You're such a poetic guy, I love that! :)
I am not afraid to say that I personally am an atheist, for several reasons.
I've however long ago grown weary of endless religious debates; at least the ones that lack all meaning and give birth to nothing but animosity.
I feel no contempt towards people who have faith in whatever they want to, as long as they don't use that belief in order to justify horrible acts and hurt others. I don't normally try to go around convincing people to believe the same as me either. I feel as though there is little to none connection between one's belief and one's morality. Granted, you might feel obligated to leave out certain items of nutrition if you believe in certain things, but I'm speaking on a bigger level; that is the interactions between humans. As far as history goes, there have been both religious and non-believing well doers as well as evil doers, even on a major scale (Stalin was most definitely an atheist, and Hitler a believer of some sort).
I've got a really difficult time trying to grasp why people can grow so far apart from eachother to the extent where they sometimes can't even interact normally and discuss with a reasonable tone of voice due to differing beliefs, and this saddens me.
To speak with perhaps not as nice words, I'd like to say that I quite frankly don't give a sh*t what you believe in, whether it be unicorns, God and Christ or nothing at all, as long as you're a nice person with good qualities. If you're not that, I'll probably avoid you for those reasons, but yet not condemn you, as I myself am not omnipotent.
Afterall, everything is subjective. Everything we can see, feel, hear; sense, is an illusion built up by our brains' interpretations of this world. Some may be blind, some may have great hearing, but in the end it's just different perceptions, all that leave much room for error. How can anyone than claim to know what is really true and what is false?
That's just a few things that came to my mind while reading this entry :)
Great post, and it's great that you find solace in Jesus Christ. I'm sure your faith has affected your ability to write music, and inspired you to compose too.
There's a good and bad side to everything in my eyes. Unless I have reason, I try to focus on the good ;)
Agent64
Wow... you should be a priest, dude. ;)
Phonometrologist
I really have no idea what a priest does nor the purpose of one is. I don't think I'd be interested in associating myself with any kind of orthodox religion either, but I appreciate you stopping by.