Amongst other things, I think too much. I overanalyze anything and everything, and it is unhealthy. I tend to wonder if I'd have less wrinkles on my forehead if I didn't stress as much. I probably wouldn't be as awkward with particular situations if I thought less about them. It's hard to change old habits, however, but this is one that I would love to alter.
So I was viewing the South Carolina Constitution early Sunday morning (and that was not the first time I've done it) and looked up the qualifications to be become Governor. Aside from being thirty, at least, one must not deny the existence of the "Supreme Being." ...Whoops. Hahahaha. But seriously, if I ran for governor of this state in 2018, had great support for my ideas to change the way we handle things in the most conservative state in the country, and, at a debate against my Republican adversary, someone asks me of my religious views...I respond "I am not a Christian, but a Pantheist." I figure someone will question what that is exactly, and I will have to give a brief summary...and then all hell - for lack of a better term - would break loose in the media. "Dante Swinton: Pantheist." "Candidate Swinton: Atheist!" "A Heathen for a Governor?" "Doesn't believe in God?!" Would all my support dissipate simply because I was not a Christian? Would the change that the south still would need in many areas that I held dear to my heart matter no longer? It would be a shame that I would not be elected because I don't believe in a religion that has existed only for two thousand years, but has shaped the world in such an interesting and distinct way. And it wouldn't be me as the only victim of this...I wonder just how many current and future Congresspersons really are the religion that they claim.
I'm doing a radio show tomorrow evening on love. It probably is the one topic I can chat about for forever, but only small parts of the show will discuss it 'cause the majority of the two hours will be music. At some point I think I will discuss my enjoyment of kissing in the rain...I'm not sure if there is anything more romantic than that...well, maybe laying naked together. I've done the kissing only once, but it definitely was of great intimacy and something everyone should experience. I really like the idea of being able to care for someone deeply and at a young age...I don't think one is ready for anything serious when they're well into adulthood if they haven't loved at least once before. Young love is a nice preparation for what you really want when you get serious...And if that young love so happens to be true love, well then, that's beautiful. Perhaps it's silly to think that way, but maybe it isn't at all.
It's nice, though, when you get that feeling again after losing...when you go to bed thinking of a certain person and how you wish they would be in your arms. http://www.winrfm.com/ at eight post meridian.
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This Catholic would vote for you in a heartbeat. I'd rather have an irreligious person or someone of another faith in government. It's the only way to ensure people with and without faith will be protected.
But, who am I to judge. I'm also pro-choice and pro-same sex marriage. I'm going to hell anyway ;)
Just don't run for governor of South Carolina. Go to another state.
a durrrrr :)
also, just a nitpicky thing i guess.
So i mean, technicallllly I guess it's legit for you to say "only been around for 2,000 years"
but Christianity is definitely an offshoot of Judaism, and I know that most Christians identify with a religious history that goes wayyyy further back than 2,000 years.
and i knowwww it's your blog, but just letting you know most Christians would scratch their heads at that phrase.
That depends on whether you are in the south or out of it when you ask xians how long their religion has been around. Here in NC most protestants don't acknowledge Judaism as a part of their religious heritage. Seriously.
And, Christianity has only been around for 2,000 years. It's the whole "Christ" thing that gives it away.
Heh, Christianity also has ties to Pantheism - the whole idea that "God is everywhere and in everything." Most don't acknowledge that, either.
Lol, why should I leave if I want change here? Hehe, I love you, Stephanie. :D
And thanks, Teresa! I'm glad I'd have one vote, at least, if you were registered here. :) I also am "going to hell", if it exists. :P I am pro-choice and pro-love...Although I think if I had any intentions of legalizing same-sex marriage in SC, then I would lose a lot of votes there, as well, even after I got in office.
I'm afraid I won't be able to provide you with much engaging debate this time, because I agree with you wholeheartedly on religion. It's something I've been thinking about more and more lately. A lot of my friends are Christian; technically I was raised Christian, in that my family went to church every Sunday, give or take some weeks out of the year, from about the time I was six. I liked the idea and even considered myself very religious for about a year or two in high school. However, I started thinking (gasp!), and I just realized a lot of it doesn't make sense. I consider myself agnostic now, strongly leaning towards atheism. Though I have many friends who AREN'T Christian as well as those who are, I still feel like an outcast the majority of the time. It's a funny feeling.
I am really surprised at the requirement of believing in a "supreme being" to be Governor of South Carolina...or maybe I shouldn't be? The founders of our country weren't Christian, as many believe, but they were Deist; and Deists believe in God as well.
I think it's time to change this rule. It's about time to have more variety of religious representation (and non-religious representation) especially at this level in our country. There are still many ignorant people, like my parents for example, who believe this would be a turn for the worse for our country. Name one reason why this would be true. (They also oppose gay marriage and are not pro-choice, to my knowledge.)
I just think it's past time to have more than one viewpoint represented, in all areas of government. Not everyone believes in a supreme being, and I do not believe this would have any negative impact on their ability to do their job in that capacity.
Excellent, Verena. Yes, my questioning of religion spiked in high school and realized that it did not make sense to me...at all. Everyone has to believe in something, but that something does not have to be the Christian God. In a way, Christians are Atheists too. :D
I went under the banner of Agnosticism for a while, not truly researching what it meant to be so. Finally, I discovered that I was an Empirical and Humanist Agnostic: the first being one that has a likely belief in some form of supreme being, but with no religious ties, and the second is of the idea that whether or not a god or gods exist, when on this Earth, we should do good and live peacefully, not just to reach a happy afterlife. Pantheists see that part of the deal - doing good to reach heaven - as a bleak outlook on life. For us, everything is connected...so connected, that this connection is, in itself, divine.
Government needs not only non-religious souls, but younger ones as well. Perhaps then there would be more tolerance amongst groups and change that our nation needs to see.
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