tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post2727958553072538860..comments2021-09-14T15:38:13.530-04:00Comments on ally of the mind: Photo and Blog a Day Challenge-Day 8/28: FrozenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818034050728775777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post-21298714822831570782014-02-10T19:40:14.122-05:002014-02-10T19:40:14.122-05:00Glad you are asking questions, Marlon, and you'... Glad you are asking questions, Marlon, and you're leaving yourself open to be questioned. The Creation vs Evolution discussion, beliefs, debate all end up to be simply opinions. No matter who says it. Of course, that's simply my opinion. So the Buddha even said: Do not believe a word I said. Find out for yourself. <br /><br />More opinions: words are simply labels, so we can communicate. And that is why the Word became Flesh so we can see and experience what the Word, what God is all about. The words I hear and read are less important than how my way of being affect the world I am in and for whose glory and praise I am doing it.<br /><br />I am a practicing catholic (see lower cap c) and a follower of Universal Love as expressed, articulated, and lived by Jesus Christ and Buddha and Gandhi and Rumi and Mother Teresa and Thomas Merton and my wife and all loving human beings in all spiritual traditions. Because that's the truth I live by. Everything that we receive and perceive through all our senses including thinking is noise to distract us from what's real... or to point us to what's real.<br /><br />So I close with another opinion by the Buddha, which I think would make Jesus nod yes:<br />"In the end only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you."<br /><br />Always question authority, i.e., the mind. Roy DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959728647285101020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post-74732201111727915122014-02-10T12:45:07.567-05:002014-02-10T12:45:07.567-05:00There must be 1,000 different Gods out there. Most...There must be 1,000 different Gods out there. Most believers reject 999 of them. I only reject one more than they do. John-THShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833292953084026055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post-73378824710804670302014-02-09T21:54:41.438-05:002014-02-09T21:54:41.438-05:00One of the problems of humanity is the incessant d...One of the problems of humanity is the incessant desire to understand where we came from and why. Why are we here of Earth? What is our purpose? What is my purpose? Why am I here? Why was I born who I am? This is not some sort of altruistic impulse to have a greater feel for life as most people who preach seem to think. By preach I refer to booth those of religion, any and all religion, and those preaching from the brick buildings of academia. Each are narrow minded in their pursuit to feel like they know where they have come from and for what reason. <br /><br />We are a spec of carbon on an infinite measure of time. We are insignificant. We get such relatively little time on this planet, that spending it arguing over our origins or what happens when we die makes no sense to me. I don't give a fuck if humanity came into being because of the random luck of some sort of primordial ooze and eons of evolutionary changes or if we were all modeled after some holy being. It will not change who I am. It will not change my pursuit of happiness. This knowledge will not make me a better person. I am who I choose to be, nothing more and nothing less.<br /><br />If it helps people to create a story of an origin through any level of religion and spirituality; helps them to live a better life, recover from the loss of a loved one, and have the strength to combat the ills of the world, good for them. How does this affect me? How does it matter?<br /><br />If it helps to have a concrete and proven life through science where all is absolute and determined. Great, awesome, go for it. <br /><br />What do I choose? How do I live? I don't believe in God. I believe God is an imaginary friend for people who are incapable of taking complete responsibility for their own lives. I envy most of these people. Truly, I do. I would be nice to have the weight of my choices lifted from my shoulders, but that will never be my choice.<br /><br />However, compassionate respect is something most science people just don't get. They are right. They always have to be right and in order to be fulfilled, they need to preach and convert you to their point of view (sounds familiar), and to that I say fuck you to them as well. While we are insignificant in respect to time, the world and all that is, we are also completely different from any other living organism on earth. We are inherently special, even in the smallest of ways.<br /><br />Find what it is that you enjoy and do it. Leave the origins of all life to people who are unfulfilled with the singular life they get to live.Justin Kasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00434687363646507222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post-92155473533504697162014-02-09T17:58:40.278-05:002014-02-09T17:58:40.278-05:00I heard of the debate, and though I did not watch ...I heard of the debate, and though I did not watch it, I feel it's safe to assume that the point was made that either view takes at least a degree of faith:). Since you acknowledge a belief in God, you can continue your search for the truth knowing that the odds are in your favor. Would love to continue in person:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851478637108998525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949377594642620685.post-10727491989217372862014-02-09T11:39:18.182-05:002014-02-09T11:39:18.182-05:00You have written your credo. Because it allows for...You have written your credo. Because it allows for questions and respectful dialogue, it is a welcome challenge to the intransigent. Well done!Prospero57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06464877118038198154noreply@blogger.com