My 42

I've been alive almost half a century now... damn, that went quick! And as I get older, I've shed some of my old belief systems and most of what I was taught to believe as a white Christian in the Mid West to form my own version of faith & religion.  I believe I am still a Christian, although I'd become a Buddhist in a heartbeat if it weren't for that non-violence system they have in place.

For what it's worth, here is what I believe:

• I believe there is a higher power that has shaped this world and this universe, and It more or less knows what It's doing.
• I believe that It formed the Universe as a living thing with its own agenda, and that the Universe is doing what it needs to do.
  
• I believe that It developed us with sentience, abundant resources, and free will, and from let us take it from there.
• I believe that It developed good and evil  as a test for us to find balance in our world, because It obviously thought mere survival wasn't enough of a challenge!
  
• I believe that It pays you off for your troubles, and gets you back for your sins. 
• I believe that this life is just part of our soul's journey, and that there is more to come.

More on this later.....