[svandamme]

Jewish doesn't bother me, but i have no need to believe in anything

i find it perfectly acceptable that nature has taken it's course so far, and at some point i will die, lights out, my ego will no longer exist, my remains will recycle in nature...

I do not have any fear for death , nor do i fear beeing wrong in my beliefs... i do uphold basic standards of conduct, i strive to be good as well as i can, i do not steal, rob, or hurt people, not emotionally or physically, i'm not cruel to animals old people or children
i've done stupid things growing up , lot's of melodrama and i have to live with that, i cannot undo that by becoming religious, i can make sure there's no more of that...
so in any case, if there is a God, and he's pissed at me when i arrive at his pearly gates, then i guess he's going to be pissed at a lot more people, many of which actually do go to church,synagoge or mosque on a weekly basis, so either way , i don't have anything to loose

if i have to believe something, i'm more inclined to dig the Zen Budhist thing, which is a completely pacifistic phylosophy, has no history of death in it's name, does not scare people into believing through threats of what happens to ones soul in the afterlife and has a general message of balance, peace and acceptance of the good and the bad in life...

the only way religion has a point , is because of fear of the unknown
the stuff before the beginning of times, and the afterlife, if any
i cannot see any reason for any deity to make it so complex, just because, or as a test , so the only conclusion for me is that it doesn't matter, if the planet blows up in a thermonuclear war, then nature will carry on , one way or another, if our Sun goes supernova and swallows the pile of dirt,iron and water we call earth, then so be it, the universe will continue doing it's thing, maybe some life will exist elsewhere, maybe not... i as a person , am insignificant in the big picture...
so i might as well accept things as they are, try to have some fun and try to be good from personal , principal perspective, i have to live with myself and those are the rules i've set for me...