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Thread #99886 Message #1998743
Posted By: Bee
16-Mar-07 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Confessions of Pete Stark
Subject: RE: BS: Confessions of Pete Stark
" ...articulate a positive statement of worldview, personal philosophy, values, or beliefs without necessitating the negative view of others' worldview, personal philosophy, values, or beliefs" - WYSIWYG.
Very well then: that is not what I thought we were discussing, but I will attempt just that.
I believe we should not hurt each other or ourselves, that we should be caring, not only of other humans, but of the earth and every living thing.
I believe it should not matter who we sleep with, who we marry, what our families look like, how we dress, where we live, what pastimes we enjoy.
I believe I am no better than you, and you are no better than me, except as our actions reveal us.
I believe we should strive, individually and collectively, to respectfully make a good life available to all humans, enough food, enough health care, enough shelter, enough education: enough.
I believe we should extend that striving outside of our species, respecting the place every creature has in nature, and attempt to right some of the damage already done.
I believe people should be free in their thoughts and beliefs, respecting that others will have different thoughts and beliefs, and not attempt by force or deceit to change the beliefs of others.
I believe there are no gods as humans have proposed.
There you go. Do I live up to that? Not half enough, but it is my philosophy, what I strive towards morally.