Hello forum members;
What an interesting discussion here! To start with I'm not religious. Not even a little bit. Jesus to me was a teacher, and an important religious leader. His influence is still felt today in his teachings and followers. God to me is an abstract idea, I have no idea what God really is. The more we study our universe, the faster old theories go to the wayside, but we still don't have a handle on what God is.Maybe it's beyond our comprehension, it is for me. You can read and study the Bible and take it's word for fact, as many people do.The structure it provides has saved many a life. Some folks really need the Bible and Jesus Christ. It provides a sense of security for them to lead a normal life. ....So, where do I get the courage and strengh to keep going on in this crazy world? It comes from within. It is not Jesus, God, or anyone.The power comes from within me, I can't explain it. Religion, Jesus,God, and whatever you pray to is the way many turn on that inner power that resides in our souls. That power is there for everyone, except some folks go about getting it in different ways,using God, Jesus, meditation, and even chemical agents. I don't go to church, don't pray, don't worry about going to heaven or hell or worry that God is going to punish us all if we sin by sending us all to a fiery death forever... For me life is simple:treat people nice, don't hurt others, respect others and treat people as you would like to be treated yourself. I don't complicate my life with do's and don'ts and complicated rules found in the Bible which some follow and others don't. We will all die someday, it's a fact of life! While you are here alive, live everyday as if it's your last. Be nice to people AND animals, of course! It's good Karma!
I really cannot think of anything else here, but it does prove that pet owners and animal lovers are deep thinkers. Just reading the posts prove it. All different ideas, no right or wrong, whatever works for the individual is what counts. And I still don't know what God is, except there seems to be an order to things, some form of control, some mysterious force and drive to it all. Maybe some day I will have the answer. The famous scientist Einstein was working on something he called "the theory of everything". He died before he could finish it. This theory may have given us a clue to what God and the universe is. In case anyone wonders what my religion is, it is close to Universal Unitarian.
I really enjoy this forum, nice people here. Pet lovers, naturally!
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