Writer's Block: It Is What It Is

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Personally, I hate most of the crap people say about God.

"It's God's will"

"God doesn't give you anything you can't handle."

and the like.

It makes me picture God as some sadistic, pimply teenage geek, just poking away at us poor little amoebas in His petri dish, torturing and killing us for no good reason except for that "dur-hurr hurr hurr" hyena-like belly laugh as He pushes up His big black taped-up glasses.

I, personally, would prefer not to think of God that way.

I'd rather think that Shit Happens and that it's not the specific Will of an Omnicient, Omnibenevolent Being who loves us all and takes personal interest in each and every one of us, that people and animals and plants suffer and die in horrible ways.

I would rather just think that God is not all that wrapped up in our every day stuff, not that He specificially willed something horrible to happen.

I guess we never really know...but that's my preference, to believe that God isn't actively a complete bastard. More like He just left his aquarium to fend for itself for a few millenia while he was at GodDisney with His parents.

hm.

following a link from a friend-of-friend's LJ, I am led once again to The Usual Error. here's an exerpt:


“I’m just saying” is another poison dart. You can make any sort of inflammatory or insulting comment, but as long as you repeatedly say, “I’m just saying,” it is difficult to socially justify calling you on your rudeness or meanness. “I’m just saying” is often accompanied by a defensive gesture of palms facing outward, nonverbally reinforcing the message of “Don’t blame me! I said something, but I just said it, so that means I don’t have to take any responsibility for it!” Being socially acceptable doesn’t make it right or good to verbally hurt others.

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Where I part from the Usual Error

I think a majority of what humans call 'communication' is actually threat-display, vying for dominance, and other forms of establishing hierarchy. Not actually "I want you and I to understand each other as equals," but "I want you to understand and respect that I am stronger/smarter/better than you, and here's why. Just sayin'"

And, as kulilinei has pointed out so adroitly in the past, a lot of pretty words are merely camouflage for someones' true self and/or true intent. Either due to not feeling strong and smart enough by just using your own words or knowing that you can't get close enough to your prey if you appear as dangerous as you really are. So you put on your Ghandi quotes and your 'just sayin'' until you are close enough to strike that vein and get what you want from your intended victims. (And, as the Usual Error chapter points out, if you call someone on their "Just sayin'" then you are usually the one who is perceived as a big meanie poopyhaid, because so-and-so was 'just sayin'...so they're the victim for 'just sayin')

We can't make the mistake of assuming that every other human-appearing thing out there is actually a human being with similar wants, needs, desires for love, respect, and understanding. Some two-legs out there are toxic predators and get their feelings of happiness, safety & well-being from making sure that others' feelings of happiness, safety, and well-being are well and truly destroyed.

*shrug*

But then again I'm in a dark place today, and you may take my words with as much salt as needed.