My Declaration of Religious Independence

The Preamble

All around me, everyday, I see people around me following something they may not truely believe in. I have been brought up to follow these teaching as a child, with no other choice. But no longer, I choose to take a different path, and follow what I believe in. This document serves to explain and let my beliefs be known and understood. I declare independence from any, and all religion, and instead, choose to believe what I feel is right in my heart.

The Declaration of Rights

While I may only be -, I know the basic foundementals of life. Yes, releigion plays a large influence on life today. But it's because of life that I cannot declare myself Catholic, nor Christion, nor aithest for the matter. I believe in what I call 'SMU', or ' Supernatural, Mythology, and the Unnatural'. I beileve in vampires, greek gods and goddesses, ghost, spirets, demons, and most deffinatly the ideal concept of Hell. I mean look at the world around us, is this not Hell? I will not allow any set concept to judge me or my actions.

The Bill of Indictment

They will not place me in a paradise, or cadamn me to the fiery pitts of the Underworld. I will not allow anyone or anything to control MY life, I choose the choices that I make. I try to look at religion from a believes point of view or standing. They beleive in a man who has and is the supreme power. He can take life and bless lives. He can grant happieness and most deffinitly grant unhappieness. But he is too: barbaric, mean, cruel, unfair, and a selfish little thing with power and who likes to play with fire, until he gets burned by people like me. Maybe I am afraid of what willl happen to me if I do declare a religion, it's possible. But while I do respect my fellow peers and thier belifes, and I admit, sometimes I am in awe of them, I refuse to beleive in a being who will let it's people suffer for not good reason, for no reason at all. Except to prove that he has the power. It is unaccaptable.

Statement of Independence

I really have tried to believe. There was a time in my life where I tried with every once of my being to believe. But after personal events, and just taking one look around me...how CAN I believe? Most of my family know that I don't believe in God. They are catholic, I once was, not any more. Although I am often rediculed for my standards of my beliefs, I refuse to back down. I have read the bible, it's a...most...interesting piece of barbaic fiction in my point of understanding. Others around me give me such looks when I tell them this, only after just asking me have I read the thing. But the thing is, I don't care. I don't care that people shun me for what I say or do. I don't care that my own family and friends looks down at me because I will not take part in religion. In THEIR religion. I believe in what I want to beleive. Nothing will change this, nor will it convience me to further beleive in what I believe in. I am happy with where my beliefs are. Sure, there are hardships and I sometimes wonder why my beleifes haven't changed anything. But as Gandhi said: 'Be the change you want to see in the world'. And so I will make change. And I will believe in my beliefs. Without any set concepts or a leader to rule me.