thread: 2005-08-09 : The New Open House 2: Religion
On 2005-08-09, Tymen wrote:
I believe in God (He, She, It, All of the Above). I was baptised Roman Catholic, but attended a Presbyterian Church.
My beliefs have evolved over the years.
I try to follow three simple rules. (These are at the root of Christ's teaching I think and if everyone followed them, I believe we'd be a fairly enlightened society right now.
1. Love God. (Which I interpret to mean try to love everything and everyone, in that peaceful kind way that the World seems to have forgotten these days. If God is in everything/body, then all are worthy of love.)
2. Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.
3. Do no harm.
I believe that all paths lead to God, and whichever path you are on is the correct one for you to be on.
(I do not believe God endorses Holy Wars, killings in "Gods" name, or anything like that.)
I also have no problem reconciling Creationism with Evolution, if a creator got ball rolling using evolution as his mechanism, I have no issues with that. I'm not about to enforce my beliefs on anyone else.
I think Heaven and Hell are what you create, you decide where you are going to end up.
Other than that, do your best to be a good person, never let hate consume you, try to love those around you.
These are just some of my thoughts on the matter. Simple maybe, but I think that anything more complex and you begin to break down the Spirituality it.
(I have to say, I love the concept of the Roman Catholic Latin services in those beautiful churches. There is something beautiful about the rhyme and ritual of it.)
