Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
I think you're describing something called enlightened self-interest. Very common I think.
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Can you summarise your beliefs in a few sentences?
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I think you're describing something called enlightened self-interest. Very common I think.
I wish it were more common.
It seems that ideological morality rules the human situation.
Whether it's capitalist or christian or communist or whatever, people seem quite willing to put their ideological beliefs ahead of morality based on simple selfishness.
Tom
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Thanks 4 all the feed-back!!
Good 2 see such differing views ... much food-for-thought!
For anyone interested in compassion, you could do a lot worse than clicking here -
http://zenhabits.net/a-guide-to-cultivating-compassion-in-your-life-with-7-practices/
Have a good one!
Good 2 see such differing views ... much food-for-thought!
For anyone interested in compassion, you could do a lot worse than clicking here -
http://zenhabits.net/a-guide-to-cultivating-compassion-in-your-life-with-7-practices/
Have a good one!
Erebus
Well-Known Member
Ultimately I hold that humanity as a collective is barely capable of scratching the surface of what we call reality. With this in mind, it's up to the individual to find their own way and their own meaning. Any other aspect of my beliefs are symptoms of those core principles.
Muffled
Jesus in me
I believe I have Jesus in me, the hope of glory.
There is one godliness and, perhaps, one god.
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roger1440
I do stuff
I believe in the All, the Many, and the interaction between them. Further, I am coming to think that human consciousness is something truly unique and almost unnatural, perhaps "given" to us by something else. How this original consciousness arose, well, who knows. I won't pretend to have all the facts of universal evolution like my peers.
dust1n
Zindīq
I only accept belief systems that are at least as long as novellas.
Akivah
Well-Known Member
I believe in One eternal benevolent G-d that Created the Universe and continues to Create the Universe anew every day. He gave us instructions on how to live to maximize our happiness and contentment. These instructions are demonstrated by His messengers, the Jews, and are available for everyone to emulate. I believe that when all of humankind comes to adopt and follow these instructions that we will have Peace on Earth and all humankind will enter a messianic age of Peace.
Bob Dixon
>implying
Human beings should strive towards virtue above all.
The highest virtue is contemplation of the divine.
A good way to approach religions is as a guide for that.
Christ provides us with an excellent example of a virtuous person.
We are all children of God; Christ points that out to us.
The highest virtue is contemplation of the divine.
A good way to approach religions is as a guide for that.
Christ provides us with an excellent example of a virtuous person.
We are all children of God; Christ points that out to us.
I believe this is what the Bible teaches, and I am convinced the Bible contains the truth. (John 17:17)
roger1440
I do stuff
" What is truth?"
An interesting challenge. Don't think I can do it. I can summarize various components of my practices succinctly. But there are a lot of them. Kind of asking me to provide a cliffnotes version of my entire life, you know. 
That is the question Pontius Pilate asked Jesus, after Jesus said to him; "For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of the truth listens to my voice.” (John 18:37,38) I believe Jesus made the truth about God known during his ministry. Those searching for the truth about God and his Son can find it, IMO, since this truth has been preserved in the Bible.
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
I thought you were going to say you liked lollypops
Robert.Evans
You will be assimilated; it is His Will.
God is an Invisible Paradox.
Everything seen does not exist.
What is not seen Exists.
What is seen in a Paradox.
What is not seen is us.