I don't believe in God, a Soul or an afterlife.... But I DO believe that as conscious beings we should try to make the world we live in a better place. Especially 'cos it's all we have and all we'll ever have...
We've evolved into empathic creatures, (well, most of us have....) We KNOW when we hurt others and we KNOW that's wrong... (Unlike, say, Orca Killer Whales, who, while relatively clever, probably don't suffer nightmares after gobbling up a newly born Grey Whale calf in the presence of it's exhausted mother... At least I don't THINK they do....) The Orcas don't feel a connection with a creature of another species... They just feel hungry. As humans, most of us have evolved a bit more. We KNOW when we do something bad. So we either don't do it, do it anyway and try to live with it OR (perhaps most interestingly) convince ourselves that what we're doing ISN'T REALLY A BAD THING.... (ie The Nazis, etc)...
Many religions seem to excuse the awful things we do to each other by saying that "in the next life" the wrong-doers will be punished and the people who have been victimised will get rewarded/compensated(????) That really doesn't work for me...
If you have children and they do something dangerous or bad, you correct them for their own protection and their own good. Yet, we're supposed to be God's children and He doesn't EVER do that... (If God was a REAL parent we'd all be living with Social Services...) And He/She'd be on trial for willful neglect...
Somebody quoted the beautiful XTC song, 'Dear God'.... XTC have another song called 'The Smartest Monkeys'.... (In truth, I don't think we're even that....) But we should never stop trying to be smart.
Asking questions like the one our Lush Guest asked is ONE of the reasons we're here on Earth...
xx SF
I like the format adopted by my heroine, Chef, so....
"Do you think there is more to life than just what we live on earth?"
Absolutely
"Do you think there is an afterlife of some sort?"
Of some sort? As commented by others, there are life experiences that have happened (to me) that have convinced me there is 'something' after death, a way for our essence (soul?) to continue on another plane of existence.
"Do you think there is a God who created us and has a purpose for us?"
No. Not in the manner in which organised religious rams down our throats.
"Or do you think that we are here on earth to just enjoy life,"
Oh yeah baby! But still tempered with humanity
"help people and do what we can to make the world better"
I am no saint, but I do believe in doing unto others as I would have done unto me and, in my world, that helps make it a better place.
"Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English." - Korben Dallas, from The Fifth Element
"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience?" - George Bernard Shaw
You didn't bore me at all! I think it is a beautiful story and thank you for sharing!!!!
Thank you for reading it, if you knew me you would not think it was me, the hard arse, wreack diving, bike riding nutter, but the older i get the wiser i get and the softer i become, i dont do facebook or any other such sites, and here on lush, not many know me personally, so i find when i need to, i can express myself without judgment. thanks.
