Jesus, Darwin, and Coffee...
Sipping my morning coffee and reflecting on the documentary that we watched this past week in class. As soon as the documentary started I was thrown aback by the talk of religion, church, and Jesus. I consider myself a spiritual person, yet I will honestly say I don't know if I believe in God. I'm a scientific person who needs to see and hear concrete evidence in order to believe in something. I've always questioned religion even while growing up and attending Catholic mass every Sunday of my life till the age of 20. My issue with Catholicism is that in my personal experience I was never actually informed of how or why the beliefs existed, just told this is the churches' viewpoint and tradition. I will say that in my catechism studies I was taught and instilled with knowledge and skills of how to be a "good" person.
I will confidently admit that I feel that everyone has the right to believe and practice what they believe in, however, please don't preach or talk down to those who don't practice or agree with your own beliefs and religion. The documentary presented both sides of the debate of God and Darwinism, and viewing this with an open mind allowed me to respect and feel compassion for both parties. How can I put down a person who has suffered so much at the hand of other undeserving humans and who's life is a complete and utter challenge just to survive? If a person can find a source of inspiration, solace, and belief in something and it brings them closer to accepting and moving forward with their situation then so be it.
Personally, I believe all of my questions will be answered when I die and hopefully it's the after life that I dream of-being surrounded by true friends and family, reliving great and wonderful memories, and of course gambling with a cocktail and cigarette in my hand at the big casino in the sky. Silly, I know, but that's how I want my after life to be, and whatever you or anyone else wants their after life to be then believe it, I feel the after life is what each person wants it to be and thus it will be:)
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