As you probably already know I'm a fairly dug in Agnostic...but that doesn't mean I have never investigated the Christian faith and find interpretations of the bible intellectually stimulating. I was raised Mormon after all and went to early morning seminary before school everyday for all of my high school years. I've had lots of exposure to Christianity, and can say that I think that the true forms of Christianity, even Islam, are rooted in good principles and ideas. I think it is man (or woman..ahemm Bible...heh) that tends to go overboard and warp some of the very principles they are charged with upholding. I'm a very empirical type mind and can't honestly say for myself with any kind of conviction that there is or is not a God and/or afterlife. As far as what I can verify in the world around me, both could be a possibility. Where I can see how the unknown becomes a fear in many people, I try to embrace it and rejoice in it. I've often thought, even if there isn't an afterlife, does that really detract from the beauty of life? While we live we send ripples throughout the world that we can never fully comprehend. And we live on one tiny planet among possibly billions of them. I have a hard time thinking that humanity is the only form of life in the universe, and I also have a hard time accepting that we are the "pinnacle" of evolution ..either in this universe or on this planet even. I think as a species we are often very arrogant in believing that we know how best to use this planet (obviously we are destroying it). If we can't figure out how to live in harmony on our own planet, and with our own species...how are we more intelligent than any other organism on this planet that lives in balance. Sadly, I often times think WE are animals...
Anyways, I ramble a bit I realize and go off topic. That was more of a stream of thought thing. A path my mind seemingly takes...
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