Let's not get into a debate on murderous cults in this thread. It's more than a little off topic.
Let's not get into a debate on murderous cults in this thread. It's more than a little off topic.
"It is not simply enough to know the light…a Jedi must feel the tension between the two sides of the Force…in himself and in the universe."
―Thon
"When to the Force you truly give yourself, all you do expresses the truth of who you are,"
Yoda
Yoda told stories, and ate, and cried, and laughed: and the Padawans saw that life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
On topic, I quite like pancakes.
In all seriousness, my religion makes me happy. Just like pancakes, really.
My good news is freedom from irrational fear of my fellow man. The spiritual backup and wisdom I need to defend me and my own. And the lack of fear of death from the security of having a pretty idea of whats going to go down. Also I can have fun and be myself without being terrified of the consequences.
White and Red 'till I'm cold and dead.
In Days of yore,
From Britain's shore
Wolfe the dauntless hero came
And planted firm Britannia's flag
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave,
Our boast, our pride
And joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,
The Maple Leaf Forever.
The "good news" of my belief is not really news. The magic of nature has been addressed by different people for centuries.
That being said, I simply identify divinity in nature. The "good news" is that nature is beautiful and its gods deserve worship.
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