tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507917.post112176906797410079..comments2023-02-18T11:31:45.324-05:00Comments on Hidden Wizards in the Deep Woods: The Void - A Year of HealingHidden Wizardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238654603134637355noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507917.post-1122561978812811652005-07-28T10:46:00.000-04:002005-07-28T10:46:00.000-04:00I agree with you about funerals. The only people w...I agree with you about funerals. The only people who benefit are the people who run the funeral home. I think the Vikings had the right idea - put you on your boat, set it on fire, and send you out to sea in a blaze of glory.<BR/><BR/>I believe everyone experiences God differently, according to the things that have happened to them in life, and whatever kind of religious teaching they have received. Any God who can't handle a little anger and sadness from the beings he/she supposedly created doesn't seem very omnipotent or loving to me. (Spoken as one who comes from a background of fundamentalist fanatacism of an extreme degree.) I was taught never to ask questions - but boy do I have a lot of questions. People are fond of the Bible verse (I no longer know where to find it) that says "All things work together for good to them who love God . . ." (there's more), and I've been waiting 40 years to see any good that came out of my father's death. That will be the first question. It's an interesting theory that God may have spared Mark (and presumably my father) from worse things, but they both suffered a tremendous amount of pain and agony before they died, and we can hardly be expected to be thankful for that. But to be fair, I guess it's hard to know what to say unless you've been there or somewhere similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507917.post-1121966324322129482005-07-21T13:18:00.000-04:002005-07-21T13:18:00.000-04:00I guess it is a good thing you are an amateur and ...I guess it is a good thing you are an amateur and not a professional shrink. I wouldn't want to take advice from you and PAY you for it!Hidden Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238654603134637355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507917.post-1121780168716023252005-07-19T09:36:00.000-04:002005-07-19T09:36:00.000-04:00You are obviously hurting and mad. That's okay. ...You are obviously hurting and mad. That's okay. It's good to get mad, but not so good to let them have power over you. Somewhere, somehow you got the idea life was easy and that life as a religious man meant no problems. You say you've been lashing out at others in anger. Maybe you expect them to leave you too. Why not give them a reason? Then you'll be right. Be full of anger, full of hate, full of turmoil and see how fast everyone runs from you. You say you don't deserve or expect forgiveness even though you obviously don't like yourself much anymore. Well, who does deserve forgiveness? That's the point. Forgiveness is a gift from God. You ask, you receive. You want an easier road. Ask. You want your friends and family to not abandon you? Ask. What good has your anger done? What good does it do to have regrets about things you can't change? You long for an easier road? Stop fighting the one you're on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507917.post-1121776742524091782005-07-19T08:39:00.000-04:002005-07-19T08:39:00.000-04:00Life is full of regrets. The secret is to not let ...Life is full of regrets. The secret is to not let them keep us where we are or from where we need to go. God may have taken him early to keep him from experiencing worse things here on earth. You can be thankful for that. Get on your knees and have some one on one time with God. He can heal the pain with time and provide for your forgiveness. You been there before. God is waiting on YOU...He will never leave YOU!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com