Issues Under Fire: Beware The Holy Books

Issues Under Fire: Beware The Holy Books

In our continuing effort to assist millennials seeking truth and guidance about life and how the world really works, we'd like to share some wisdom previous generations may have rejected in favor of the Holy Books. While the Holy Books may have brought peace and comfort to some, others have found little more than confusion and contradictions emanating from their pages and scrolls. Considering we're teetering on the precipice of the darkest times since the Dark Ages, we feel succeeding generations may want to open their minds to a more personalized approach when seeking the answers they're searching for.

Since no one can say for sure who wrote the Holy Books, no one can say for sure what their true motives were. Yet for thousands of years, the faithful have relied upon the words in the Holy Books for truth and guidance in every area of their lives. Many have memorized and can even recite those words on demand. Some believe so strongly in the words of the Holy Books, they go out into the world encouraging others to do the same. For these people, their Holy Books are the final word. The Holy Books work for them. They get it. But what about everybody else?

Unfortunately, members of the faithful can read the same words in the same Holy Books and receive completely different messages. Take three people seeking guidance on how to deal with someone they feel have wronged them. One will be certain the message is to forgive and move on. Another will be sold on the "eye for an eye" as the way to go. While still another will be just as convinced that vengeance is the Lord's responsibility. What if you're standing over someone with a knife or a gun? Hey, which would you pick?

Sadly, the unknown authors littered their Holy Books with confusing and confounding contradictions. The words of the Holy Books not only allowed slavery, but are still being used by many to justify it. That can't possibly be right, but it remains gospel for far too many. The words of the Holy Books have also allowed for the subjugation of women and to this very day those very words are being used by many to justify it. And while this can't possibly be right either, many wouldn't have it any other way. One would think these Holy Books would've been amended or revised over the past millennia or two.

When one considers how open the Holy Books have been left to interpretation and imagination, one can see how dangerously misleading these age-old religious instructionals can be to those seeking truth and guidance. One would think Holy Books, truly divinely inspired, would be so clear and concise that no matter who read the words, the message would be the same. No matter what level of education one possessed, language they spoke or cultural or ethnic origin they belong to, they would get it. And they would get it right every time. Anything less, and one could think something less than divine was playing a cruel joke on the world.

From this observer's prospective, it's hardly beyond the real of reason to suspect the Holy Books are far less reliable instructionals than the faithful have been led to believe. Look at the state of the world we've come to accept. Hunger, poverty, war mongering, racism, sexism, xenophobia, terrorism, gun and gang violence, drug, child and sexual abuse, you name it and it's a worldwide issue. And no matter how many times the faithful look to their Holy Books for solutions, they almost always find themselves further embroiled in conflict. Hence, the next generations might want to consider an updated option to the Holy Books when managing their lives.

Bottom line: If the Holy Books work for you, we say don't change a thing. But for those who seek truth and guidance, but seem to find definitive answers elusive, we say Beware those Holy Books. We say, if you take some time to clear your mind, truth and guidance will never be far behind. It's deep within the recesses of the mind where one's moral compass resides. And while one may need to learn the art of meditation, it is only in the mind where they should seek what they are trying to find. Podcast below.