Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 27 Location: minnesota
13 Dec 2004, 5:50 pm
newt wrote:
I'm sort of spiritual. I think the law of entropy (energy can change form, but cannot be created nor destroyed) tells us that there must be some kind of afterlife. What is the difference between a dead body and living body? The living body has some sort of energy (some people would call it a soul) and because we know energy cannot be destroyed, it must go somewhere after death.
I agree with newt on this.
_________________ Chaos, destruction, disorder - my work here is done.
Religion - particularly older forms of Catholicism - is my special interest! I love the aesthetics and it gives me a blueprint and moral compass to run my life and interact with others, big selling points for people with AS.
Religion - particularly older forms of Catholicism - is my special interest! I love the aesthetics and it gives me a blueprint and moral compass to run my life and interact with others, big selling points for people with AS.
Joined: 8 Dec 2004 Age: 45 Gender: Male Posts: 643 Location: New Brunswick, Canada
15 Dec 2004, 12:16 pm
I like to think that I have a good relationship with god and that he has a plan for me. I witnessed my mothers Catholic family blow apart at the seams from the judgemental attitude some of them had.
I remember from going to church with my grandparents that it was a bad experience. Church seemed to be a big pile of BS where people repeated statements blindly as if they didn't whole heartedly believe in them. It also seemed like a sanctuary for the "beautiful people" and they are the types that ignore and make fun of the less fortunate. I firmly believe in the idea that "We all stand naked on judgent day". I don't think god sees the sport utilities and jewlery that people deck themselves out with. That's not to say that all churches are like that.
I don't go to church probably because I was scared in my limited experiences with it. However, I think Gospel and Weslayan churches are very welcoming and non judgemental. I went to a Wesleyan summer camp which was sponsored. Some of the other kids heard that I was sponsored and they made fun of me and some of the other sponsored kids. The pastors took them in for a big life lesson and after that they were alot nicer to us. So because they are well known for sticking up for human rights they are my favorite church.
A PLAN?:
I feel like I was born to be in pain (loneliness from lack of male/female relations among other things) but yet be enlightened with a mind that understands greater things. Most of the time now, the relationship thing doesn't bother me as much as it did. I seem to have this mission to help people now and that far outweighs anything else. I think that god has a plan for me and that I have figured it out. (Has anyone ever seen the movie "Simon Birch" here? )
Religion - particularly older forms of Catholicism - is my special interest! I love the aesthetics and it gives me a blueprint and moral compass to run my life and interact with others, big selling points for people with AS.