This I Believe: A Personal Essay on Religion

[bardicvoice]

I haven’t had much time for blogging lately. Starting a new business while still working a full-time job has meant stepping away from writing meta essays and episode commentaries on Supernatural and indulging in other creative exercises, but it hasn’t stopped me from thinking. And recent events, combined with the habits of all the philosophical and

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[bardicvoice]

Thanks for coming by!

[sidhe_woman]

Yes! Very neatly put *g*.

[bardicvoice]

Glad you liked!

[fannishliss]

It's good to hear from you, and I hope your home studio is progressing nicely.

Your credo is clean and ethical, and that's always a good thing. :)

[bardicvoice]

Thanks for stopping by!

The home studio stuff is going well. I've finished the recording on the first audiobook, and am now in editing/mastering mode; with luck, will finish the book for submission to the publisher by the end of this coming weekend! Thirteen chapters in the can, five more to edit ... :)

[orehime]

As always, you are eloquent. If somebody asks me about my 'faith', I'll point them right here ♥

[bardicvoice]

Thank you! I'm honored ...

[borgmama1of5]

"From what I saw, each and every religion at its core consisted of two things: the stories we humans told ourselves to explain things empirically beyond our knowing...and a system of rules defining appropriate behaviors to perpetuate the survival and growth of a particular social structure consistent with the explanations in the stories...every single “holy book,” was written and compiled by humans...but who wrote from within the filter of their own specific cultures and the framework of the limits of their understanding of the systematized knowledge of nature and the physical world."

Brilliantly put! Very eloquent explanation of why there cannot be one 'true' religion.

I think that if you pare down the instructions from 'God' in all religions it comes down to 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

[bardicvoice]

Thank you! The golden rule may well be the only one ... although it sometimes translates as "do unto others as they would like to be done by." :)

[roseficke]

For a long while now, the Golden Rule has been the only credo I live by. I firmly believe if everyone followed it and tossed everything else out the window, the world would be a far, far better place. :)