Alright, here I go... I'm one for religious debates personally.. in fact I did my psychology ISU on religion in society... I even had my survey up here way long ago. This is the part where I say, I don't mean to offend anyone, cause I know my views on religion are a lil messed up due to things that I've had to go thru in life.
Personally, I have some different thoughts on religion, I was raised Roman Catholic, but I greatly disagree with many of the ideas and the contridictions of those ideas, all stemming from one moment, the moment I completely lost that faith. After that I really looked at it, and thought about how there are no true consequences to actions, that there are holes and loopholes everywhere. I also really got offended when I went to a wedding and part of the vows were that you would raise any children you had into Catholisism... I thought that was unfair for the children. I think we should all be able to choose which religion we celebrate, or if we choose to express that aspect of life at all.
When I did my ISU I came across some strange psychological research, it talked about the deprivation of faith.. and how if you have not addressed the concept of religion at all whether it be to express or not to express(ackkkk Hamlet..) then you actually can end up with physical problems.. pretty freaky eh?!
Now me, I'm into Wiccanism and Druidism, I kinda take beliefs from both. I believe in karma, because that makes sense to me. That what you do will come back to you in life, that what you do in this life, matters in this life, not only in the next. I also think that maybe the druids had something when they thought, All the Gods are one God.... in that, maybe no one is wrong, maybe we all see it differently, but it's really the same, I mean, for all the religions in the world, there tend to be a lot of key similarities. I think, that that belief should be one we all think about, that maybe, whatever is there, doesn't care what we believe in, as long as we believe, maybe that's the big message.. I mean, I believe in teh Goddess, in magick.. does that make me wrong or messed up? Not in my eyes, I've seen my faith at work. And really, magick and prayer, are pretty close, both are asking for something to happen, just with magick, you see it happen a lil faster.
Just close your eyes and imagine for one second, what the world would be like if everyone wasn't so caught up in being right about religion, how many wars would have been avoided. How many of the world's problems are rooted in religion? Imagine for just a minute, that we all took that to heart, that no one was concerned with other's beliefs, that they focused on their own.. I for one, would love to see it, a world where we could all accept the practices of others and a world where fundamentalism wasnt so fatal..
Unfortunately I doubt we'll get to see it.
Alright, so I'm rambling again.. but hopefully everyone got something out of that.. I hope... I think by sharing our beliefs and views, we can all learn a lil more, and maybe be better for it. *sigh* I'm really done, promise.. hope I didn't offend anyone, cause that would be counter productive.
*hugz to all as alwayz*
Ann-Marie -team 783
PS. I love talking about religion, and I think it's really healthy to do so... if you ever want to talk, drop me a line,
midnightmystic_@hotmail.com ... or ICQ # 162691028 ... and if you want to live chat we can do it off my website.