So as stated in my first post of "The Year Experiment" one of my new years resolutions was to read the complete Bible, which is something that I have attempted to do for the past 10 years... Each of those years I failed, funny enough always on the first book of Genesis. Don't get me wrong, that is not the only passage or chapters that I have read or been exposed to from the Bible. As I have been to Church multiple times with multiple different denominations, got baptised as a Mormon for the wrong reasons and allowed others to interpret the Bible for me. But with all that said, I would get started with the energy that this year was going to be the year, only to petter out around chapter 15 of Genesis, lost in the so and so beget so and so who beget so and so... But with the help of listening to the NIV Bible in audio form this year so far, I have finally made it past Genesis into Exodus and enjoying the back and forth of Moses and the Pharaoh.
As I said, I have been the member of different churches at different times in my life. I have heard multiple different interpretations of the same passages, been told that I am a broken sinner and that is all I can ever hope to achieve, been told "come as you are", only to hear others judge me. Volunteered and donated thousands of hours and donated thousands of dollars only to be told I hadn't or was not doing enough. Been royaly screwed by a "God Fearing / Self Rightous" Man, multiple in fact. Basically all of this has colminated to form my current belief, (a) I believe in a higher power, (b) that belief does not and will never require that I attend a church or man made place of worship as God created the heavens and the Earth, so all of his creation can be considered my church. (c) I may forever from birth to death be a siner, however if I do right by others and live with love in my heart, I believe that is a mark in the win column. (d) It is not my place to tell others what or how to believe.
I will randomly post updates on my journy to completing the Bible, but for now I am just happy to make it out of Genesis.
YouTube Videos Watched Today
- I Made an AI Clone of Myself… and It’s Freakishly Good - Sara Dietschy
- Chris VanSant - Delta Force / Killing Off the "Deck of Cards" & Capturing Saddam | SRS #51 (Part 2) - Shawn Ryan Show
- The Story of METEORA: Linkin Park’s Masterpiece - Adjustment Day
- The One Woman The Taliban Feared Most "The Angel of Death" | Allison Black - American Veterans Center
- Real Life MIRACLES That Made Skeptics Believe - Kallmekris