pellaz Wrote:everyone has some sort of belief system.
nice if people had the strength to forum their own beliefs and respect others rather than search for that one un supported but true belief. This quickly becomes a disaster when it stops a whole society from parsing through new decisions with an open analytical mind.
The concept of one right or true belief is what organized religion did to us. Each will tell you that their way is the right, true only way and, they are all wrong. God, Goddess, Great Spirit, whoever you want to to call it/her/him is not in any four walls be that a church or otherwise, it/he/sh is in each of our hearts.
We may each interpret it differently, or even believe it is simply human power and no anything remotely divine at all. That's fine, beliefs are based in your personal experiences, upbringing and cultural background. You didn't live my life so, I wouldn't expect you to believe exactly as I do, perhaps similar in many ways, perhaps not but, if it's true for you, then I respect that and, I'm not going to try to change what you hold true.
If you believe something that is new to me, I will probably explore it, learn about it. Or if you offer a new perspective on a belief I knew about, I'm going to go look into it, see what it's about. Maybe I missed something, maybe something you present to me will show me something I hadn't considered before and, be it secular or spiritual, learning is a good thing.