Al prinicipio solo existia, existe y existira el Caos, el comienzo, el pasado, el presente y el futuro de todo, el Caos existio, ha existido y siempre existira, nosotros somos los hijos del Caos y mediante el Caos, descubrimos nuestra razon de ser. Somos sus habitantes y deberiamos de agradecerle, el creo todo lo que vemos, todo lo que sentimos, le debemos nuestra vida, aunque pagarselo sea imposible, imposible tal vez no sea alcanzar lo inalcazable. El Caos existe pero no es lo unico que existe, no es lo unico en nuestra realidad, algo nacio del caos, una nueva fuerza que descendio de el ,su mas grande progenitor, la hija directa y la madre directa de todo. Con el nacimiento de la naturaleza, patrones empezaron a emerger, viviendo en un mundo caotico. La amalgacion entre naturaleza y caos creo el mundo y la realidad en la que vivimos. La amalgacion de la naturaleza y el caos creo la vida. Fue en esta amalgacion impotente y trascendental en donde la tercera y ultima fuerza nacio, los bastardos de la naturaleza y el caos surguimos, fue aqui en donde Luca nacio.
El naciemiento de la vida debio de haber sido un proceso demasiado gracioso y demasiado anti-ortodoxo para las cosas que se veian en ese tiempo, el nacimiento de organismos capaz de recraerse asi mismos, habitar e interactuar con este mundo creado. Capaces de interactuar con la naturaleza que los creo y con el Caos en el que viven. El proposito de vivir es vivir, eso era algo que los primeros portadores de vida entendian bien, y para vivir necesitaban sobrevivir. Y la mejor manera de hacer esto, era mediante el simple y hermoso instinto de supervivencia, y aquel que lo supiese usar mejor iba a vivir mejor y mas. Pero ellos tambien sabian, que vivir no era suficiente, tambien tenian que trascender. El enemigo mas grande de los seres humanos o mejor dicho, de todas las especies vivas, es el tiempo, el tiempo es la muerte. Los primeros organismos sabian esto, tenian que derrotar su tiempo de alguna forma, dejar su huella en el mundo que habitaron antes de que fuera demasiado tarde, de alguna manera pasar algo de ellos mismos hacia la siguiente generacion que cada vez esta mas cerca. Y es ahi, donde ellos tuvieron la brillante idea de la reproduccion y con eso, aseguraban su inmortalidad para las siguientes generaciones por venir, con eso vencian a la muerte. Entonces, el esquema de la inmortalidad surgio porfin, este esquema era sencillo y solo consistia en 4 pasos: Nacer, Sobervivir, Reproducirse y Morir, ese era el esquema para su inmortalidad. Y con eso nuestros microscopicos ancestros habian creado toda esta sabia filosofia, habian desarrollado todo este conocimiento simplemente mediante el insitnto de sobrevivir, esta fue realmente la Primera Filosofia.
Eklegein es el proceso de la lluvia que he creado consciente y subconscientemente, un manifesto el cual me ayudara o me hara todo mas dificil, buscando la constante a la que me aferro, no es mi unica manera, hay miles, esto me liberara o me destruira, si es que hay alguna diferencia, los meteoros que caeran han estado flotando es este espacio por mucho tiempo y es hora de impacten en mi tabula rasa, lo que realizare es un pequeño experimento de perspectiva, todos concordaran conmigo, nadie concordara conmigo, pero no importa, lo que me he asignado va mas alla de mi o ellos, lo que me asignado va hacia mi o ellos, por que solo hay dos maneras en que alguien pueda vivir una existencia. Vivir para nosotros mismos, o para la vida y lo demas. Esa es la decision que tomamos aqui. Que al final de los dias concluiras que esas dos se unifican en el proceso mas fundamental e imaginable. De cualquier manera que se eliga vivir, se debe de hacer en su posible totalidad, ya que si no vivimos una posible totalidad aqui, puede que jamas la podamos vivir, o tal vez simplemente debamos seguir esa totatilidad sin la mas minima idea si podemos alcanzarla o no, la pregunta eterna con la respuesta infinita, la colision de esa pregunta y esa respuesta es lo que llamo vida.
Amor Fati is an attitude in which one sees all the events of one 's life including pain, frustration and suffering as good things. I stumble upon this way of thinking several months ago, I was going throught a Nietzche-Stage at the time.
