(#4533) As a species we will never evolve to our potential until we stop looking for a god

      The drawback of our species is our fear. In most cases fear is a good thing as it is a warning to beware around situations that can cause us physical and emotional harm. These are the good qualities of fear. The not good qualities of fear are our failure to take control of our destinies because we have become cowards. I am referring to needing a god symbol in order for us to live our lives. So we take from antiquity a concept that was written by men who say they were inspired by a god. Look around you today, there are men and women who say they are inspired by a god and have some of the most hellacious things to offer from that.
     We don't need people who are more carnival barkers, hucksters, and con artists telling us how to live our lives and what we should think about our lives. A moral code is what we all need but not one that is tied to a story that is even more unbelievable that the most insane fairy tales ever spun. When I was a child I accepted that fairy tales were stories about possibilities. Not actual facts. So for too many in our nation who rely on some belief system that is not provable is beyond my understanding of what it is to be an enlightened human being. Which is what all of us are if we could just cut the chord to religious fantasy and the fear it embellishes.
     I myself am not devoid of holding onto a concept of spiritualism within our universe. But in no way can I read about it in a book of do's and don'ts. It is a feeling within me that connects me to all time and space as it exists in our environment. I am no believer in the mysticism nor dogma of any organized religion and no respecter of them either. If anything, organized religion has become such a crutch to our species that we are unable to arrange or assemble our abilities to join forces as we advance into an unknown of physical places that require our minds and thoughts to be open to changing existential circumstances. Not to belief systems that are more pacifier than tools.