https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1626196077501202435
Yes, sending someone to shout "Jesus loves you!!!!!" in my face while I'm eating was the absolute best idea that God could come up with. For God to simply show me deep, tender, powerful, faithful, and compassionate love was simply out of the question.
No, love is sending someone to shout in my face because love is ultimately nothing more than not sending me to hell for a billion-billion-billion years and giving me some singular, sole version of heaven that doesn't align with my character - and certainly not my sexuality.
(I'm assuming, of course, I won't be turned into a real-life Ken doll having nothing more than a bump where my dick should be.)
You know, none of us asked to be here. None of us were given any options whatsoever before we were born. None of us were shown life beforehand and the ways of God beforehand.
Nothing was presented to us beforehand regarding heaven and hell that we might make an informed decision between an eternity in heaven and an eternity in hell - allowing us the option to opt out of human life if we didn't want to take the risk.
"Upon my preliminary evaluation, dear Lord, I think I'll pass. I'd rather be a dog or just not exist."
But the way it's told, not only are we forced into this existence, but we are forced to either comply with unreasonable commands from God or be forced to endure a trillion-trillion years of tormenting fire -- and this is what is said to be the love of God, the only option of God, the perfect plan of God, the best and brightest idea that God could come up with.
"Lord, what if I just want to be human? Can I commune and make love however I want? Can I live and decline prayers and penance and worship and unprovable baseless claims in exchange for the liberty you give ALL other life in this world - and not be tossed into the fire?".
"Absolutely fucking not!", saith the Lord.
No option was presented to us - and we certainly can't opt out after we're born - and your momma can't opt out for you after you're conceived - otherwise you (or your momma) risk a trillion-trillion years of tormenting fire.
If God wants a fruit-bearing peach tree planted in the middle of a dry desert, God does not need to instruct you or anyone else to replenish the soil, plant a seedling, haul truckloads of water, and setup a massive solar powered AC unit to maintain appropriate outdoor temps.
God has an entire universe at God's disposal and is able to ensure that not only will there be a peach tree planted in the middle of dry desert, but that it will prosper and bear fruit. God has never needed your assistance to do God's work.
With regard to God, the only acceptable thing you need be concerned with at the moment is to walk according to the faith given to you, be HONEST, and be a witness (sharing plainly what you have seen God do and what you see God doing - both the wonderful and the awful).