So yeah, I remember that I read about this school of thought or attitude if you wanna call it like that, and I thought it was just the most wise thing I had ever read in my life, and I'm still thinking that, I mean the concept of just accepting your existence and embrace whatever may come to you is such a powerful idea.
Enjoy, experience, observe, learn and most importantly embrace what has happened to you, because it has happened to you, existence is a really mysterious thing and you don't know if it's going to repeat itself, you don't know when it's going to end, and you don't know what will happen after that, so you might as well enjoy what's going on.
As Manny Calavera once said:
[caption id="attachment_137" align="alignnone" width="300" caption=""You know, sweetheart, if there's one thing I've learned, it's this: nobody knows what's gonna happen at the end of the line, so you might as well enjoy the trip.""][/caption]
But now it comes the other side of the coin, there have been many people who criticize the idea of Amor Fati by saying is just another justification for conformity.
Ok, I agree that the idea itself draws from a really conformist point of view, but I think many people misunderstood the concept.
Is not about just accepting what has happen and that's it, it's about accepting what has happen to you and moving on.
Get it MOVING ON, something happen to you, you accept it, and you move on, you don't stay in this stationary stage that conformity is all about, because you move on to the "okay what will happen next".
As Church from Red Vs Blue once said
[caption id="attachment_138" align="alignnone" width="206" caption=""You know what Caboose, I learn something: It doesn't matter how bad things may seem, they can't be any better, they can't be any worse, because that's the way things fucking are, so you better get used to it Nancy, Quit your bitching""][/caption]
Wow can you belive that I'm actually pulling out deep philosophical and realistic quotes from video games and machinima series?, I guess true art and philosophy have really change this few years.
I know that there's so many people who have live so many tragedies, that are living in so much suffering, yes I know the world is not fair, but once again who said it such be?
If you have lived a really horrible event of your life and you're thinking this is all bullshit, that's complete fine, If I was in your shoes I think I would also think that, but if you decide to embrace this attitude, you'll become really strong and just another think, always remember: Life is too fucking short and on top of that time fucking flies.
I think that the only way that Amor Fati could work at it's best potential is if you have make a plan. We all have a goal, a dream, a plan, a duty or whatever you may wanna call it. It doesn't have to be specific, it can be as vague and as abrstract as you want (I think it works better in this way) You have to set a finishing point, you have to set a direction to where are you going, so you can start you trip, and in that trip, whatever happens to you, is going to be fine, if you encounter a wall, tear it down, if you can't, maybe you can find another way, if you can't either maybe you can change you direction completely, do what everything you want, the point is to keep moving and accept what happens to you while you move.
So, I don't know what's the deal with us Generation Y, we are really some strange fuckers, I mean yea we are cool we have technology we know how to use this gigantic web of communication, but that's pretty much it, our only value, our only characteristic is in a really superficial way, we have the greatest communication tool ever develop by mankind, and we use it to check our status on Facebook. Really that's all we do.
Just check this out:
The Silent Generation, well they were really ignorant but they survive a lot of stuff and they went through a lot, they were loyal and they stick to their principals, that could be annoying for some people, but for me is admirable.
[caption id="attachment_125" align="alignnone" width="236"] Boy, they look like they're having fun[/caption]
Baby Boomers, they just live some of the greatest revolutions of modern mankind, had the greatest music ever, watched the man land on the moon (okay I don't wanna get in any controversy here, whether we did or we did not land on the moon that day I personally don't care, I just figure that it must had been really cool and exciting watching that on Tv with your friends and family... I guess is better than watching two giants buildings been completely destroyed). Most of the Baby Boomers we know are our parents, my parents are like really responsable and conservative now, but they seem to had a real blast when they were young back in the day.
[caption id="attachment_126" align="alignnone" width="300"] BOY, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HAVING FUN[/caption]
Then it came Generation X, you know, they were cool, or at least they tried to, naaaaaah just kidding, yes they were really cool and very independent, they really didn't care about world ideals or anything, they just live for themselves and the ones close to them, and that's really admirable to, I wish I could do that, free and independent.
[caption id="attachment_127" align="alignnone" width="300"] Okay, you all know that is impossible to talk about Gen X without mentioning Friends so here it is[/caption]
So then we, Generation Y appeared, and we are... I don't know, by my experience I don't know how to define our attitudes, I guess we are just... regular whinning teenagers with technology, and that's pretty much it.
