Most people are oriented around continuing what their parents did, and by extension, what our ancestors did. Traditions. And this is biologically, psychologically, sensibly so. Traditions were devised and had a direct purpose or point about existing and surviving and understanding our existence in this world. That point was most salient or applicable when traditions… Continue reading About Traditions
Tag: religion
I Have Religion
I have religion. I always have. I’ve always pondered the nature of things, and how to decide what to value and what determined and what should determine values, and what such things say about about how I should behave. Just because I don’t orient around any of the following things, doesn’t mean I don’t have… Continue reading I Have Religion
Time
I don’t understand the difficulty people have with time, or perhaps rather the sensationalism and shitty wording people want to use when describing time; as well as conflating what happens at quantum or light scales with anything outside those scales. Time is because things change. That is it. That is all. Things exist because they… Continue reading Time
Voting Your Values
When did voting your values become a thing? I’m sure it has always been a thing that people do. No doubt the history of the US could be observed to consist of many instances of people voting their values on others where no freedom of their own is actually infringed, where they agitate to be… Continue reading Voting Your Values
Science != Policy
There seems to be a thing among those who love to proclaim a love of “science” in everything, that somehow the information from science decides policy. Information from a scientific endeavor does not automatically equate to a mandate for policy. This cultural inclination is all the more worrisome, because it is a reoccurence of the… Continue reading Science != Policy
Loyalty
Loyalty is not a primarily valuable character trait or societal good. It’s understandable that it used to be. Nature wired animals that work together for survival to stick together via loyalty. In a far more simplistic, direct society, more closely facing a daily struggle for survival, a society making simpler decisions about surviving or not,… Continue reading Loyalty
Answer to Christianity
The only answer needed to Christianity, to whether you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, is hell yes! I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. You see, God created this whole universe, this whole experience, just to send you, each and every beautiful, eternal soul, into it for a short, ~60 year sojourn… Continue reading Answer to Christianity
Atheism: Do You Believe in God?
Do you believe in God? Or are you an atheist? This is the wrong question. (Well, wrong questions.) Am I an atheist? Do I believe there is no God? Originally, my answer would have been, “yes, I am an atheist.” However, now I have come to understand the answer must be different. Do I believe… Continue reading Atheism: Do You Believe in God?