Belief @ MindSay

• Is how the creation of the world came about really that important?  We're here.  Isn't that what matters the most?  How this planet came to be is a bit insignificant compared to other issues that must be dealt with in our present and for our future.
• It seems that every belief system says about the same thing in different words: don't be a dick, think of others on occasion, do good to yourself and those around you.
• All fundamentalists need to get their heads out of their asses.
• There cannot be only one way to heaven.  Not every religion/spirituality works for everyone...otherwise there would only be ONE religion known throughout the world, not countless religions.
• Hell is not fire, brimstone, burning, little devil-demon things with horns, tails and pitchforks, or however else you envision Hell (unless you don't believe in Hell, then don't worry about it!).  It is the absence of God's presence.
• Stop trying to convert people!!!  I know God loves me!  You know God loves you.  Can't we just leave it at that?  Let the natural curiosity of humans bring those who are interested to you.
  
• Anyone ever think that Satan made a HUGE sacrifice for the sake of humanity to leave paradise, and God, just so that we can make a muck of what we have?
• Whatever your belief system is, the more important thing is that you believe, or lack the belief, in something with conviction.

Please note: These are just my opinions.  Discussion is good, attacks are unnecessary. 

Why was i not consulted first?

anti-theism, i think is more radical than atheism. one can be an atheist and that's the end of it: you just don't believe in god. but if you're an anti-theist, you can believe in that god, but still hate that god (sort of the position that Satan took)

i believe that the existence/non-existence of god is not an issue at all. the question of suffering to me is the most important: if god is good and he is capable of doing anything, then how come the world is in such a terrible state? I have just recently come upon this idea of anti-theism and so am trying to understand more about it.

 anti-theism i think is also compatible with buddhism, in that the question of suffering remains paramount. one can believe in a god but still hate that god to the depths of one's being, i think that's what anti-theism is about. when i entered high school, i identified myself as an atheist, but somehow in my later years, when i entered college, i started to read about buddhism and was fascinated by the similarities i found.

buddhism is one of the most compassionate and rational belief systems i know for it actually encourages people to doubt, doubt everything, doubt the traditions, doubt even the teachings of the masters, it teaches you to find out things for yourself and not simply to float around listening and believing mindlessly. unlike the great monotheistic religions where there is only one huge solid chunk of truth to be swallowed whole. but most importantly it teaches you to be aware of suffering.

my roommate, a very devout protestant who holds weekly bible readings, and i once had this intense conversation regarding belief in christ. he said that human beings are fallen and that the only way that we can connect with God once more is to have faith in Christ, for he serves as that bridge between God and man. Our First Parents sinned, and so Jesus Christ sacrificed himself that we may be saved, and that for us to be worthy of that salvation, all that we had to do is to believe in him. my objection against believing in Christ is that it is too simplistic. And also, if it was my sin which I inherited from my first parents, why can't I be responsible and atone for that Sin myself? Why did Christ suddenly show up and took it upon himself to save us all. Isn't it a little bit too presumptuous and self-righteous? Why did he not consult me first whether i want for him to carry my burden or not? And so now that he has done this (without prior consultation and approval), we are expected to be grateful and to believe in him?

The first step on the path to the workers' revolution is the elevation of the proletariat to the position of ruling class. The proletariat will gain from its political domination by gradually tearing away from the bourgeoisie all capital, by centralizing all means of production in the hands of the State, that is to say in the hands of the proletariat itself organized as the ruling class. Marx

Let us be aware that were Revolution to occur, they would still try guiding it to their immediate goals and that is complete and utter subjugation of the freedoms of this nation. The only recourse we have is to do an utter shakeup and press the Reset button with the Constitution being our default position.

Let us not consider any other option or we play into their hands. And lest we forget, how many of these planks are already in play for 'perfectly legitimate reasons'.

10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c., &c.^[4]

The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.Workers of the world, unite! -Communist Manifesto

Do not ever forget that the things that make life "easy" now will one day come back and bite you in the butt. Or is it too late for America to relearn this lesson? Be aware of the Deceptive nature that some Revolutionists will use. The only true and safe course of action is the utter and complete return to the Constitution as laid out by the Founders.