It is all the same

I am still not feeling well today, and I was going to see if there was an interesting blog to re-post. After reading in this morning's paper that there will not be an annual event (a blessing of the legal system to put it simply), because Catholic members and a bishop did not want to allow people from other faiths to read during the service. Apparently there is usually a Jewish Rabbi and other Christian denominations who participate.

This sort of things pisses me of to say the least. Until we get over the "my way is the only way" attitude in this world, we will have no harmony, and sadly the Church is the worst offender. So that being said, today is a day for a repeat of "It's all the same".

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Every belief system tells you to be a good person, to not harm others, and that there is a reward for that behavior. That is it, every major religion in a nutshell. Then we get all tangled up in who said what, when they said it, who's book is THE book, and all that dogma.

There is no "The" book, or religion. Those are man made objects meant to teach you lessons. My English book when I was in school is different from the kid's books today. They both teach English and you don't see anyone stupid enough to get in a fight or war about that, but bring into it a genre that is SUPPOSED to be about peace and love, and we get war.

Who cares who your savior is??? Really? I could care less if you worship Jesus, or Buddha, as long as you are a good person, who does good things; is respectful to yourself, your friends, family and people around you; harms none. It should NEVER matter what a person's belief system is. When you are leading a good life, doing the right things, for the right reasons, God really doesn't give a crap if you go to church or not, or what the name over the door is. You can be Wiccan, Pagan, Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Jewish...HE DOESN'T CARE! As a matter of fact, there were no churches when people started believing in a higher power, they were thousands of years in the future. There was no Bible, no censure, no anything. Yet these are the exact things that get people's blood boiling.

Some of the WORST people I have ever met in my life have been "church people". You know, the Church Ladies that criticize everything and everyone, all in the name of God. Let me be clear, not everyone that goes to church is a bad person, however, not everyone that goes to church is a good person either. Some people wield church like a battle ax. You aren't a good person if you don't go to church; you are evil if you are a Pagan, Jew, Christian, whatever; you are a bad person if you haven't found God (found him? I didn't know he was lost!).

The Highest Power is in each of us, and we all need to cherish and celebrate that in our own way. Pagans were here before just about anyone else. The church gave them that moniker "pagan" to say they weren't one of the enlightened ones. PULEEZE....first, and they sure have a beautiful nature based religion. Buddhists, Taoists, and many other Eastern religions are the most peaceful bunch of folks. We need to learn about other religions and accept them. Many think Islam is a hateful religion, not true at all. We are unduly influenced by all the crazies who happen to be Islamic (and that seems to be more by geographical accident than choice).The Native Americans have beautiful belief systems, different from the Church, but it still has the same tenets.

People are people, good and bad, their religion does not make them a good person, and their religion does not make them a bad person.




 
Peshaui Wequashimese




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