A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire is responsible for my title quote.

 

Anyone desperate enough for suicide…should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.    - Richard Bach

 

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

- George Orwell

 

 

I would like to be able to admire a man’s opinions as I would his dog – without being expected to take it home with me.

- Frank A. Clark

 

When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

- Stephen F. Roberts

 

If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love someone you just know. 

- Janice Markowitz

 

When I hear somebody sigh, “Life is hard,” I am always tempted to ask, “Compared to what?

- Sydney J. Harris

 

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

- Lillian Hellman

 

You know I found that title quote at the end of looking for all my quotes I wanted to include, and it kinda caught my brain in a twist.  You know a witty saying may not prove anything, but it sure makes you think.

That is all. =D

Will Faith save me?

Now I am not necessarily a religious person, however, I do believe that there is a greater being out there; I just do not feel educated enough in the religions of the world to chose where my beliefs lie, nor do I really believe in choosing one specific “God.” 

As I was searching through some blogs I have noticed many blogs are people’s journeys with their ‘Savior’ at their side.  Seeing how these people put forth their whole effort in life to be this amazing and genuine person their “God” wants them to be and seeing the people I know follow their various “Gods,” it makes me wonder if I am missing out on something. 

I am not from a family that goes to church on Sundays, nor am I from a family that is “religious.”  My family doesn’t really talk about their stands on religion.  I am very much certain my father believes in God; he has made some statements that there must be a higher being and I think after some life-changing episodes with health issues, he knows something helped pull him thru.  I think my mother believes in something, but I am not sure what.  Both my parents taught me a little night-time prayer; however, I do not know where exactly they stand.  When I was younger, I remember having gone to a Christening and wondering why I never had one; they both told me it was because they felt if I wanted to follow a certain religion they would let me decide on my own.  Which I am glad they did.  Now on a side note, I also have a brother and I think he believes in a higher being, but again I am not sure what.

But isn’t that an intriguing thought, I can talk openly about religion with some friends and obviously write it here, but I have not sat down with my all-adult family and found out where they stand in the religious world.  Hm. Makes me wonder.

Anyway. I think a majority of why I don’t “believe” in one “God” is because I am very paranoid to things I cannot see.  I didn’t find out Santa wasn’t real until I was 12 and it was because my brother figured it out and we confronted my mom; let’s just say Christmas is a holiday in which I hate celebrating (and I do not “hate” anything.. but Christmas).  I am afraid I would put my faith in something that leads me to believe when I pass I will be sent to a “Heaven” of sorts and be happy eternally; but how do I know if Heaven will be my Santa and the biggest hate I have?

Another HUGE reason I am not religious is because of how hypocritical almost every religious person I know is.  Yes, I know, not a single person is perfect, therefore even a follower of their religion would have their faults; but really?  I know people who claim to have a “God” who loves everyone and everything, he is all accepting and all knowing; but then why does your “God” hate gays, or non-believers in him, or me for not bestowing every ounce of faith I have in him?  Just doesn’t seem right if this “God” is just as all-loving as he is all-powerful.  Along with this ‘all-loving’ statement from those I know who follow a higher power, I can always hear how other religions (that do not believe in what their “God” says) are not right and dumb or just plain ridiculous.  But HELLOOOO!!!! Those other people are saying the SAME exact thing about YOU!  The question I always state when asked about my religious preferences is: Who decides if this higher being is Jesus, Buddha, or Mohammed?    And who would I be if I followed a group of people who followed a “God” who decided who was the proper followers because they believed in him and only him?  I think I’d be more prone to becoming “religious” if the religious people I have met, or read about, or know if they accepted other religions even though they believe theirs is the only right one. But you never find that; he or she may say they accept that others can believe in a religion other than theirs, but he or she will still believe that other person will be “damned” because of their beliefs.  Doesn’t make sense to me; but I’m just another skeptic right?

I do not claim a religion.  But I pray to my higher being every night.