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I like your poem, it is sort of inspiring
That's what I came up with after reading: Belief Walk your path in peace Yours and that of others Take time to rest under trees Linger to feel their energy Bend down to smell the flowers But don’t break them or they wilt Be curious about everything around you Each day you might learn one more new thing Be kind to those who are trapped In their thinking and believing One day you might need them And if it is only to be kind to you Fill your heart with love Because in these times it’s precious And give abundant of it to others For threefold it will come back to you 
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My stand is that all religions are false, there is no god, never was, and never will be. I can't get away from religious people fast enough. Dennis
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Edited by
splendidlife
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Tue 12/16/08 12:43 PM
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While belief is still part of my being, one of its most disturbing elements crept into my life: the conviction that we have been victims of a predetermination never to know each other’s hearts. In short, a singularity theft; a Devine form of Indian-giving, as in "the Lord gives and takes away". One larceny I cannot forgive. Now some would put it down to Satan’s work, if only to ease their conscience. Bearing this in mind, where do you stand and why do you stand where you do? Try to think outside the box of biblical translations and tell me what makes you think your belief outweighs others? The sad proposal of never knowing anyone else's heart could seem to result from the even sadder inability to know one's own heart. A time of unimaginably rapid inner awakening to one's own true heart and it's absolute and complete equality with all other hearts is a moment that may only be veiled by simple fear. Self-preservation as the mind's taskmaster, drives us apart from our knowing of ALL hearts. Seems like our strongest drive from the time we are born is to feel safe. The harder we attempt to shape our world to make it feel "safe", the more fear we seem to perpetuate. This becomes as a belief system. Some gravitate to Religions that capitalize on fear, mistaking the huddle mass for "safety". Some gravitate to non-Religion, deciding that the mind alone can create all its desired outcomes. Perhaps on the day that the mind and the heart can agree with one another, we'll find true peace. Perhaps then, "Science" and "Religion" will agree to meet somewhere in the middle. |
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I think that any belief is wrong. Think about it. I believe in a personal god, or the statement that I believe there isn't a personal god. Both say that their conviction is right. If one is presented with an idea of explanation, a religious idea, and takes it in, or says, no, that is absurd, both use the facilty of picking a side without really ever knowing. That's what belief means, right? that one doesn't know, but thinks so anyway. So I think the I don't know mentality is the most honest and down to earth. If someone admits that they know nothing at all, which anyone bound to serious reflection after a time will give, and it is true, even in science, a deep pain emerges. It a a chasm that only the will to know can fill. Then one begins searching. If enough stones are upturned and there is a trend, one will have formualted for themselves a path that points to a direction or doesn't. Their new beliefs will at least be personally founded, and tried to some extent. A belief that can never be made to fall is likely not worth maintaining.
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