[caption id="attachment_128" align="alignnone" width="300"] Okay, you all know that is impossible to talk about Gen Y without mentioning Facebook so here it is, man... this is truly the most representative thing that I could find about us[/caption]
I guess we try to be like Gen X, we try to be like free and independent but we fail miserably. I don't know anybody from 20 to 25 who lives alone and by himself, everybody still lives with their parents, and I don't know anybody from that same age who works in a job that he got by himself alone without any help from his parents or another adult person. I really didn't knew how to stereotypically define us, so I look up on the internet to see how was our stereotype or what is expected from us.
And oh boy, did I find our stereotype, here it is:
[caption id="attachment_120" align="alignnone" width="228"] tataaaaaaa...... wait a minute, WHAT THE HELL?[/caption]
Leaders?
Yes, that's how they see us, I'm not kidding, future young Messiah's of the world, I was really amazed by the overwhelming optimism that society has on us, we are like this new wave of idealistic social revolution for them. I was really amazed by that because I really didn't expect it. I thought than when I type the words Generation Y on Google, it was just going to appear what good 'ol Spider Jerusalem describes as the New Scum.
[caption id="attachment_123" align="alignnone" width="194"] "These are the new streets of this city, where the New Scum try to live. You and me"[/caption]
But no, we are like the complete opposite of that, I just can't believe it. They expect that we will bring this new ideal to the world, that we will create the definitive ideal society that will change everything. Entrepeneur fuckers that will lead the way.
I don't know, I'm really skeptical about this, I mean of course technology, business, media communications and all that changes trough out the years, but the world is pretty much the same, not because you use more technology than you grandfather it means that you are smarter or better than him, its stupid, Technology doesn't change people's attitudes, it just changes a few aspects of how they live and that's all.
Maybe that idealistic revolution will happen, it's really probable, but I don't see it happening right now, it will take years for that to happen.
I mean, all my friends and all the people who I know are my age, they don't care about anything of that, they just want to live their lives and that's it, pretty much like Gen X, and you are telling me that we will bring this absolute new ideal that will change future generations... You know I really wanna think that but I just don't see it happening.
And what about Generation Z
[caption id="attachment_124" align="alignnone" width="300"] Well let's see, 5 year olds already hook up with laptops... man that's some sad shit[/caption]
I'm sorry if I sound to pessimistic here, but what I'm really trying to say is that please don't be disappointed at the end of the day when it turns out that we really didn't do anything significant in our time.
But you must to admit, WE HAD THE GREATEST NICKELODEON EVAAAAAA
"Mathematics is the language of nature, everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers, if you graph these numbers patterns emerge, therefore: There are patterns everywhere in nature"
- Pi
Fitting quote for the theme of this post.
I have re watch all of Darren Aronofsky's films once again, without any doubt he is one of the most talented directors of this generation, all of his films are memorable, his writing and story-telling is crushing, devastating and beautiful and not so many films today can generate those kind of feelings in such a way.
[caption id="attachment_112" align="alignnone" width="298"] "In the end it's all nice"[/caption]
But I will not review every single of Aronosfky's films, I will discuss about his style, his unique filming techniques and (as you have may read on the quote on top) I have re watch all of his films, and I have found that in all of them, patterns emerge, both technically and conceptually.
First of all, you have to agree with me, all of Aronofsky's films have a really claustrophobic nature, all of them are truly and deeply centered in his main characters and everything that they're going trough, you only see the film trough their eyes, and most of them, are extremely alone characters, either that or are extremely obsess with something.
Max with the number (Pi). Harry, Marion and Tyrone well... with drugs, Sara Goldfard with her appearance in that TV Show and her weight loss that ultimately drives her into insanity (Requiem For A Dream). Tom with finding the cure of death (The Fountain). Randy with his golden days of wrestling (The Wrestler). Nina with her dark role in Swan Lake (Black Swan).
[caption id="attachment_91" align="alignnone" width="300"] "If the number's there I'll find it!"[/caption]
All of the characters are desperate and in need of something, in all films we can explore all the consequences of their obsessions, but never them actually trying to overcome this obsession. Except in The Wrestler.
[caption id="attachment_93" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Ram in probably the last moments of his life[/caption]
In The Wrestler, Randy is the only main character who tries to overcome his obsession and leaving it behind, at the moment when his doctor tells him he can't wrestle anymore. He struggles to find a new job, tries to reunite with his daughter and set a normal life, although he sadly fails, is the only of Aronofosky's character that we see in this transition.
