A visceral reaction to "What If...."

[poltr1]

One of my FB-friends recently posted about wanting to see the upcoming movie "What If.....", starring John Ratzenberger and Kevin Sorbo. His closing quote: "What if you followed God's plan for your life instead of your own?"

This one hit a nerve with me, and I said so in my response to him. I also said, "I am not a sheep. I am not a puppet. I don't do meek and submissive.".

This is an idea I've never been comfortable with, even when I was a Catholic years ago. "Surrender yourself to God's will." was the message I got in some homilies. Why? Why should I? (I'm sure this response didn't sit well with my CCD teachers. But I don't remember standing in the corner or having my knuckles rapped because of this "attitude".)

Do I trust God enough to let Him/Her take the wheel and drive the bus I'm on? No.

It's my will, dammit, and I'll do whatever I want, as long as I don't hurt anyone in the process. Even though I don't consider myself a Wiccan, I still follow the Wiccan Rede ("An ye harm none, do what thou will") as one of my guiding principles.

I really don't think it was ever God's intention for us to be sheep, blindly following what He/She dictates, without question.

What I do believe is that there is a divine spark within each and every one of us, blazing brightly. And that there is some type of guiding force in this world that our science cannot explain. The odds of everything occuring on this planet in sequence by pure chance alone are astronomically against it happening.

Comments

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

If you assume God and that you have free will, then God's plan is surely that you use it. If you assume it's all predestined, then you have no agency and it's all kind of a waste of time.