HunterG
Due to living with two librarians and my own research on the matter of religion I have deemed myself to be ” not interested”.
I believe that religion is different than god and placing that much power onto any one idea/being/etc… is dangerous. God is everything that makes up our lives… the tree, the dog, the cat, your neighbor, your mom etc… we all make up our existence, so in a way we are all a part of “God”.
I was brought up with choice, which I will always thank my parents for. When we asked about Jesus, or God we were always told “Religion can be great or it can cause destruction, but God is is a totally different thing.”
As I have grown into adulthood I have fostered a belief in truth. A core set of values, ideas and realizations. What truth is, is relative. My truth may be profoundly different than another person’s truth but two things that I do intensely believe is that “system” is the last way anyone’s faith should be termed and that religion should be personal. Not something that can spawn so much hate.
Maybe if it were personal and not be put into competition with another persons “god” there could actually be peace on this planet.