[xelasnave]

I have taken to looking at everything with the qualification ... things just are!... and realising this one finds that good and bad are a description the observer makes using his own reference points... as such I find that to call everything good makes for a happier day.... even the photo of a child murdered in civil war offers some good as maybe the horror will change some hearts to change their lives and work in areas that may minimise these sad events.

I thought about the ice berg... that is a fair description of me and perhaps so many humans... what part appears to the world as bright but is such because of the reflection of a greater body...and under the surface there is a greater mass...mostly water..cold and hard... its only relevance to support that part exposed to the world.

I find it hard to believe in anything (other than gravity rain)..a reflection of too many years on the planet... a reflection of the continual rejection of nonsense others seek to build their meaning upon... I do not refer to religion here... but to things like that chap who writes messages on paper and wraps them around a jar of "good"or "bad"water so as to transmit the message to the universe I guess...or magnetic blankets that work with such power yet the manufacturer is happy to release such power to the public without knowing how it works... one must ask if so powerful would it not be prudent to understand how they may work against you.

Yet there are believers in such things. They find somehow that what is before them works for them and therefore perpetuate the myth drawing to their fold others who are happy to believe in anything that offers hope.

I think the folk who embrace religion have a need to share their good fortune with others but take on the vigour of a person who has quit smoking and then wishes to help others... the desire to help is the good thing..and I choose to ignore the bad aspect of presenting a case that their way is the only way.

Religion was invented by humans and not by God.

If there be an entity we could call God I suspect humans attempt to reveal him would be found humorous... if he was capable of emotion which one would suspect a God would be devoid of such human qualities... and to assign the qualification of being male or female simply reflects a humans attempt to visualise something that may or may not exist.. but I doubt that such a qualification would be relevant when considering a God.

So purpose and meaning is a very personal thing now doubt and seemingly the probability that all is random a reasonable conclusion to draw...if that view is not supplanted by a belief...

Very interesting comment and on the money OneOfOne...
alex