@wildwallflower ostracism basically ignore, however be warned maybe the rude person has something important to say. Don't dismiss everything someone says to you even if it might feel bad, it may be a legitimate criticism and you only perceive it as rude.
The truth always is perceived as rude and unkind.
@wtfjudith WTF? what happened to the millions of marriages. :confounded:
For me it depends, sometimes it just happens, everything flows. However, with some I can't for the life of me keep a conversation going. How about you, and why do you think that is? :)
@tara-shea Whatever gives you purpose and meaning in life, do that.
@wildwallflower I want to select EVERYTHING!!!! Give me the power!
@cjko Nothing, we're perfect. :D
@sofa_king_great All is well, how about you? Has life given you a smile?
@wtfjudith a dog shelter contains many things, you cheated. :P I will buy the whole planet. Scrap that THE UNIVERSE HAHA
@cjko I chosen good exes, but prison is a socialist paradise.
@thealchemst_m said in A world without Religion.:
I know that a lot of us have been raised with specific beliefs as to who or what we should choose as our god and that so many of us spend our lives living by what we've been told is the right way to live while, in my opinion, too many of us fight senseless wars in the name of said beliefs either online or in real life, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself:
"What if I was born in a different family with a different culture?"
Would our current belief system be irrelevant, null and void? Does it mean we would have been born in the wrong culture? I have hopes that those of us who will think it to not be true are ever growing in numbers. Not because it is wrong to have or believe in a religion or faith, but simply because, to quote the main character of my all-time favorite show:"No matter how much faith you have or what you choose to believe in, I know you look both ways before crossing the road."
That is to say, it is human nature to question ourselves, to seek beyond what we've been told to be true all our lives. To either confirm or deny. Now, my words do not mean to discredit beliefs of a Higher Power but to merely ascertain my own beliefs that maybe, just maybe, we've all had it wrong and that our Higher Power is not high up in the sky but beneath our feet:
Our dearly beloved, good old, Planet Earth. And that the only religion that will ever matter is that of Humanity.
No matter who you choose to love, what you eat or which language you speak, as long as we treat each other right we may just end up making the world a better place for future generations.Then again, maybe its just the beer talking. :P
I should probably add that I love and respect every culture and religion there is as long as they bring no harm to men, women and children around the world and do not try to force their beliefs on me :')Maybe John Lennon was right to Imagine ;
Why do you want to substitute something transcendent, something people suffered over thousands of years to articulate, and make the foundation of their art, culture and the structure of their being, with dirt, rock, and unpredictable weather?
Religions don't just appear out of thin air they exist because of countless arguments, suffering, death, and rebirth over all of human history. They are what give us structure and meaning in our lives. To reject your religion is to start a war in your soul, your family, and your society. So you better have a good reason for doing so, and be willing to die in the process.
You speak of love and respect for every culture that doesn't bring death in its wake. As for me, I love the individual, but not their culture and religion. Unless I wish to renounce my own and cause damage that I cannot fathom.
@infernoessence You need to eat McDonalds then you'll sleep like a baby, don't worry about clogged arteries, use coke zero to unblock those.
To have glued together this New Testament, a sort of rococo of taste in all respects, with the Old Testament into one book, the book, the Bible – that is perhaps the greatest act of audacity and “sin against the spirit” which literary Europe has on its conscience.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Any Friedrich Nietzsche admirers that care to explain the above quote?
@burningheart I understand what you're feeling, it makes no sense to you, I get that, because it's not something that happens that often. You will forget about her soon, and when you do you will trust people again. You will probably find that you will become stronger as a result, maybe read the signs better. You will realise that you're wiser as a result to. I know you're hurting now, but give it time.
@rosestar Attention from people you know, is all you need. :)
@iservejustice I thought you were leaving?
@wildwallflower whoever wrote that needs better sentence structure, and a dictionary. Demons have a source, confront that: then I will consider you brave.
@ihebdh45 What if... the one piece in 'Onepiece' isn't a piece of pie at all, but a slice of pizza?