Oh goodie :-).  A provoking topic.

Everyone takes jabs at religion.  It’s pretty easy to attack something people believe in, no matter what that belief is.  I encourage people to believe in things - even if your belief is incorrect (which it most likely is :-P), then at least you stood up for something.  That’s better than believing in nothing, and acting cynical.

However, I will now be hypocritical, and attack religion.  There are a lot of things about each religion that I disagree with, but there is one specific thing that I adamantly disagree with that exists in most religions.  It is the belief that their path is the only correct path.

To believe that your path is the only path that can lead to God or truth is ridiculous.  In fact, it denies God.  Each human is on their own path, and if you believe in God, then you believe that God put us on these paths.  To claim a path is “wrong” is to deny God’s intentions.

A sharp person will read the above paragraph and see how much of a hypocrite I really am.  If I’m preaching that no path is wrong, then how can I claim that religion is wrong?  I can’t.  I’ve just bitch-slapped myself.  Ow.

If there was one rule I could etch into the universal unconscious mind - one rule that people should just fucking follow no matter what - it would be this: No Killing.  Fuck love, fuck understanding, fuck compassion… let’s just focus on one thing.  No Killing.  Period.  Could we do that?  But I am a hypocrite.  The act of “etching rules” is in fact killing, in disguise.  Oh enigma!  That’s two bitch-slaps.

“Wrong”?  Who am I to say something is wrong anyways?  At best, I can tell others what I personally think is right… but even that doesn’t mean that it is right.  I’ve disagreed with myself more times than the community at large has.  I’ve change my beliefs and opinions so many times… when can I start preaching?  Where do I begin?  The second I start is the second I change my mind, and have to disprove what I’ve just proven.  Those that listen just inherit my struggles on top of their own.  Eek!

However, if I try to convey this observation to those that have yet to observe it, then I’m a victim of my own palm.  And if I do nothing, then my realizations are worthless.

Where is the illusion?  I’ve found it.

Truth cannot be conveyed.  Any attempts to teach truth to someone else is an immediate failure.  This sentence fails.  Truth can only be attained by the self.  No one else can attain it for us.

Is religion wrong?  Or does mind make it wrong?  If I can change my mind on what my favorite movie is, then can’t I change my religion as well?  Who is right?  The me that is religious, or the me that is anti-religious? 

Bahaha :-).