So... what do I believe?
- I believe in a God and Goddess, and in Their Son Jesus Christ.
- I believe Jesus suffered and died for our sins and struggles, and to overcome death (Christus Victor), not to save us from a vengeful god.
- I believe we should all follow Christ's teachings.
- I believe in other lesser deities, saints, angels, spirits, faeries, and other supernatural beings. I do not worship these beings, but I work with them in my spiritual practices.
- I believe in magick, but not in rejecting proven facts.
- I value knowledge and reason.
- I value creativity.
- I believe in nonviolence.
- I believe all human beings are created equal.
- I believe in the worth of each human as an individual.
- I believe we have a moral obligation to help others, especially the most vulnerable members of society and those who cannot care for themselves.
- I believe that if one's actions do no harm, they should not be condemned. Actions that only do harm to the person making the decision should be strongly discouraged, but we should not punish the person making the decision because that only hurts them more.
- I believe in treating animals with respect. While it is not wrong to use animals for food or clothing, it is wrong to torture living things and kill for pleasure.
- I believe in treating the earth with respect and not being wasteful.
- I believe that we must repent and try to make things right when we do harm.
- I believe in free will.
- I believe in being honest.
- I believe in life after death, but this should not be our focus.
- I believe that when we live a moral life and have no unfinished business, we go to heaven (or whatever you want to call it).
- I believe that after we die, if we have lived a moral life, we become like Gods and create our own heaven based on what we love.
- When people make decisions that harm others and do not repent, they will experience a type of karma in the afterlife where they feel the pain they inflicted on others. This is a natural consequence, not a result of the Gods punishing them.
- I believe that, when we have unfinished business, we either dwell on earth as spirits, or are reincarnated into another realm.
- I believe that the Gods did not create morality. They only enforce it. Morality just is.
- I believe that we should each develop a personal relationship with the Gods, and that there are many different ways we can do this.
- I create art.
- I pray.
- I cast spells.
- I ponder important things.
- I study spiritual topics.
- I meditate.
- I go out in nature.
- I celebrate holidays, including (but not limited to) Christmas, Easter, and all Neo-Pagan Sabbats.
- Most importantly, I try to live my life in a way that is ethical.
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