War

I don't admire soldiers. They are people who kill. Even though they do it to protect their country and their people, they're still killing other countries' people. They're still killing people.

And what's the sixth commandment?

'Thou shall not kill.'

What does this say of all the Christian soldiers out there? That all Christian soldiers have disobeyed their God (where's the loyalty?). And still, they wear the cross around their neck and, still, they pray. Tell me how this works.

I don't admire soldiers because they don't have to fight. They don't have to. No one can make you do anything. They can manipulate, blackmail and threaten you - but they can't make you do anything. Everything you do is entirely up to you. The soldiers want to fight. They chose to. And as for those who were 'forced' or 'had no choice', what kind of soldiers are these? The ones who can be pushed around and told what to do? They're the weak ones. The ones who couldn't say 'no'.

Soldiers aren't doing anyone a favor. So, who told them otherwise? They all think they're doing some noble cause, when the truth is, they're leading us further away from this dream of 'world peace'.

Violence doesn't solve anything.

As far as I know, wars begin when two (or more) leaders disagree. They then send their soldiers to fight one another and whoever wins will have their way.

How does this help? How. Does. This. Help? It only proves who is stronger, who has the numbers, who has the weapons - but NOT who is right. As they say, the 'majority rules'. But no one ever said the majority was right.

The leaders may have their disagreements, but they should leave the people out of it.

Am I crazy for thinking that maybe problems could be solved through discussion?

Well, if everyone refused to fight, and there were no soldiers, the leaders wouldn't have a choice.

Heaven & Hell

What happens when you go to Heaven?
Do you get the car you've always wanted? All the cupcakes you can eat?

What good are these things when you're dead?


What happens when you go to Hell?

They can't physically torture you, surely. You're dead! You're free of your body - your physical self.
If they were to torture you mentally, making you feel guilty about all the bad things you've done - well, they can't, really. It's entirely up to you whether you're going to feel guilty or not.

Who would do the torturing, anyway? Do they know all about you and everything you've done? There are at least seven billion people in the world. You think someone's following your every step? Someone knows every single thing you've done wrong? And who's to say what's wrong? You might think you were doing something good while the Heaven-Hell sorter guy thinks that what you did was bad.

There are no solid definitions of sins and virtues. All the rules we've been made to follow, all the moral values we've been taught - WE made those. We humans.

Also, putting people in Heaven and Hell labels them as either 'good' or 'bad'. That's unreasonable as people change. Just because someone did bad things in the past doesn't mean they can't/won't do good things in the future.

In addition, people who would be placed in Heaven have sins of their own. Everyone has made mistakes and we all have to live with what we've done. It be foolish to think that the people in Heaven are free from any sin whatsoever. Therefore, really, how can anyone be put into either Heaven or Hell??


Furthermore, we have all these religions; their purpose to get us into Heaven.

But what about the animals?

We have raised ourselves like gods above them when the truth is, WE are animals. It's foolish - stupid, even - to think that we are not. There are over one million species of animals out there.



We are living beings just as they are. The only thing that separates 'us' and 'them' is that we are more 'advanced' because we are able to stand upright, walk, talk and post blogs. Well, congratulations, you can say your name - but that does NOT make your life more valuable. Sure, we can do lots of stuff. But what does it matter? The only ones who benefit from our endeavours are ourselves.

I've asked several people whether they think animals go to Heaven & Hell. They all said no. I asked them where they went. They didn't know.

Why is it that only WE go, but not the animals? The truth is, whatever happens to them after death also happens to us. I don't believe there is anything too divine after death. How can there be when the lives of animals are so carelessly discarded? Animals who hadn't the chance to do anything that would determine a place in either Heaven or Hell.

Why must we create the illusion of Heaven and Hell for ourselves? Isn't it possible that in death we simply cease to exist? Does there always have to be 'something more'?? Also, why must we wait until death to experience Heaven? We could make Heaven a day-to-day reality.

Moments before death, we look back on the life we've lived. Perhaps that is when we experience this Heaven and Hell. Heaven being a life well lived, and Hell knowing you haven't done what you wanted to do combined with the knowledge that it is simply too late to change anything. You only get one life. Use it wisely.