Questions

In all of the books that I have read that were assigned to me to read this summer, God has been a major topic. In both The Chosen and Bless Me, Ultima the main characters ask questions of God and wonder about the way God works and God's influence in our lives. This is esspesially true for Bless Me, Ultima. In King Arthur, the classical medieval image of God is shown. In this light, God is a divine being who inspires holyness and the creation of a holy relm of Lorges and grants divine gifts to his faithful followers. The image of God is completly different in Mythology, which is a reference source and retelling of classical Roman and Greek mythology. Here, the gods are simply supernatural humans who seam to meddle and make problems more than anything else. They take on human qualities, both good and bad and most have complex personalities of both good and evil, patience and wrath. Most are shown as quiet cruel and lofty.
In reading these views of God as told by so may different people, it makes me wonder why God is such a forbidden topic. It seams inappropriate to discuss religion and the whole idea of god or even if a God does exist. But why?Don't we have the right to free speach, and are we not told to ask questions? We are also told to treat people the way we want to be treated.
 Is God human? Is God just a figure head created to help humans make sense of existance and awnser questions about the unknown? Is god a fish or a spirt or a holy light? Is God always right or does God make mistakes? DOES A GOD EXIST? These are all questions that I have, maybe you have them too. Why can't we discuss God or related topics in a safe enviroment where no one gets hurt or scared or punished for their belifs or lack of beliefs. Reading these books I have thought more about God than I have probably in my entire short life so far. Who knew that the readings of a freshman could be so thought provoking.