Posted by srd1074 on November 3, 2003, at 20:26:43
In reply to So why don't you..., posted by Tovah on October 19, 2003, at 17:51:17
It doesn't seem here like anyone knows that you do not have to "FOLLOW" any religious faith. Faith comes from within. It is what gives you your peace. Personally, I don't get most of these faiths out there. They don't make sense to me. To me, where we came from and where we are going is right in front of me ever single second. You may consider looking into some of the ideologies (not theologies) of the eastern world. They really stress the harmony in life and living and not the dissonance of death and what happens when we are dead. They focus on looking toward inner peace and calming the energies of your spirit. As far as morality is concerned, that doesn't have to have an external source like a book that was penned by people that we've never met, more than 2,000 years ago and edited by a church that was driven by control of the masses for several hundred years. It is kind of like trying to get cnn news out of the enquirer.
Sorry if I offended anyone, wasn't my intention. I do not judge anyone for their choice of religion, only their choice of morality. If your faith gives you your peace, then your faith has done you service and that is all that matters.
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