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Post by Haku on Feb 17, 2005 23:26:58 GMT -5
The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.
You know, it is funny the way life turns out. My goal last year was to become more spiritual. I considered myself a fairly religious person…it is not too hard to get to know God when you get to know yourself. I’ve looked in books…books on Pagans, Druids, Jews, Christians. Fascinating, but the answers were not there.
I hated my religion. Every group I joined, even the new friends I made; they all had different ideals, incorrect ideals. It sickened me, that terrible beauty that was not real; and the hypocrisy...and I could not understand it.
I see my other friends, and wonder how they got to be the way they are. Does their belief in a savior give them power?
It does, but it won’t help me. I will have to be my own savior. I already follow the middle way. Perhaps there is no path for me but the one my parents taught me...it is all I know.
The laws sometimes sleep, but never die. The laws have slept within me for almost a year. I cannot find them, but I hope that they will never die.
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Post by Monolith on Feb 17, 2005 23:36:37 GMT -5
I will have to be my own savior. I already follow the middle way. Perhaps there is no path for me but the one my parents taught me...it is all I know. A wise choice. If you count on some supreme diety to come and rescue you, you'll be let down. Belief and worship are certainly not a bad thing, but you can't expect, you can only hope.
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Post by Arachis on Feb 18, 2005 0:01:17 GMT -5
hmmm... show this to mr rosenburg. This should have been in your tapestry project...
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Post by Archagon on Feb 18, 2005 1:38:38 GMT -5
Religion - at least in my opinion - should be taken as a social guide and quintessential rulebook. It serves the purpose of reminding us of our humanity and preventing our dwelling in animalistic states. (timshel, anyone?)
I do believe that God is out there and that he should be most certainly be worshipped. But I also believe that religion shouldn't consume one's life to the point where it covers a good 80 years of opportunities, connections, and possibilities; we may be mere spiritual vessels, but to bypass this world in awaiting the next is wasteful.
Although I hope you don't abandon your religion, Eagle Vision, I also hope that you find your own inner power.
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Post by Monolith on Feb 18, 2005 18:27:24 GMT -5
Religion - at least in my opinion - should be taken as a social guide and quintessential rulebook. It serves the purpose of reminding us of our humanity and preventing our dwelling in animalistic states. (timshel, anyone?) I do believe that God is out there and that he should be most certainly be worshipped. But I also believe that religion shouldn't consume one's life to the point where it covers a good 80 years of opportunities, connections, and possibilities; we may be mere spiritual vessels, but to bypass this world in awaiting the next is a sin more grievous than anybody can forgive. Although I hope you don't abandon your religion, Eagle Vision, I also hope that you find your own inner power. Very well said. Though I'm not religious myself, I've always held a belief that it is God and the fundamental ideals of religion that should be worshipped and honored, not the church.
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Post by Archagon on Feb 18, 2005 19:19:52 GMT -5
I do honor and respect my Church and its members, but its power structure is very different from that of traditional Roman or Western churches.
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Post by Monolith on Feb 19, 2005 2:14:37 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't mean that churches are necessarily bad, just that sometimes they loose sight of what's really just and good. This happened all the time during the middel ages, as at one point the church answered to the King.
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Post by Haku on Feb 19, 2005 3:03:11 GMT -5
Yah, usually churches/religious groups are very effective, and they create a good sense of community. It is nice being with people who have common goals.
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