I, again, find myself pondering the ideas of sacrifice and forgiveness. I am still confused about this idea many Christians have that “Jesus died for our sins.” This, of course, well-encompasses the issues involved in sacrifice, as well as forgiveness and redemption. I do not think I believe in sacrifice, at least in the way [...]
Posts Tagged ‘belief’
One of the things I need to resist, and I think I have been doing it very well lately, is the pressure to jump into the system. People want to push you into the system, even if they realize that you may not fit in it well. It is hard for me to trust most [...]
Virtues of the ’50s = B.S.
Posted in Life, tagged belief, ignorance, illusion, subversive, truth on April 23, 2011 |
It simply makes me want to puke when people extol the supposed “virtues” of the 1950s—”Family values”, fighting the evil communists, the glory and honor of war, an utterly hypocritical closed-door immigration policy, etc. For what I see when I look at that time is repression, delusion, denial, and ignorance. How long will puritanical arrogance [...]
The Unloaded Gun
Posted in Life, tagged attitude, belief, control, freedom, philosophy, reality, religion on February 8, 2011 |
(See “Hypocrisy in Morality” for the first part of this discussion.) Most people have it backwards—morality does not determine motivations and values, values and motivations determine morality. This is why organized religion has it wrong, because it functions on the former—false—principle. And it is why societies which attempt to function based on this backward logic [...]
True Faith is not Blind
Posted in Life, tagged belief, conditioning, faith, illusion on December 6, 2010 |
The concept of sacrifice is interesting to me. What is a “sacrifice?” What is a worthy sacrifice? To me a worthy thing to sacrifice is one’s illusions, one’s clinging to one’s beliefs, certainties, illusions, and assumptions. When one sacrifices her own illusory existence, she is sacrificing herself (her self), and is, at the same time, [...]
The Need to Sanctify or Vilify Others
Posted in Life, tagged assumption, belief, love, reality, religion, values on November 20, 2010 |
The tendency of people to sanctify the dead illustrates their inability to accept and grapple with the complex realities of human life. It is an avoidance of reality. It betrays the discomfort people feel with honestly and courageously facing themselves with an open mind, of challenging their beliefs and assumptions. Is it wrong to kill, [...]
