Man Made Redemption

What are my religious beliefs? To answer that, to fully explain it, I need to show you my views on the state of the world. Do you not see it and hear it all around you? The suffering and slaying of the innocents by the hands of a society that has turned a blind eye to their agony. As if it was not enough that children all over the world and right in our own country starve and die and are victim to the most deplorable acts, the adults squabble and fight over petty religious disagreements. So much so that they kill other human beings over their beliefs. I see all that and I ask myself why. Could their really be such a being that would create all humanity and confuse them so that they fight? Could this being be a monster who is amused by this? No! I refuse to believe that. We are the monsters. Human beings are misguided fools with the minds and hearts of savage beasts… but then what of the loving ones? The bleeding hearts that do everything for others and think not of their own needs. I am torn between such a paradox and have decided that a new path is necessary, a path forged from the fires of desperation and love, two of mankind’s most powerful attributes.

This path I speak of is entirely philosophical and applies to every religion whose principles are that of mercy and love. The path starts at your values. What do you think is most necessary to improve the world? Is it heart? Is it the ability to love others unconditionally to the point where you would put their needs before your own? Is it work? Do you believe that all can be fixed if everyone is willing to do their part and forsake the sins of sloth, greed, and gluttony? What of knowledge? Do you think that our ignorance is the cause of our suffering? Would you work to dismiss such ignorance? Or perhaps it is faith. Perhaps instead of fighting over religious beliefs we should be faithful to our own beliefs and become perfect examples of morality so that others might follow. If you believe in any one of these, you are wrong… for it does not take just one but all of these values. All of these bodies must work together in unity and harmony to quell the pain of the world and rid ourselves of suffering once and for all.