First off, this is great stuff people are taking the time to write about. I personally love to hear or read what people actually think or feel about their personal believes. I think it’s wonderful that people are not attacking each other’s believes or systems. I grew up with a split religious believe system. My father comes from a what I will call an odd Santeria House, and my mother from a Catholic/Santeria Family. Probably because of this, I have always been interested in knowing about other religions and spiritual believe systems.
From my conversation with a great many people, in many parts of the world (23 counties) in countless different cultures. People believe in some thing that is responsible for the Earth, the universe and the welfare of us humans in particular. Now the What?, The how? and the Why? Is of course the difference and what may cause conflict. The adherence to one particular God by some religious groups, and their intolerance of other believe system is what has help create hostile aggression among us.
I can’t profess to know exactly what the creator is, why or how she created the universe and every thing with in it. But I do think there is some thing greater then the sum total of the universe. The great spirit, if you will, "She who was born before time". The force which created every thing and is every thing. Permeates all.
I am a member of an off shoot of Puerto Rican Santeria (remains nameless). A manifestation of the African Diaspora’s spiritual believes. All in all, We have been blessed to experience the life’s we have, and all that has touched us.
AXE!
From my conversation with a great many people, in many parts of the world (23 counties) in countless different cultures. People believe in some thing that is responsible for the Earth, the universe and the welfare of us humans in particular. Now the What?, The how? and the Why? Is of course the difference and what may cause conflict. The adherence to one particular God by some religious groups, and their intolerance of other believe system is what has help create hostile aggression among us.
I can’t profess to know exactly what the creator is, why or how she created the universe and every thing with in it. But I do think there is some thing greater then the sum total of the universe. The great spirit, if you will, "She who was born before time". The force which created every thing and is every thing. Permeates all.
I am a member of an off shoot of Puerto Rican Santeria (remains nameless). A manifestation of the African Diaspora’s spiritual believes. All in all, We have been blessed to experience the life’s we have, and all that has touched us.
AXE!