8 posts tagged “reason”

Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe this really isn't a personal feeling but rather the commander is reading the writing on the wall that the majority of us has suspected for quite some time now. More specifically,

  Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith is quoted as saying in an interview that if the Taliban were willing to talk, then that might be "precisely the sort of progress" needed to end the insurgency.

"We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army," he said.

While surfing the net at CNN.com I stumbled upon a very interesting video titled “Financial crisis world reaction”.

An excerpt goes like this:

Even China says “I told you so” to the US deregulation policies!

Worse yet, left leaning French politicians feel “a sense of Vindication since they believe it is pay back time in the US for the decades of what they have always viewed as runaway Capitalism.

And you know what fellow Voxers I believe that the world reaction is entirely correct. And just think, the situation can get worse.

It is not often that I take the side of the GOP (source) but I also denounce this housing legislation as a bailout for irresponsible homeowners and unscrupulous lenders. However, through deregulation and “let the market be” approach that many conservatives hold dear to their hearts didn't help the present situation much. That said, I have a chance to hop upon my soap box and proclaim once again that: your one stop shopping religion “Deism” teaches self-reliance and encourages people to constantly use their reason for an iota of prudent thought could have prevented this mess in the first place.

Lastly, Deism teaches to "question authority" no matter what the cost. And asking the probing questions and weighing them against facts not fiction would save the tax payer much more in the long run than a bail out from the Government in the short run.

financial diagrams

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you a short excerpt of an essay about the Deism's appreciation of life and beauty. Don't despair for life is way to short. Rather, read on Sister and Brothers for it could change your life for the better!!!

“One of the best roads to happiness is to greatly appreciate the positive things in life. In spite of many obstacles that everyone has in their lives that need to be overcome, the fact remains there is much to be thankful for. To quote Thomas Paine:

"But if objects for gratitude and admiration are our desire, do they not present themselves every hour to our eyes? Do we not see a fair creation prepared to receive us the instant we are born - a world furnished to our hands, that cost us nothing? Is it we that light up the sun, that pour down the rain, and fill the earth with abundance? Whether we sleep or wake, the vast machinery of the universe still goes on."

From personal experience I know if my problems seem overwhelming, all I need to do is force myself to only think of the positive things in life and my spirits are soon picked up and fortified. I not only feel better, but my mind is cleared and solutions to the problems flow much smoother. And the more often I use this method the easier it becomes.”

Source:deism.com

Thomas Paine

ABC News: Mother Teresa Questioned God, Faith

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In dozens of letters spanning 66 years, Mother Teresa described the "emptiness" she felt and confessed her struggles with faith and the existence of heaven in pages she had planned to have destroyed.

I find this story about Mother Teresa to be very enlightening. Sometimes private revelations makes one wonder.  Will this affect her campaign for sainthood?    Any takers.

As you all know my motto for xmangerm is: Reason and Free Thought practiced here.

Therefore, I will share some of my Deist thoughts about faith. Source—deism.com

Got Faith?

Webster’s Desk Dictionary defines faith as “complete confidence or trust.” The big question is, in what?

Most people seem to confuse religion with God. They think that by believing in a “revealed” religion such as Christianity or Islam, they are putting their faith in God when in reality they’re just putting their faith in the claims made by the “revealed” religion. Also, many people that reject the “revealed” religions mistakenly believe they are rejecting God and that they’re atheists, when in fact all they really are rejecting is the false and unreasonable claim of the “revealed” religion to divine inspiration.

All three of the Big Three “revealed” religions, Judaism and its two off-shoots Christianity and Islam, are based on unproven claims of mere men that God gave them revelations to put into writing that make up the text of their various “holy” books. When you decide to follow any one of these “revealed” religions, you’re only putting your faith in the claims these men have made, you are not putting your faith in God.

An alternative to the “revealed” religions is Deism. Deism is a natural religion/philosophy that rejects all of the “holy” books of all of the various “revealed” religions and instead bases its belief in God on the creation we see and are a part of everyday. The Bible of the Deist is the Creation itself! No man could have designed and created the creation, yet any man could have written any and all of the various “holy” books of the various “revealed” religions!