towards a secular commitment - a world not ruled by belief in distance gods, nor primal urge of war and rage against each other. We are capable of so much more, a new approach to embrace the common view of our belonging. This is one world, ours, our only home, and we need a new commitment to the care and welfare of each other.
our beliefs should be personal as well as communal - but at no point do we have the right to inflict them upon another as any sense of ultimate truth. God is an intimate belief, one of creation and myth, guiding a believer to a deep and caring response to their place within the natural world. There is no reason this should go further, to place demands upon others to view the world the same. God is personal, or not at all, a faith of our own sure belonging.
towards a secular commitment simply means we care for each other not by any means of a commandment, not the promise of some heavenly reward - but that we share a moment here together as humans in a fragile world. We share our aloneness, our faults, desires, and all in common bond together. It's why we care for each other - every human trait is shared.
my commitment to you is without cause - I am not commanded to care, nor to love. But I do. My morals and ethics reflect this commitment. There's room for many mistakes. Mine and yours. A secular view places no demands on faith, everyone is free to worships as they choose. What's asked is only to not inflict an unexamined belief upon another. To not assume our own righteousness at the expense of harming others, or causing damage to the larger world.
it's a commitment to belong.
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Peace, Eric
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