Religion: Free Choice, And Poverty In The World

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It was dark, not inky black where you can only imagine what your seeing, more a perpetual twilight, a constant dullness. This is normal with no sun, it had not been created yet.

God has a dilemma, he 's bored. It 's the beginning of time (whenever that is), part of being God is the need for attention. It does not occur to anyone, but God has needs, just like everyone. The beings he made were in his image, if they have needs, the creator must also need something. Why create things that did not worship you in return. He had tried everything to elevate this crisis, he created angles, feeling the company might help. It didn 't, when he created the semi-perfect beings he made a mistake (yes, God makes mistakes, although its best not to
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Religion preaches against poverty, yet convinces the poorest countries in the world to give anything they have to a church. The most violent organizations in the world are immersed in the philosophy of religion. The children are baptized and confirmed, and killers make the sign of the cross before murdering an enemy. The Crusades destroy in the name of God, Muslims qualify killing “as God 's will”, the U.S. Dollar claims “In God we Trust”.

The integral part of religion is free choice, or destiny. To give humanity a fighting chance, God would make ten influential people in history to provide guidance and insight. These ten people would guide humanity with knowledge about free will. Free choice is a force that is used to effect dramatic change. Before the top ten people in history, you have the top ten oxymoron 's, ten natural contradictory terms that underscore the pure dichotomy of creation.

Religious destruction is an oxymoron, although not in the top ten for obvious reasons, anyone would be crazy to list God 's creation(religion), in this list. These are the top ten oxymoron 's, Microsoft Works, Exact Estimate, Working Vacation, Diet ice cream, Twelve-ounce pound cake, Pretty Ugly, Definitely maybe, Political science, Icy hot, jumbo shrimp. These suggest conflict and choice, which does a person choose “Icy” or “hot”, you cannot have

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