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Faith
is a funny thing. Cynical, righteous people will have a die hard, unshakable
belief in a God they can not see, touch or hear, but they will ignore,
overlook, and believe against those things which they can see, touch
and hear. Religion tends to be very contradictory that way. I have been
told by a Catholic I will burn in hell because I am gay.. I have also
been told by a Catholic that Jesus forgives all sins... So, which half
of that is correct? And, how can they both be so certain that they will
not both burn in hell for not believing in Isis? Ra? Buddha? Vishnu?
I
do not believe in any organized religion. I do not believe in any one
God. I do not believe in Satan. I do not believe in heaven or hell.
I have read the Bible, the Torah, the principles of Buddhism, Hinduism,
and other religious principles of the Egyptian, Greek, Native American,
and African cultures. I do not believe or follow any one, singular religion....
although I do believe in a higher power.
I
have experimented with various religions... Born an Anglican, raised
a Wiccan, grown into a Buddhist, and dropped into Atheism...I do not
believe that any one religion is correct or incorrect. It is not my
place to pass judgment on culture, belief or religious principle. It
is my belief that there is a higher power which reigns over humanity.
Call it fate, call it a God, call it a metaphysical energy, call it
Nature... whatever it may be, it can not be gauged by level of sin,
by praying, or by servitude. It is within us, and without us. It is
in everything we do. Right or wrong.
I
have no church. I do not pray. I have no Sabbath. But I do have peace,
which is something no one religion has ever known throughout it's history.
I have found God... but God is not a figure, a person, a man nor woman.
God is in all of us. In the very spirit and nature of the sunlight,
the plants, animals, rocks and soil. |
