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Reply 22 of 98 (Originally posted on: 05-27-09 10:00:49 AM)
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Quoted from Sunny: I'm for the most part secularist, in the sense that the state matters more to me then any religion ever has or will. Towards my beliefs, I might be considered a lax, uninvolved believer in unorganized philosophical spiritism; in that, I believe that all things have an "essence" or a "spirit" to them, neither positive nor negative. I don't believe in a God, or a creator... when it comes down to it, I'm scientifically minded and supportive of scientific ideals and thought. I don't seek moral guidance from this belief system. I typically tend to seek moral guidance from a mixture of law, respect and tact - aspects of my existence which has become ingrained in me by how I developed.
Over time my religious sympathies have changed. My parents never believed in pushing a religion on their children, so my household was largely agnostic or closeted religious. I wont deny that most stances on ethical and moral issues were based on Christian and Catholic doctrine, but that was hardly because of religion as it was my parents' upbringing. It must've become ingrained in them when they were children, so naturally it wouldn't come off as religiously ordained when they taught their children.
I bounced back and forth between religious and non-religious, attempts to be Christian or Buddhist to being completely atheist. I ended up where I am now, believing more strongly in a neutral environment, a neutral existence.
The one problem arises with an afterlife, and on its unlikelihood even though it sounds absolutely great. I'm inclined to view life and death as one in the same, neither positive nor negative, and merely a form of existence in its entirety. So, to me, the moment of death - and whatever that contains, whether it is just the brain emitting a "white light" as it shuts down, or nothing at all, or a wonderful limbo existence with clouds and whatnot - is the afterlife in its entirety. I like to imagine, as the historian I am, that it transcends time, and for a fleeting second I understand everything that has and will occur, and have observed the lives of others and those important to me. Doubtful, but it would be nice.
We are in the same boat. I believe almost exactly what you typed.
It is what it is...
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