God Archives - Randy Gage

Does God Want You to Be Poor?

When interviewers ask what I believe to be the number one issue keeping people poor, unhealthy, and unhappy, I answer worthiness issues. (Most people simply don’t believe they deserve to be healthy, happy, and prosperous.) And the biggest root of those worthiness issues is organized religion. Not spirituality—but organized religion with all its dogma and doctrines. There are billions of people on Earth (across many religions) who believe that timidity, self-sacrifice, and poverty are pleasing to their God.

Stop Worshipping Dogma

Who is really more arrogant – the believer who is oblivious to science or the atheist cynical of faith? It’s undoubtedly a tie.

Don’t Volunteer for a Lobotomy

Every time you apply a label to yourself, you incrementally lower your IQ. Because once you brand yourself with a label – you have created an identity for yourself. Once you create an identity for yourself – it’s human nature to instinctively, impulsively, and unconsciously defend that identity.

Hope, Dope, and a Dead Pope

It was spring, 2005 and I was sitting in a coffeeshop in Amsterdam toking up some sinsemilla, while the TV on the wall played images of people mourning the death of Pope John Paul II. Maybe it was the dope, but I was profoundly melancholy, thinking that like so many before him, the Pope was a very spiritual, caring and well-meaning human being – who would leave a legacy of poverty, ignorance, and despair for his followers.

Question the Premise

Today we continue the epic saga of good vs. evil, heroic deeds vs. unspeakable atrocities, and phantasmagoria vs. critical thinking, as we journey down the rabbit hole of discussion on whether religion is noble or malevolent. I began the discussion as one mild-mannered crusader, hunched over my keyboard, in my lonely writer’s garret, fighting the forces of evil, seeking to restore balance in the universe, and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity, one blog post at a time.

Why Religion is Evil – Part 3

In the last post we discussed the fear, judgment, hate and intolerance it fosters and feeds. Now let’s look into the next thing that makes organized religion evil. Which is…

Why Religion is Evil – Part 2

A friend of mine is from Indonesia but resides here in the States. He lives in mortal fear that his brothers will kill him. Because their religion teaches them to. More about that in a moment…

Why Religion is Evil – Part 1

I just believe the hate, fear, discrimination, intolerance, murders, atrocities, and wars generated by (and let's be honest here – required by), organized religion negates the good and takes us into the loss column. Most religions promote themselves as peaceful movements, with objectives and identity that appears noble and beneficial, but actually deliver results which are evil and harmful.

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