Religion

[TheWalshinator]

Alright, let me say a few things too.

I'm not an atheist. And even though I'm baptized and wear a cross, I wouldn't call myself Christian either. Based on what I learned about religion, prayer, etc, I've developed my own faith. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks like this, I would assume a lot of agnostics do, for example, it's just that there is no religion for it.
I believe there is a god, but I don't believe in the personification of god. I believe that "god" is actually within each of us, within everything. To me god is love, the purest and probably the most potent feeling in this world. And it is indeed capable of miracles. I believe that the more love you give to the world, the more love you will receive back. I believe that if one truly wishes for something, but in an non-destructible way (wishing for your own success, not for your enemy's failure, for example), it will be achieved sooner or later. I can say that this has worked for me twice. And the more people concentrate on the same goal, the more powerful that force becomes. Maybe prayer works in the same way.
So to me it is important to try and deal with everything (yes, even people I dislike) with love and not to give in to negative emotion. It's also extremely important to love yourself, because you're part of god, after all.


I also don't believe in heaven or hell. I think we are sent to this world to develop and learn. Each life is a lesson. If don't learn our lesson, if we don't discover our potential and put it to use, we get kicked in the same circumstances in our next life.


Hope that didn't sound too stupid.

There are some things that I agree with, I won't deny that, but God is the personification of perfect, unconditional love, and He is also a Judge. Think of Him as a Father figure, not waiting for you to screw up so that He can beat you with a stick, rather waiting for you to come to Him so that He can lavish His love on you

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But that doesn't mean we don't do stupid things, everyone does.

The problem is you saying that atheists are more likely to do stupid things than religious people.

I didn't mean it in that way, sorry, sometimes I have difficulty expressing myself in a way that can't be misinterpreted. That is a flaw in my character.
What I meant to say was: they will use their belief of only living once as an excuse to do something stupid.
I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way.