Warning: This entry my ramble and will opinionated. Read at your own caution.
Wow, this is going to be hard to sum up. And no it is not because I have out there beliefs but more because I have bits and pieces and have yet to put the entire puzzle together. When I read this topic the first thing that came to my mind was what i believe in terms of religion and life here on Earth. So that is the direction I am going to follow. First and foremost, I do not believe in one religion. I cannot wrap my head around the concept of 'my religion is right and therefore everyone else in the world will be going to hell'. It makes no sense to me that if you believe in God and he gave you these teachings then why would he give other parts of the world other religions with other religious figures just to have them all go to hell for believing in something different than the Truth. I believe that each religion plays on geographical characteristics that helps each group believe in the greater good. For me all religions teach the same exact thing, be it Christianity, Buddhism, Muslim, Judaism and so on. They teach people to be good humans, to help out on another in times of need. To not judge an others situation and to help them. Be good and good things will come to you.
About two months ago I was going to a Christian nondenominational church here in Albuquerque with my friend Catherine. I was actually liking most of the sermons. While I did not believe in most of biblical references he was pulling (people have a way of pulling quotes out of context to make them support what ever is needed), the underlying message was good. One that struck me was to live in today not tomorrow or yesterday and do not punish people for the mistakes they made yesterday. That is something I struggle with. Well, the church attending ended because of a guest Pastor from Texas and his sermon on homosexuality and how it was a sin. I will not get into by view on that here but I will say I strongly feel he was wrong to say that and I stopped attending.
Before my dad passed away I use to think that there was no such thing as heaven and hell. I thought that those concepts were to help people make something of their life and they would have a reward (for people who could not be good just because it was the right thing to do). However, now I do not like thinking that he is just gone. I like thinking that maybe one day I would get to see him again. I know that what he did in his life was not for nothing. It has influenced me every second of every day.
As for Braylon, if he asks I will tell him about religion and what each believes (to the best of my abilities). I will take him to Church if that is what he wants. But ultimately, it will be HIS decision and HIS decision alone as to what he believes and if he wants to choose to be part of a particular religion. This is not something that me nor Colin will force upon him or judge him if he choose to have different beliefs then we do.
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