Making Sense of Human Life
The Worldwide Church of God
experience for many of us was a profound time in our lives. We were
innocent human beings who believed that we were seeking "truth" and had
found it. After a period of time, we could see that there were
reasons to doubt that we had really stumbled upon spiritual truth. In a
sense we feel that we were raped (spiritually). Even very intelligent
human beings can be hoodwinked. Some years ago, my own son that I
love dearly was caught up in the Jehovah Witnesses and he and I went
around and around with some very heated debates and I offended his
senses. My son is a very intelligent man who is in management of a
multi-million dollar company and his position pays him a salary that
would be the envy of most human beings. What it proves is that even
very intelligent human beings can be caught off guard and be swept up in
religious foolishness.
Fortunately, I succeeded in persuading my son
that his affiliation with this cult religious group was not something
he wanted to be involved with. That was years ago and he was set free
from bondage to this stupid religion. Without question he will never again be caught up in religious nonsense.
There
is something deep in our human souls about being taken advantage of by
religious hustlers, even if they were sincere about their deceptions.
Ultimately human beings have been trying to make sense of human life for thousands
of years. No matter our personal position in what we think is truth,
it is for sure that we will all exit life on earth. You would think
that common sense would dictate that life should be lived for positive
and constructive purpose, while we have these few short years to
live. Should we live to be seventy, eighty, ninety or even one-hundred
and beyond, in terms of eternity it is just a blinking of the eye.
What then is the purpose of life? I suppose the answer will vary with the individual.
None
of us have a clue as to what really happens beyond the grave, although
many have experienced "out-of-body" experiences that are to my thinking
not to be dismissed. There is another dimension. We are not God and
we will all perish. Those of us who have children and grandchildren
know beyond doubt that it is sad to even contemplate death and that the
void when anyone dies, is a void that can never ever be replaced.
There is simply nothing on earth or in the universe that can replace
my sons, my daughters, my grandchildren or my wife or loved ones. It is
impossible. Is there a lesson in human existence that we all yearn to
understand?
Why is God silent? Why does He not communicate with
us on a level that we can see Him, converse with Him and know beyond
doubt what this life is all about? Men have been asking questions like
this since the beginning of time no doubt. Who can understand human
suffering? Does any human being exist who does not know suffering?
Who doesn't want utopia, paradise and happiness forever? We live in a
world of seeming madness. The endless wars of death and destruction
of countless millions of human beings never ceases and why? Are those
who rule really even human beings? The United States has military
bases all over the world and what for? World dominion? So a hand
full of human beings gain control of the entire planet and all its
resources and control all the people---then what? All the rulers will
end their lives in the graveyard the same as all others.
Are we
missing something in life? Religions and governments of men are
obviously both control freaks. They both assume the position of being
God to all human beings on earth. "Its the law" is the biggest excuse
man ever invented for control. I don't doubt that God Almighty
exists, but I also am flabbergasted that there are more questions about
life than there are answers. Rest assured the Worldwide Church of God
and its many deformed and mentally paralyzed daughters, have no more
clue, than do all the other religious groups on earth. Humans will
battle mentally forever over issues of religion. We all know that ALL
the leaders of ALL the splinter groups of the Worldwide Church of
God, will ALL vanish from life on earth and it is just a matter of
time. Everything changes in time. Good bye Rod Meridith, Gerald
Flurry and so forth. They will ALL meet up with Herbert and Garner
Ted.
What then is the real purpose of human life?
Van Robison