Thinking out loud about beliefs
I believe ...:
... in M-theory.
... in human population control.
... in past, present and future lives.
... in life elsewhere in the universe.
... that I do not belong on this planet.
... that everything that can happen does happen.
... that when the body dies the soul/spirit leaves.
... that time and space and thought are intertwined.
... that if you abuse an animal you should go to jail.
... that if you abuse the planet you should go to jail.
... that almost all living creatures have a soul/spirit.
... that the soul/spirit is separate from the shell body.
... that not all our lives on Earth are spent in a human shell.
... that souls/spirits do not need a shell body to be on Earth.
... that I was born into the shell I now inhabit at the wrong time and in the wrong place.
... that "wishing upon a star" and "praying to [deity]" have the same odds of coming true or not.
... that the only true rule we need to live by is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
... that we live as many lives as we need to, until we learn all the lessons we're supposed to learn. After that, who knows, maybe we each evolve. Maybe we move to another dimension.
I do not believe...:
... in miracles.
... in soul mates.
... in heaven and/or hell.
... in any bible or organized religion.
... that Humans are a supreme form of life.
... that any one supreme being/deity created life.
... that the Human species, as a whole, has truly learned from its mistakes.
As for the people that claim to be royalty in a past life, who knows. Maybe a few of them could have been. Most people will never really remember who they were. I think for most people it's more of a feeling of familiarity with a person, place, etc. Like when I was in 3rd or 4th grade and my parents took me to King Richard's Faire [now called Bristol Renaissance Faire] and from the moment I walked in, saw the people in period garb and the shops and the dirt roads - I felt like I was home. I have some sort of connection to that time. I was there.
Then there's the fact that I can deal with any kind of surgery or gore dealing with the human body - other than the eyes or disembowelment. Any time I've seen disembowelment in movies or where ever, I have an *intensly* strong reaction. My belly hurts, I start to go into a panic attack, I feel deep fear.
Like a good little girl I grew up believing in god. As I got older I started having doubts. Then when I was a senior in high school our class president died in the school of a misdiagnosed/undiagnosed hereditary heart defect. He was an extraordinary person. He was liked by everyone in the school, across all clique lines. He was warm, funny, intelligent, caring, silly, attractive and he would give speeches and have the entire school up on their feet cheering. I stopped believing in god that day.
After that I wavered for years about my true feelings about there being "a god." To me it's not logical for there to be "a god." When I think of the Holocaust and other genocides over the history of our race, I have a harder time believing in some supreme god in the heavens looking down on us. When I think about the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, etc. I have a harder time believing in a god. When I think about the frickin' moronic monster in the White House and the war he has created I have a harder time believing in a god. When I think about all "god's creatures" [the animals] that humans torture, slaughter, mutilate, use, abuse, neglect and wipe off the planet I have a harder time believing in a god. Pharmaceuticals, make-up, cleaning products, etc. even some pet foods - they all have a long history of torturing, slaughtering, mutilating, using and abusing animals. There is no excuse I will buy that justifies this. Yes, disease is bad and sad and cures are wonderful. But, not at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. We do not need more pills for male enhancement or anxiety pills that give you severe diarrhea. Yes, people buy the hype and think that without make-up the world will come to a screeching halt and where would we be without lip gloss. But, not at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. We do not need another blue eyeshadow! Yes, we need clean homes and cars. But not another convenience product at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. How many animals died for your Swiffer or that stupid toilet cleaning wand/brush? Even Iams pet foods has mutilated, tortured and slaughtered animals. No, no "supreme god that created all life" would allow these disgusting practices to continue.
I cannot and will not believe that some supreme being created the plants, animals, day, night, water, clouds and humans and just sits there and lets us do the horrible, cruel, disgusting things we do to other living beings.
The bible, god and religion were created by humans to help explain things they couldn't explain. To help control the masses. The bible is a book of faerie tales, tall tales, ghost stories and boogieman stories all written down after years and years of being relayed through the old game of "telephone."
People create religion to fit their needs. Someone created "Judaism." Later, someone distorted Judaism, added to it, created another supreme being that people could see and therefore might find easier to follow, decided this new supreme being had to be the only son of god because the Jewish god said not to bring false idols before it, said Judaism was bad and proceeded to slaughter millions [billions?] of people in the name of this new false idol [and still haven't stopped] - a new supreme being that supposedly says "love thy neighbor" but must really mean "love thy neighbor unless s/he doesn't believe in me, then you must convert them or slaughter them." The cycle goes on and on.
