I start 2016 with a rant. I tried writing an organized blog and erased it. START OVER. The man of today chases utopia. They want the best of the best on earth right now. They will go through great lengths to achieve that utopia. Some of these efforts are beautiful. They seek peace and harmony, love and acceptance. Happiness for ALL. It is in our Pledge of Allegience after all. Right?
“One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”
Hold up. Wait a minute. That’s a beautiful picture. Awesome! This pleads for unity and equality and FREEDOM. The very things that exist in a utopian environment. Here’s the thing. What about under God?
Ohhhh! There you go. See even as Americans we desire and have fought for the very things that define utopia. But again, these are wonderful things that make for a wonderful life here. And to be quite honest, I don’t see too many people as a nation under God. Perhaps even as people have fought tooth and nail to remove those words from the Pledge, though the words are still there, the feeling isn’t.
If we were a nation under God then that suggests we are under God! This acknowledges He is there and therefore the Referee. We acknowledge His control and acknowledge all that come along with the 100% belief in a God. Then we now think beyond this physical world and beyond this quest for utopia and beyond the struggle for the best life here…only.
The world in which we live in is enamoured with utopia. I know and love folks that are chasing this utopia. We want everything to be as perfect as possible. But leave that God stuff out of it because that’s only going to get in the way of our perfect harmonious life HERE. But see THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
If we indeed are perfectly confident and comfortable with the fact that there is no God and thus only one life then this is a beautiful effort! One that only a hateful fool would interfere with.
But….under God. When these words are taken into consideration…it changes everything! You open up the afterlife, you open up a whole spiritual realm where there is more than right and wrong, there is obedience and sin. There is a God that gives blessings and does miraculous things like make our hearts beat. There is a peace that transcends the physical pains and causes even the most troubling situation on the surface fail to shake joy on the inside. And you don’t search for and fight for just the best life HERE. You seek the best life AFTER.
What you don’t understand is that in seeking the best life after here you end up creating the best life here.
So utpoia under God is not so glamorous if that utopia will be burned up in fervent heat and done away with forever. It will be a waste of time and much heralded effort. Utopia without God isn’t all that great either because that world just dies and fades into nonexistence along with everyone else. However it does make more sense and would be seen as a beautiful and gallant effort.
The quest chosen depends on the belief chosen. The world right now reflects the result of an all out attempt at utopia and the best life…here.
My aetheist friend wisely pointed out how wonderful the world would be if they all followed the teachings of Jesus.
Jesus gave, taught, lived and died not for utopia and the best life…here.
Here is an appropriate song from one of my favorite hip-hop artists Flame.
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