I am happy to read your words. I am thinking to start my journey to expose few things about radical Islam (which in my opinion is different from what Islam was supposed to be when started). I want to open the minds of people before their eyes to whats going on and to inspire them to make their choice rather than follow someone else's orders (Like the clergies in Iran and Saudi Arabia). I want to educate people that hatred, division, fear, religion, sin, pride, color, race, are only made up words to control people's brains. So many things I want to advocate, love, peace, freedom of thinking and choice and unity. They all sound cliched but they are true.
I am still taking my first baby steps. Your posts are inspirational for my future mission.
Thank you for seeking and showing the truth :)
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The key to science is to test a fact or idea before claiming that it is true.
What is the key to faith?
In my opinion and from my experience the key to faith is trust built on love.
Yeah, but I'm talking about religious type faith.
The sort of faith that has a person believe in a religion, in a way that feels like they believe in a political dogma.
The way it has been done so far is forcing faith by either fear or by rewards. There are those who will abide because they are scared of going to hell and those who abide because they want something in return, i.e sex with multiple virgins
Everyone has a way to get people to believe in untrue ideas.
If force doesn't work, then they'll lie.
If lies don't work, they'll offer other benefits, like a feeling of peace or happiness.
Real happiness must be worked for with sweat, blood, and tears, and real happiness is never found, for life is not a destination towards happiness or peace in the first place.
Life is a complex process.
I agree with some of what you said, but I disagree with your idea about life and happiness.
I speak from my own experience and the understanding I reached after suffering for too long. I believe that happiness is an inside job. It is simply a feeling of peace within stemming from the understanding that everything will go in the direction of our best interests and that we are loved and supported by the universe (aka God, force, Tao, life energy or what ever you want to call it).
It is important to understand that misery happens when we associate our happiness with something/someone outside ourselves that is easily lost or changed. That is why we keep running after this so-called-happiness which we will never be able to catch, or even if we catch it we will not be able to keep it for a long time
I believe that the final destination for each soul in this universe is happiness and peace (aka heaven). However, not every soul will reach that destination in one life time, hence, reincarnation.
This is the summary of what I believe now. And considering that I have been suffering from clinical depression for a long time, I can say that I have never been happier in my whole life. Yes, I do have some setbacks with life stresses but I do get over them quite easily compared to before.
Sincerely :)
How can we test reincarnation?
I would like to see it proven before believing in it, seeing as it means I can relax a bit in this life, and not worry about living fully.
Why live this life, when I'll just get another?
Can you prove it in a way that would convince anyone?
A Christian, a Jew, A Muslim, and me?
SO TRUE
you are a tortured atheist, heretickitten
well look at america: 100 trillon into red ink according to the dallas fed reserve in 2012
look at the world: world debt 4x the global GPD
Are they stupid or do they have a plan?
that is a really interesting subject for me @theleapingkoala i would like to see what you come up with.