my religion of DOUBT

The basic problem with religion is that while clearly one type does not fit all there is the simultaneous sentiment by some that all should be of one type. This is obviously mutually exclusive. This is obviously the way of the world. We obviously have a problem.

There is a solution to the problem and that solution is to have a community which is inclusive of all forms of moral and ethical living without respect to religious beliefs and practices BUT based on some transcendent being or force. There is a need to have some ultamite basis for morality and ethics so as to recognize where there is a line beyond which one canNOT go. The LAWS of a land are not such a line but they are the best we have and the best we can have. Those LAWS must be agreed upon by all sentient beings to which they apply. The phrase "sentient beings" would include all those victims of the Holocaust but would not include unborn fetus' as anti-Abortionists would have us think. Included within "sentient beings" seems to be dogs and cats and even horses. In other words those domesticated animals with which humans relate in some aware fashion. Dolphins are part of this group, too.

The "laws of the/a land" are the best we can have as we live within a world of wonder and doubt. Doubt is a REALLY GREAT FORCE. Doubt is something which can make you pause because with doubt there is not certainty that any ultamite act is absolutely right and true.

AHHH..... ---- DOUBT!!!!!

On another hand - doubt often does lead to anxiety. When one is uncertain one is often anxious and maybe afraid and when we are afraid we sometimes do things to try and achieve certainty. BUT - at bottom there was and is doubt and with doubt there can be no certainty. Doubt is more true than any truth. Truths often are of the moment. Truths are based on cultures and perspectives and other things that change. Feelings effect what we think is true. Feelings change. Our age, how old we are, effects what we think is true. That changes, too. Faith is gained. Faith is lost. Doubts, too, change, but conceptually - all hail DOUBT! And as we act let us acknowledge our doubts and acknowledge that things change and realize that being tentative is being most real and honest and true.