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Saturday, August 06, 2005

Precepts of My Religious Faith

  • Queen Anwen the Mighty in her throne.

  • First of all, don't miss my post about evil. I am blatantly looking for comments, input, thoughts and criticisms of it.

    I have been trying to determine what the "ten commandments" or "twelve steps" of my religious faith might be and I have really come up with is three simple tenets:
  • Acknowledge and honor the Loving Creator (Creatress? Creatrix? I will stick with Creator)
  • Treat all others as I wish to be treated
  • Do the best I can to live the life I was given to the fullest.

    I don't think this excludes Atheists and Agnostics either, because I do believe that by simply being awed by nature or science, one is acknowledging and honoring the Creator, whether one knows it or not. The second one is more complex than it seems because I have concluded that as an adult if I behave like an asshole, I should want to be treated as such. Only by knowing how I am behaving (and I learn how I behave from others) can I change and improve. So, I don't think this is a call to coddle terrorists or treat idiotic statements with respect; it is a call to treat others as you think you would need to be treated in order to grow. That is a lot harder than simply: treat everybody nice. Because you are responsible for treating them with respect and in a manner that helps them to grow spiritually. The last is pretty self explanatory.

    Have a great day everybody.
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