| This site is all about Religion |
| Why religion? Why not meaning of life, or many other countless titles? Well, to be honest, I title this site religion because I'm quite sure it would get more people to check it out than otherwise. Also, some people know my meaning of Life, but I can guarantee that no one knows my religion. I can say that quite honestly because I don't even know my religion. Is that bad? No way. And I am going to show you why. Our lives are nothing more than the perceptions that we get from other people. If all of your friends think you're white, then you'll think you are white. If your parents think that you are Catholic, then you will probably assume you are Catholic. That is childish, but it is also something that adults do to. It IS immature. It shows that you take everything that people tell you without question. If you never ask the important questions, you will never get the important answers. What does that mean for you? It means that everyone has to be a detective. It means you have to check philosophy or religion on you own time. Some people are born into the "right" religion. Good for them. I can say that I was. Methodism is an EXTREMELY loose religion. Everyone is there, they may have completely different religious views, but they are just happily singing away. (Not me, my singing sounds like I was poking a canary) But anybody can be a Methodist. My Dad, for instance, doesn't believe in Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, any of that. But he is a Methodist. He sat on the board that chooses Ministers! He was on the pulse of the religion and he had completely different views than everyone else. You know what? That is GREAT!! I love it when people don't have to conform. My Dad is my Dad, and his religion is his own thing. Does that mean that I am Methodist? No, it doesn't. That means that I have options open. And options are the only things keeping life interesting. What do I believe? Hmmm...lets start at the beginning. I believe that the world was formed when a bunch of rocks started to condense into a planet. I believe that the world may not have been created on purpose, I believe that it just happened to be here. We ARE lucky. Lucky to be alive. Lucky to have air to breathe. Lucky to have friends to talk to. Lucky to have memories. I believe that if God is testing us, I could do a better job. I don't believe that everyday is a lesson from God, but I do believe that everyday is a lesson. I do believe in a higher being, but I don't know his name, nor do I know if it is a he. I don't know if it is just one person, or the countless Buddhas joined together in perfect harmony. I don't know if man can become one with God, but I believe that if we really believe in something enough, we can overcome the greatest of challenges. It doesn't matter what other people believe, I can't say that what works for me should work for everybody else. What I can say is that my life needs something special, something unique. I believe that I am alive for a purpose. I could teach. I could make the world a safer place. I could spread love far and wide. I could also save mankind from itself. Those are all noble, but which one is for me? To that I say, Go Fish. I take everyday as an adventure. My patience will be tried, my love for man will be strained, and my purpose in life may curve, but I will never break. I will take the weights of mountains on my shoulders to save one life, if that is what I am here for. I will not make unjust opinions of people, I will not value some people above others. I see mankind as potential. Potential for good, and potential for evil. We are never entirely one or the other. We are always a balance. If I can make someone realize their potential, then maybe I gave that person a reason to live. Is that religion? Is it New Age Humanism? It could be anything. I call it me. Everyone is different. Different skills. Different Potential. Different Opportunities. Humans are not necessarily equal in those things. But all living creatures have a soul. I call a soul the thing that is you. Your beliefs, your loves, your preferences. I don't know everything about me. I don't intend to. I like to surprise people, and I like to surprise myself. Therefore, I don't intend to know everything about my soul. All I need to know is that its there, I'm here, and you're there. Times change. Souls change. People change. I am here. I am there. My religion is not just how reality has changed me. The inner me is unique, and has not changed despite living in humanity for centuries, or possibly even milleniums. So that is one religious belief I hold. I believe that everything has a soul and that some souls are older than others. Does that prove reincarnation? No. And even if it did, it wouldn't change anything. Reality would not change. Souls would not change. We would only understand a little more about ourselves. Life on earth is not a test, it is a blessing. I am in no hurry to die. I am in no hurry to live. I want to absorb everything that is anything that this world has to offer. And when I am done, I will see the good I have made. And that will be the end of me. Of my reality. Of my hopes and dreams. But one thing will remain. The one thing that never dies. Memories. Beautiful, endless, memories. |