One thing I read the other day in a YA Vampyre series (yes, spelled with a “y”), of all things, really smacked me in the face. The heroine asked the Goddess (summarized, not directly quoted) “Why do these terrible things happen? Why don’t you step in and stop bad things from happening?”
It’s a question I’ve asked my Christian God many, many times. My Christian Faith’s answer was “Just have Faith. God knows what He is doing, and He has a plan for everything.
Whaaaa…? Sorry, that just doesn’t fly with me. It’s never sat right in my soul. You’re asking me to give blind Faith? With no proof? No evidence that it’s the right thing to do? I simply have been unable to swallow that.
So, in response to the questions in the Vampyre book- “Free will, my dear!” The God/dess has blessed humans with Free Will, and it is our duty to the universe to make the right choices.
I like that answer. And more to the point, it makes SENSE! Believing that makes me thing that there isn’t a cruel God out there somewhere laying someone in your path to HURT you “for God’s reasons.” I mean, really?! It makes a lot more sense that we’re all “on our own” regarding our personal choices and decisions. Not that there is no God/dess out there somewhere looking over us. But here comes the Wiccan crede, “An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will.” Make the right choices, sacrifice when it’s needed; stand up for yourself and your beliefs.
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2 comments:
I don't think any God or Goddess is making decisions for us. I think that good and bad things happen to use because of our decisions/choices and what we call into our life experience.
I have to agree, I was always in the mind set that the greatest gift the Goddess has ever given me was free will.
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