We played a heated game of Monopoly in front of the fireplace tonight, fire blazing as we wheeled and dealed and taunted and cajoled. The winter weather is exciting
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cut glass. Perhaps some of us have ways of escaping the hourglass entirely... Then again, ye olde schoole Star Trek taught me about phase shifting, so cutting per se may be superfluous.
I don't know, Shay, but this very wonder is in my mouth and mind recently. I know that I have a belief in God, and I suppose it's very strong - in that I am personally very convinced that s/he exists - but that belief only strengthens my belief that I have an embarrassing organic nature and that we are the only creatures on earth agonizingly aware that our time here is short.
I think beliefs such as Saddam's and others are simply denial of reality, and a hope that something unproven or unseen exists - namely, that they are pure and Chosen and innocent and RIGHT.
My belief in a higher power leaves me like you've described yourself: just MOre aware of my little-ness. Yeah, I think you're right, and I hadn't realized that part of the horribleness he was came from that belief, so it dilluded him in many ways. But still, it must be nice to believe deep down that you ARE chosen and pure and innocent and RIGHT! Except then it means you're not human like the rest of us, which I guess isn't really good to believe...
I'm rambling. More thought needed for me on this subject. luv.
I think there are a couple of ways of looking at it. When I "lost my faith," I initially entered into a pretty depressed state. Granted, I was never that religious to begin with, but everything that had once given me comfort--that I'd see my dogs and loved ones again, that I might come back in another life, etc.--was swept out the window. However, over time it turned into a source of optimism--if we're all here by some freak accident, how fabulously lucky is THAT? And believing that when I'm gone, I'm gone, makes me a little more conscious of how I live my life while I'm here. And feeling that my loved ones are in the same boat has affected how I relate to them
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I've been thinking about that, about how it's taken billions of years and tons of luck to create humans. Pretty amazing. but then again, maybe it's that time is infinite and so eventually everything HAD to line up just right for us, if that makes sense? Still, it IS amazing that we are here.
Oooh dear, I hear ya about funerals. It makes weddings and divorces and births and all sorts of things awkward, for sure. heheh, but it's a lovely thing for a Mom to want you to believe in a beautiful place where everyone ultimately in ends up!
Whooah, paranormal investigation! awesome! hehe, I wanna join a syngague to get some more answers....
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I think beliefs such as Saddam's and others are simply denial of reality, and a hope that something unproven or unseen exists - namely, that they are pure and Chosen and innocent and RIGHT.
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I'm rambling. More thought needed for me on this subject. luv.
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Oooh dear, I hear ya about funerals. It makes weddings and divorces and births and all sorts of things awkward, for sure. heheh, but it's a lovely thing for a Mom to want you to believe in a beautiful place where everyone ultimately in ends up!
Whooah, paranormal investigation! awesome! hehe, I wanna join a syngague to get some more answers....
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