm others. We are in terrifying times. We must stand together. We must be loving and kind to one another, no matter our faiths. And if you try to tell me that I was not kind in this article, then those are your feelings, and I won’t deny you your feelings. Just because you believe in a faith/religion/God or don’t believe in any religion, does not make you better or worse than anyone else. We are equal. We must not simply look past those things which make us different, we must embrace those things. Things such as race, religions and the like should not divide us, but make us stronger.

Let us celebrate the things that make us different from one another, the things that make us unique. Let us celebrate the rainbow of diversity.