ElephantSack

I've come to recognize that being for human beings, i.e. - being incredibly complicated yet simple creatures - there is no religion that could possibly supply all the answers to whatever metaphysical/spiritual questions that your average human might come to ask. I've also come to recognize that most people claim membership to certain factions out of habit, self-consciousness, fear, tradition and so on. Rare are the men and women who take the time to choose what is right for them, what makes sense to them, what makes them happy.

It is my opinion that we have the opportunity nay, the responsibility, to examine the existing religions and take what works and build our own moral codes based on the lessons granted by previous beliefs.



Here's mine.

Judaism/Christianity/Islam - Basically, when I come to look at these religions that I used to hate in an objective light, I realize that the main message is just to love and respect each other and the Earth. Nothing wrong with that. I of course recognized that by reading between the lines and not looking too much into the fine print.

Satanism - I recognize the facet of Satanism that touts people as "their own God". To me, this means nothing more than belief in one's self.

Buddhism - The ideals of Inner Peace, World Soul and Enlightenment have become things that I've been very receptive of in recent years.

Hedonism - Experiencing other people in whatever ways you are interested in, as long as its consensual, is something that I could never see anything wrong with. That being said, I don't know what other religions have to say about it, but sometimes there is little in the world that makes me feel better than the taste of a clean, disease-free, freshly shaven pussy.

Taoism - Seeing as how there is, was and always will be things that will be beyond your comprehension, I think that a strong sense of the absurd is a very handy thing to have.

Hinduism - The entities of the Creator, Sustainer and Destroyer are, to me, more interperative of the cycle of all life. Every religion has its own approaches toward this idea.



So I guess you could say that if I would belong to anything close to a belief system, it would be more or less a mixture of these.

I find it imperative that more people figure out what's right for them instead of blindly accepting doctrines that they really don't understand or even follow. Because its the sad fact of the times that most people don't even know what they believe in anymore. In a world where there exist "Christians" and "Muslims" who are bigoted and racist, its clear that something got lost or manipulated in translation.

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