Although many people have made the comparison between the similarities of The Wrestler and Black Swan (both dealing about the life of a performer) this two films, explore the same concept in drastically different ways, The Wrestler in a more personal, introspective and realistic way and Black Swan in a more metaphysical, philosophical and allegorical style.
And besides of that, the protagonist of this two films are really different and they really don't have a lot in common. Were I can see a truly similarity is between Nina Sayers (Black Swan) and Sara Goldfarb (Requiem For A Dream)
Seriously, these characters are almost the same person. They are both shy and lonely women, not really confident about themselves and suddenly this huge opportunity is presented in front of them, they don't know how to deal with this huge opportunity, they try their best but end up obsessing with it, until that obsession drives them into complete self-destruction.
I know that obsession is a theme in pretty much all of Aronofsky's film, but in this case, Sara and Nina's insanity is manifested in similar metaphysical and surrealistic ways.
[caption id="attachment_99" align="alignnone" width="300"] Nina with the whole "WTF I'm turning into a fucking swan" thing[/caption]
Of course Nina with the Swan transformation but not only that, also with the whole Lily imaginary counterpart and the surreal scene we see when she enters her room and watches all the drawings talking.
[caption id="attachment_100" align="alignnone" width="300"] And Sara's Fridge[/caption]
And in the other hand, we have Sara with her terrifying fridge and not only that, the TV also starts tormenting her when the characters of the TV show come to life and throw a party in her house, completely humiliating the poor woman.
So yea, one of them just wanted to be on a TV show and the other just wanted to be perfect, is that too much to ask?
Other couple of characters that are really alike are Max (Pi) and Tommy (The Fountain) both scientist trying to reach something impossible and finally they realize at the end that some aspects of the world or some aspects of nature can't be changed or controlled.
[caption id="attachment_109" align="alignnone" width="300"] "When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did, my pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood."[/caption]
Okay so, moving on in more technical ways:
My brother actually was the one who made me realize this: in every one of Aronofsky's films, there's a transition shot or camera angle that is heavily use trough the entire film.
Don't believe me? OK
We have the constant fade to white transition that it is used in Pi, mostly in the end of a surrealistic or crazy scene. We have the famous hip-hop montage/transition used in Requiem For A Dream every time the characters sells or consumes drugs (this technique is also use in Pi, but Requiem really exploits it).
And in The Wrestler and Black Swan, we have the constant following from behind-shot
[caption id="attachment_105" align="alignnone" width="300"] I couldn't find an image of Black Swan, but you can see the shot on the trailer in 0:41 and 1:19[/caption]
Also another thing, in Black Swan the fade to white transition it's also use several times.
Getting back to a more conceptual area, I also realize another thing about most of the protagonist of the films: They all have some kind of really horrible condition that is either killing them or causing them a lot of pain, and all of them end up ignoring that condition causing some really horrible damage at the end.
[caption id="attachment_107" align="alignnone" width="300"] "SHIIIT Harry, since how long you have that?"[/caption]
So well in Pi we have the "brain tumor" or something... that ends up been the physical manifestation of the number and is killing Max from the very inside. In Requiem For A Dream, Harry has... that thing that makes him lose his arm in the end, in The Wrestler we have Ram's heart condition and in Black Swan we have the scratches and scars from Nina on her back, fingers and toes.
[caption id="attachment_110" align="alignnone" width="300"] Max is the only one who takes drastic measures as you can see[/caption]
So yea, all of the films have a lot of aspects in common and I like that, I like when a director or writer or musician or artist tries to create his own style and repeats some things here and there, of course an artist most reinvent his work, but having your own style is as important.
And if you haven't watch any of Aronofsky's films or if you haven't watch all of them, please do, he's work is easily one of the best cinema of this years, and also he always work with the genius composer Clint Mansell making every soundtrack profound and epic. For me Aronofsky has perfected what some people call "Modern Tragedy" and.... GO WATCH HIS FILMS.
[caption id="attachment_111" align="alignnone" width="300"] Juice by Darren juice by Darren Ohhhhh Darren's got juice Darren's got juice[/caption]
So Mangini is the new drummer of DT, and honestly I think is easily the best choice, Mangini writes and develops his music in a very similar way than DT does, so is going to be interesting hearing them with this new member. Of course Portnoy will be miss, and I'm pretty sure that is going to be a little weird at the beginning to listen to Dream Theater without Portnoy, but, hey, he made his choice, so what can you do about it, huh?.
