I don't believe in "GOD", and a song that to me is VERY moving to me......

Jesika

A song by Alice In Chains...............God AM........If anyone can post a link to the music.......you will get the ENTIRE feeling from this song..........I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear God, how have you been, then?
I'm not fine, fuck pretending
All of this death you're sending
Best throw some free heart mending

Invite you in my heart, then
When done, my sins forgiven?
This God of mine relaxes
World dies I still pay taxes

Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am

So Lord, I see you grinnin'
Must be grand always winning
How proud are you being able
To gather faith from fable

Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
My God am
God am
God

All this respect I'm giving
Shared strenght acquired by livin'
All bloomin' life you're feeding
Can't hide sick ones you're weeding

Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
God am
God am

Before you say anything..........................listen to the song, with the music........very moving!!!!

RAYZORBLADE

Hi Jesika, yes...I have heard this song. I have 2 of their albums.

Sad that Layne Staley is no longer with us. What a terrible loss.

There are many songs he wrote, along with other members of that band, that I find are incredible.

Good choice Jesika. I haven't heard this one in a long while.

Jesika

Do you have a link so others can hear the song???????

It is sooooooooooo moving when you hear the music with the words.

RAYZORBLADE

Hey Jesika, this is just a short snippet. You have to scroll down to the album (one legged dog S/T album) - but it's in there.

http://www.bacus.net/alice/

I am still trying to locate a file that is the full version, but no dice....yet. If/when I do, I'll post it here.

Take care Jesika.

Jesika

Ok, thanx rayzor.

I just love this song, I can listen to it 100x's and never get tired of it.

Hamas

Whatever floats your boat.

Jesika

Dear God, how have you been, then?
I'm not fine, fuck pretendingAll of this death you're sending
Best throw some free heart mending

Invite you in my heart, then
When done, my sins forgiven?This God of mine relaxes
World dies I still pay taxes

Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am

So Lord, I see you grinnin'
Must be grand always winning
How proud are you being able
To gather faith from fable
Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
My God am
God am
God

All this respect I'm giving
Shared strenght acquired by livin'?All bloomin' life you're feeding
Can't hide sick ones you're weeding

Can I be as my God am
Can you be as God am
Can I be as my God am
God of all my God am
God am
God am
God am

This is why I question. I don't want to worship a "god" like this..........I highlighted the things I am ?ing, and have reservations about.

Tell me what you think...........but not untill you hear the music with the words.

Jes

gcc2k

Try finding "Dear God" by XTC. Sort of the anthem for atheists :), and IMO a little more eloquent than the above.

Big Tex

Well Jes I wouldn't want to be around that kind of God either.

With all your experiences it's no wonder you have tremendous anger and some of it is directed at God. Again, considering your background it's not surprising. Personally I think you should tell him that you're angry and what you're angry about.

Some people say that we create God in our image. By that I mean that our perception of God is influenced by our thoughts, feelings and experiences. If this is true, then I want to know a God that is kind and gentle, someone who looks at me with tender affection the like of which I never knew from my father and mother. I want to befriend a God who reaches out with a gentle hand instead of an angry pointed finger.

I know what kind of God you were raised with and I think you are right in rejecting that God. This is a tough subject Jes, one that people have been wrestling with thousands of years.

Is this all we are? Is there nothing more?

Keep asking questions. I happen to think that God encourages a healthy skepticism. If you really want an answer to this question, you'll get it, but it will take some time before you're ready to believe the answer. And I don't mean what you think.

LyinEyes

Very good point , Big Tex,,,,,,, I never have thought of the idea that we create an imagine of God by my image. But now that you say that I do think that. Rather it is right or wrong,,,,,, I have to believe that God knows my heart. Even at times when I felt rebellious , disbelieving, and mostly confused about God, I kind of felt He would understand, given my circumstances and why I feel the way I do.

In fact that is what gives me peace of mind right now........knowing that in the end, shoud there be an end of this world, shoud I die and go to heaven, if there is some other plan out there for us from God, I will just trust that He will treat us as we would our children. I know there are so many things in the Bible that make me doubt this, all the people who were destroyed , those who are said to parish in his anger, but I am not so sure of the Bible being an actually true representation of who the Almighty really is.

I feel a little comfort thinking that , even thou I dont understand God, and his plans,,,,,,, that He knows me. I dont think we are supposed to know it all for some reason, not sure , but I am learning to deal with that.

A year ago , when I first came on this site, I was in a panic state, trying to find all of the answers I thought I once knew as a JW, and that since those were lies, the real truth had to be out there, for me to find. Well, now,,,,,,, I am just going along with life and seeing things in a different light. I feel that I am in a state of growth, a state of getting rid of alot of old baggage, and when the time is right , I might have more of a sense of God than I do now. But all in all I think God knows this and understands that I am just working on myself first , then I can hopefully serve him the way that He deserves. I do feel that I dont serve him in the way I should, but I really can't right now. I look at it as a journey I am on and He is watching, waiting for me to find him again.

This is just the way I feel right now, I am not sure where all of this is going to take me or how long it will take for me to get there. But it is interesting along the way.

I don't believe in "GOD", and a song that to me is VERY moving to me......

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