Making Progress

FOR SOME REASON. i had the idea that there are something like eleven thousand religions in the world. I even said it on here. I don't know why, where i got that idea. Turns out, there are evidently more  like seven hundred and fifty,or something close to that, according to texts on world religions I consulted.      

Makes it seem easier. Choosing a religion, that is. Easier to look at them all, evaluate, then pick and choose. After all, isn't that what everyone does, choose a religion, and embrace it because it meets our individual needs, unless the parents decide on behalf of their child early, and make it stick by force?

"When I realized that everyone invents his own religion, i decided to invent mine", said the indisputable johann von wolfgang von goethe, who so often appears on, in these cyber pages. Whether we choose our religion, or its chosen for us, or we invent a new one designed specially for our needs, we all, in effect, "invent" our own religion. That's all goethe was saying, and, again, you can't argue with it, at least, not if you want to appear intelligent.

So, as i age and live my life, i invent my religion. I look at them all, all seven hundred fifty, or at least, as many as is reasonably possible, considering all the others things i have to do, to spend my time and energy on, consdiering all the tennis i have to play, and the televsision i have to watch, and the bars and restaurants i must frequent, and, um...

All I'm looking for is one (a religion) that makes sense, to me, one that meets my needs. I reckon that's what we're all doing, in the long run. All  I know is, I don't want to choose any religion which orders parents to kill their disobedient children, or tells me that the value of pie is three point zero, or that the good lord who created me required that a brutal torture and murder take place in order to wash away my sins. Every time i make a mistake, i regret it, and i pay for it, in one way or another.
Why must it be "paid for" twice?

I want to invent a religion in which God is truly the good lord; kind, compassionate, intelligent, and generally a great designer and builder.  And, to me, that's exactly what it seems we have, in this, "our" amazing, logical universe. a universe which was designed and created by a brilliant intelligent entity, not some insane, pernicious monster. Thank the good lord for that.

My religion is not perfect, and its development is far from complete. But I'll keep working on it.