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victorianrose23

What do YOU believe

Jan 23, 2008 21:09

I've been thinking about posting about this for quite some time, but tonight seems appropriate. What do you believe? How are your views shaped by what you believe? Do you feel your beliefs are healthy ( Read more... )

politics, beliefs, who i am

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mahariel January 24 2008, 04:49:36 UTC

I believe in deity. I believe in some force beyond our comprehension, that religions have been developed around because we as a species want to define everything. I believe the religions were developed in order to satisfy the wants and needs of the time and the person, and that they evolve because the times and the people change. I do also believe that they are used by some as a tool to influence and control ( ... )

yougimmepanda January 24 2008, 05:01:35 UTC

"George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, et al were NOT puritans ( ... )

krypt_kitten January 24 2008, 05:02:20 UTC

Ditto for me on all points. For me the addition would be belief in the power of balance between god and goddess. I also believe not one religion is right. We all have our own path and beliefs and one is not more right than the other, just a different path.

k3llya January 24 2008, 05:41:42 UTC

Great post. Very thoughtful.

absinthea January 24 2008, 05:52:51 UTC

I believe in God, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, etc. But I also believe that if you desire that you can be reincarnated to have another go...to get things right, etc. I'm somewhat of a fatalist, though. I just have an odd feeling that consciousness doesn't simply end at death. I don't have issue with trans-substantiation (I'm Catholic), but I believe that in many ways the original message brought to humanity by Jesus, Muhammad, the Buddha, etc. has been twisted and contorted to be obscenely self-serving to society ( ... )