'what are your beliefs concerning the meaning of existence and the creation of the universe?'
I think we make our own meaning, there isn't an abstract 'meaning' already there
I was sent to Sunday School as a child so have been to a certain extent 'brainwashed' into a belief in God,
which is very hard to just shrug off. It's hard to know whether I would have believed in God if I hadn't been bought
up in a 'Christian' culture
I have a mix and match attitude to creation - logically I know it didnt happen as in the Bible but I still like to belive
in the presence of 'another'/God as it's a comfroting thought to have in the background ie that we're not totally
alone
I think that religion, while it has caused/does cause a lot of bloodshed, has also given people a lot of comfort and
'guidelines' on how to live their lives
I think many people take their 'meaning' of existence off the peg so to speak ie they just take on board the ideas of their surrounding culture and absorb them, sponge-like, never questioning
I hate doing that - I like to find thigns out for myself and pick and choose what I want to alie myself with
I can't stand the way people latch onto an idea/concept/fashion purely because everyone else is doing it - that's the main reason for NOT doing it in my book!
I like a number of the philosophers' ideas - Schopenhauer is a favourite and Nietszche - only the concepts though,
not any kind of fanatical abuse of power etc
I have a pretty grim view of the human race - the nice people are an aberration in my opinion; a freak of nature
Esme
