I love this Pandora Station because it's given me a lot of inspiration lately. Today Dishwalla's "Counting Blue Cars" came on and I haven't heard this song in an unbelievably long time. The lyrics really struck a chord with me today. Recently I had a conversation with a friend about religion (a subject I generally deliberately avoid because I don't like arguing over it) and I felt the need to put a few of my feelings on here because of it.
Well I guess I can kind of start with why I never want to talk to people about religion, my sophomore year of high school I went on a band trip (I was on Colorguard) and we headed out to New York City. Well during that 12+ hour drive we ended up talking about religion. Now, having many different ideas of religion on one small bus where people are cooped up for hours is not a good place to start a discussion on religion. Basically long story short, one of my friends basically told 2 of my best friends that they were going to hell because of their lifestyle or religious views (ie this doesn't make for a comfortable transportation situation or rest of the trip).
Basically this is why I never bring it up to anyone, but I guess I'm going to lay out my general feelings here. I don't care if you agree, I don't care if it makes sense either because it's for me. MY BELIEF. I don't believe in organized religion, it's all seemed to be too hypocritical and I can't follow it. I believe in the power of nature, an almost Eywa like connection to the Earth. I believe in some form of a god, but not the God. I believe in some kind of Heaven where one day I will be reunited with those that I love. I believe in some form of reincarnation, but not to the full extent of Buddhism.
No it does not all fit together, no I do not have an all encompassing map to show you exactly what I believe. No you do not need to believe what I believe. I accept you for you, as long as you accept me for me.
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