And a part of myself feels that they really needed this change, I mean, let's face it, DT was completely stuck in this last few albums, Systematic Chaos, I personally didn't like it, I mean it was OK, but just OK, and c'mon this is Dream Theater you expect more than just another OK album. The follow-up was Black Clouds & Silver Linings, the first time that I listen to it, I thought it was really Great, but then, I listen to it a few more times, and I realize that ... it was just another OK album xD.
I mean, "A Nightmare To Remember", was OK, especially the slow harmonic part, but my GOD, why does Portnoy have to sing?, his singing really didn't bother me before, but in this song, is completely horrible "Day after day and Night after night..." WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SHIT?,
so yea, in conclusion, it is just another OK DT song.
"A Rite Of Passage" didn't like it, the lyrics are horrible, and Petrucci's guitar is surprisingly forgettable. "Wither" Great Song. "The Best Of Times" cool song, a little repetitive, but cool after all. "The Shattered Fortress"... I really don't know what to think about this song, is just all the other AA Suite Songs putted together and that's it. "The Count Of Tuscany" really cool epic, especially the beginning and the end, but I really didn't like the middle part or the lyrics, but the instrumental section is really cool.
So yea... an OK album.
At that moment, I was really convinced that, DT was never going to release another huge masterpiece like I&W or Scenes, and then I finally realize: "They don't need to make a new masterpiece, they are already at the top of the world, they no longer need to prove anything to anyone so, I guess, they are going to continue making some cool solid music (OK albums), until they retire... I mean that's OK... why not?"
But then Portnoy left, DT was completely upside down, so many people died, and they had to start from the beginning all over again. Dream Theater "The Gods Of Progressive Metal" were in a real crisis.
But they have found a new cool drummer, and already finishing the new album (I hope, I mean is already May and they have not made any kind of anouncement). And I don't know, I have a really good feeling about this album, I think is really possible, that they're going to realize that "huge masterpiece" that I thought it was never gonna happen. You maybe think that I'm exaggerating, but if I have learned something from DT, is that they work at its maximum potential when they are going trough a crisis.
Just look at what they did after they let Dominici go, and after their first album wasn't so succesful
And just look at what they did after they let Derek go, and after having so much trouble with their old producers and record labels, and after releasing their worst album and after having suffer so many shitty years performing in clubs.
So yeah two of the greatest progressive rock/metal albums of all time, EAT THAT SCKEPTICS.
So let's hope history repeats itself.
It's funny because I never thought that Portnoy was ever going to leave DT EVER, if I had to number which members I thought were going to leave DT in the future, would have been:
1) First Labrie,
2) Then Myung,
3) Then Rudess,
4) Then Petrucci,
5) And at last Portnoy
But just look at that, the future is a complete mystery.
So that's all, thanks for reading, and post your list of " Chronologically: Who members would you have thought were going to leave DT in the future"
1.-Which parts of the Bible do you believe in, exactly?
2.- If we ignored Leviticus, why don't we ignore all the books altogether?
3.- Did Jesus Christ cleaned up all of these other books?, if he did, tell me specifically which parts of the Bible are Ok.
4.- (Watch the video in the bottom) Do you realize that with that kind of conformist philosophy none of the independence movements that had happened trough out history would have happened?
5.- (Watch the video in the bottom) Where exactly it is said that you should report them to the authorities?
6.- Haven't you thought that maybe the entire Bible wasn't meant for us but for the ancient people of Israel?
[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ok, you'll hear them but... will you answer them?[/caption]
Today I want to talk about religion.
I'm not a religious person in any way , but religion has been something that I have been really interested, specially the tremendous psychological power that it has. I have been expose to some much atheistic media recently but despite of that I have never consider myself an atheist, there was a time that I considered myself an agnostic, but if you start to think about it, WE ALL ARE AGNOSTICS!!!
I don't consider myself an atheist either, because: "An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in a God or rejects the idea of a God or Gods".
And my perennial question is: What the hell is a God?, I mean, God is one of the most relative, allegorical and formless terms that I have encounter. At the end of the day, God is just a flying term that can be use to describe a lot of things like: nature, peace, harmony, perfection, happiness, etc. For me God is just a vague, formless and relative concept that can acquire the meaning that anyone wants to give it. So by that definition, I cannot say that I don't believe in a concept that can acquire multiple meanings.
It's a relative concept, it has a religious connotation of course, but it's a relative concept.
But that's just for the idea of a God, I not getting inside any religious stuff yet, I was just talking about my views on basic theology.
