The Flaw of General Belief “Live and Let Live”:

To say “I believe in Love, Charity and respecting others”- as a path to righteousness and God, is as deadened-as one saying “I believe money to be the path to power and respect”. For these are no more than self defined paths built on responses.
The self-response basically assimilates how an action or a reaction makes one feel into a belief. A synchronistic approach to creating ones own religion. Self defining a path is a slippery slope because the path is being defined by the most unreliable mechanism- one which is swayed by emotion, environment and perspective…the standard and mechanism of ”Self”. If we were whole and complete independently then we would not need or want for anything. No one lives without lack- even to the tiniest iota of someone seeking spiritual enlightenment.
If one believes “good” is the path to righteousness, then one must also ascribe to the belief that the NEED to do “good” is based on the principle that there is a standard for bad.
Even greater, if an individual identifies with the need to do “good” then it is a fair assessment that they themselves feel some gravitational pull towards penitence.
Simply stated, if someone feels like doing good deeds, it probably comes from an innate conviction deep inside.
For those who say, “I feel like doing good because, it is simply my duty” also identifies to the call for action or reaction.
Action: I must respond to injustice which is occurring or has occurred
Reaction: Injustice has occurred personally
However, actions and reactions are not beliefs. They are simply movements. To create a belief or faith founded on actions and reactions is to create a faith based on unstable ground, one which continually evolves- one that will not resemble it’s predecessor 10 or 20 years later.
I have been inundated with the philosophy of “to each his Own”, “Live and Let Live”…the elbow room for everyone to hold on to their own belief and carve their own path of righteousness.
What exactly is that? I believe it to be Chaos- even ants follow a course and standard. Am I saying everyone must hold to my belief? It would be better said- everyone should find a belief…find something worth living and dying for.
I realize if one where to judge another’s standards according to their own held rights and beliefs, against one who does not share the commonality of that faith, it then it becomes a moot point. So what then becomes the mediator between faith and logic?
I vote: common sense.
If one were to say: “you serve God this way, and I’ll serve God that way”, which way is right?
I would suggest the one that adheres to principles that do not come from self- believes that do not quench carnal nature- the depraved humanity.
BUT isn’t ALL religion from man?
Certainly man has been the stenographer to the Gods from the beginning; I would suggest that some beliefs are grounded in man, from man to man.
Christianity is one of the strangest religions to ever be embraced. While many religions have called for “strange” rituals and practices- from wearing strange head gear, to sexual deviance and perversity, no other religion has called for such reckless abandonment with the only gain being Community. Not sexual community, not wealth, not independent kingdoms or planets, simply community; a community of one.