@SW-User Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! The lie. Its incredible the things people will do when living within the lie. Drugs for one thing. Folk get all sorts of WONDERFUL feelings out of mind altering substances but what they see, what they feel is nothing short of chemistry and to let people believe any different is to let them live within the lie, and that's dishonest. I dont give a damn how good religion makes you feel, it doesn't change the fact its a lie, none of it is true and other than the fact its sad that people still cling to the beliefs of a bunch of bronze age desert folk, its dangerous to stay so rigid to a set of beliefs which were invented by an ancient people to make sense of a universe they didn't understand, while compassion and love, far from being simply a human trait is a universal trait amongst many species, not entirely restricted to our own. Not to mention there is benefit to compassion; we're capable of remarkable feats if only we could work together and I think a good start would be to put all this religious crap behind us.
How do I carry out the morals I'm proud of? As best as I am able. I believe in showing love, compassion and empathy to all I run into. Oh sure I, at times are cruel, mean and quick tempered but that's being human. There's this bastard on here with all the compassion of a kidney infection, and while I cant but help at times to tear him a new one, I always feel bad for it and for how much I enjoy it, and I regret it, but then he goes and opens his trap and says something heartless and cruel and before I know it I'm on him again; bastard that he is. But, none the less I dont mean him any harm and I hope he lives a long happy life, and were he in trouble I'd do all I could to help him, even though he's still nothing short of a complete git. And I am able to maintain all of this without the fear of a big bearded bugger in the sky burning my arse, but rather through a love of my fellow 'man' and fellow biological species as I dont discriminate. I'm just as kind to a lost spider as I would be to a lost human, though thankfully I dont have to put a lost human in a jar and put him back outside, I can normally just give directions.