... in M-theory.
... in human population control.
... in past, present and future lives.
... in life elsewhere in the universe.
... that I do not belong on this planet.
... that everything that can happen does happen.
... that when the body dies the soul/spirit leaves.
... that time and space and thought are intertwined.
... that if you abuse an animal you should go to jail.
... that if you abuse the planet you should go to jail.
... that almost all living creatures have a soul/spirit.
... that the soul/spirit is separate from the shell body.
... that not all our lives on Earth are spent in a human shell.
... that souls/spirits do not need a shell body to be on Earth.
... that I was born into the shell I now inhabit at the wrong time and in the wrong place.
... that "wishing upon a star" and "praying to [deity]" have the same odds of coming true or not.
... that the only true rule we need to live by is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
... that we live as many lives as we need to, until we learn all the lessons we're supposed to learn. After that, who knows, maybe we each evolve. Maybe we move to another dimension.
I do not believe...:
... in miracles.
... in soul mates.
... in heaven and/or hell.
... in any bible or organized religion.
... that Humans are a supreme form of life.
... that any one supreme being/deity created life.
... that the Human species, as a whole, has truly learned from its mistakes.
As for the people that claim to be royalty in a past life, who knows. Maybe a few of them could have been. Most people will never really remember who they were. I think for most people it's more of a feeling of familiarity with a person, place, etc. Like when I was in 3rd or 4th grade and my parents took me to King Richard's Faire [now called Bristol Renaissance Faire] and from the moment I walked in, saw the people in period garb and the shops and the dirt roads - I felt like I was home. I have some sort of connection to that time. I was there.
Then there's the fact that I can deal with any kind of surgery or gore dealing with the human body - other than the eyes or disembowelment. Any time I've seen disembowelment in movies or where ever, I have an *intensly* strong reaction. My belly hurts, I start to go into a panic attack, I feel deep fear.
Like a good little girl I grew up believing in god. As I got older I started having doubts. Then when I was a senior in high school our class president died in the school of a misdiagnosed/undiagnosed hereditary heart defect. He was an extraordinary person. He was liked by everyone in the school, across all clique lines. He was warm, funny, intelligent, caring, silly, attractive and he would give speeches and have the entire school up on their feet cheering. I stopped believing in god that day.
After that I wavered for years about my true feelings about there being "a god." To me it's not logical for there to be "a god." When I think of the Holocaust and other genocides over the history of our race, I have a harder time believing in some supreme god in the heavens looking down on us. When I think about the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, etc. I have a harder time believing in a god. When I think about the frickin' moronic monster in the White House and the war he has created I have a harder time believing in a god. When I think about all "god's creatures" [the animals] that humans torture, slaughter, mutilate, use, abuse, neglect and wipe off the planet I have a harder time believing in a god. Pharmaceuticals, make-up, cleaning products, etc. even some pet foods - they all have a long history of torturing, slaughtering, mutilating, using and abusing animals. There is no excuse I will buy that justifies this. Yes, disease is bad and sad and cures are wonderful. But, not at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. We do not need more pills for male enhancement or anxiety pills that give you severe diarrhea. Yes, people buy the hype and think that without make-up the world will come to a screeching halt and where would we be without lip gloss. But, not at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. We do not need another blue eyeshadow! Yes, we need clean homes and cars. But not another convenience product at the expense of the millions of tortured, mutilated and slaughtered animals. How many animals died for your Swiffer or that stupid toilet cleaning wand/brush? Even Iams pet foods has mutilated, tortured and slaughtered animals. No, no "supreme god that created all life" would allow these disgusting practices to continue.
I cannot and will not believe that some supreme being created the plants, animals, day, night, water, clouds and humans and just sits there and lets us do the horrible, cruel, disgusting things we do to other living beings.
The bible, god and religion were created by humans to help explain things they couldn't explain. To help control the masses. The bible is a book of faerie tales, tall tales, ghost stories and boogieman stories all written down after years and years of being relayed through the old game of "telephone."
People create religion to fit their needs. Someone created "Judaism." Later, someone distorted Judaism, added to it, created another supreme being that people could see and therefore might find easier to follow, decided this new supreme being had to be the only son of god because the Jewish god said not to bring false idols before it, said Judaism was bad and proceeded to slaughter millions [billions?] of people in the name of this new false idol [and still haven't stopped] - a new supreme being that supposedly says "love thy neighbor" but must really mean "love thy neighbor unless s/he doesn't believe in me, then you must convert them or slaughter them." The cycle goes on and on.