But if you ask me: Do you believe in Yahweh?
I'm going to say: Of course not! I reject that God and everything that he stands for!!!
I like atheist... to some degree. I sympathize with them, and there's a statement that they always made that I find it extremely interesting: "Religion and religious people are dangerous" ... and... as far as Catholics and Christians go, I think that's a complete YES!!!
The religion, the philosophy and the values that those religions stands for are extremely regressive, oppressive and dangerous.
But chill out!, if you claim to be a religious person and if you're about to close this blog, HANG ON A LITTLE BIT! and just read the next sentence: Most people who claim to be religious, are not religious at all!!!
What makes you a religious person?
... believing in God!
Not exactly, believing in a God makes you a Theist but it doesn't precisely makes you a religious person.
To be a religious person you must accept a pre-formulated religion and follow it, that's what makes you a religious person. What is a religious person? Someone who follows a religion, that's the true answer.
And just be honest with yourself, do you really follow the religion that you supposedly practice?, to be a religious person, you must accept everything that your religion says and follow it, do you do that? Do you even know what your religion says and which are the values that your religion stands for?
For the majority of suppose "religious people" who I know, that's a complete NO!!!
I remember the other night I was about to get into a religious debate with my girlfriend's mom(who is really really "religious") about Catholicism, and she didn't even knew that her God was name Yahweh!!! , when I realized that she didn't even knew the basics about her own religion, I just changed the subject.
But yeah, that's the case of a lot of people, that's the case of the majority of supposedly religious people. They don't know their own religion! They have never truly read the bible! They have never do research of what their religion is about!, and that just kills me!
Going to church all Sundays does not make you a religious person. Knowing your religion, accepting your religion and following your religion is what makes you a religious person. If you just go to Church all Sundays for trying to be religious, you're not religious, you're a tourist, you're a wannabe.
So after all that I've just said: Do you still consider yourself a religious person?
If you answer is yes, if you claim to truly know your religion, accept your religion and follow your religion, then I'm in luck because I need your help:
This is a video that I made a few months ago, it was a video that I made for Mr.MinistryMan (if you don't know him, he's like a christian missionary YouTube personality), in this video I challenge his religion by just asking seven simple questions about Christianity and the Bible, this are questions that I'm really interested about and I guess they're simple and basics questions that any Christian or Catholic should be able to answer, sadly Mr.MinistryMan never answered my questions, maybe you should be able to answer them, as matter fact you must be able to answer them since you're a true Christian or a true Catholics, you should be able to answer these 7 ridiculous simple questions:
Now if you cannot answer these amazingly simple questions regarding your religion, I guess you are not truly a religious person.
But you know something, that's completely fine because what most religious people don't seem to realize is that: There's 2 types of ways in believing in God.
The religious way and the philosophical way. And people don't seem to know the difference and they end up mixing them all together.
I already explained what does it means to be religious and what does it means believing in God in a religious way.
But what does it means to believe in God in a philosophical way: It's just believing in the concept of God, saying: yeah sure, there's got to be a God out somewhere, I don't know what my religious says or which are the values that it stands for, but yeah there's got to be a God.
If you think that this second description suits you better, you're not a religious person, you just believe in a concept of God that is truly independent of your religion, you are a Theist. You believe in a God but you really don't follow your religion, that's what it means to believe in God in a philosophical way.
You believe in the notion of a God, not in a religion.
Now, if you want to try to pull out the next card: "I'm religious, I don't know much about my religion or the values that it preaches but I believe in that religious God and at the end of the day that's all that matters"
Okay, you don't really follow your religion, you don't really follow their values, you don't really know your religion, you just believe in the notion of a God... can you explain the difference between you and my concept of philosophical believe that I just explain?
You're just believe in God the way you want, and my final point is: If you're already believing in God the way you want, do society a favor and at least believe in a God that is not racist, anti-tolerant, oppressive, jealous, arrogant, superficial and homicidal.
And that's it, if you think that you're a true Christian or a true Catholic then answer me the questions that are presented in the video.
Anyway a really cool YouTube user name KurtzGMSD messaged me and he told about two particular books name
"Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament" By Peter Enns
and "Slaves, Women, and Homosexuality: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis" By William Webb
He says that these books address some of my concerns without taking a fundamentalist approach, I will check them out and I'll tell you all about it.
In the meantime, is there a Christian or Catholic that can answer the questions that I present in my video?
