PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
Since I joined the forum, I bounced around various progressivist ideas about God and even the afterlife. Eventually I kind of had a self-revelation: My religion is progressivism, as bizarre as it might sound.
Definition as it would apply to me:
Progressivism - Wikipedia
Doesn't matter what else I might call myself. I believe in God, but you can label me various things such as "Christian Universalist", maybe even "Unitarian Universalist" as well, maybe even "pantheist" as I'm starting to ponder.
Some of my personal ideas which only necessarily apply to me:
1. Science is important.
2. The greatest truths tend to come from within.
3. It is technically possible to be both learned and foolish.
4. That being said, education is still important.
5. I believe in peaceful reform in the world. It tugs at my heartstrings with a sense of hope.
Now that's all fine and dandy, but here is how I feel we need to fix the political situation:
A. We need a system where we don't have to choose the "lesser of evils" so much. This means when it comes to choosing politicians. This can be done by voting in the polls which decide the candidate for each side. The ones before you vote Republican or Democrat for the President.
B. We need to be mindful that the worst people don't just float to the top where they can control our every move.
C. When a potential leader promises us that they will do things for our religious beliefs, we need to keep a healthy amount of skepticism, as we've all been duped by false promises in this regard before.
D. We need to be mindful that just because a leader unites people of his/her beliefs, doesn't mean that we aren't going backwards and into a style that doesn't help us in the long run.
e (extra). Sometimes I get closed-minded myself on here, and I need to be reminded what I stand for.
Refutations: "But AT-AT, things are going well in the world now!"
Me: No, not for all people. What is normal for the spider is sometimes chaos for the fly.
Definition as it would apply to me:
Progressivism - Wikipedia
Doesn't matter what else I might call myself. I believe in God, but you can label me various things such as "Christian Universalist", maybe even "Unitarian Universalist" as well, maybe even "pantheist" as I'm starting to ponder.
Some of my personal ideas which only necessarily apply to me:
1. Science is important.
2. The greatest truths tend to come from within.
3. It is technically possible to be both learned and foolish.
4. That being said, education is still important.
5. I believe in peaceful reform in the world. It tugs at my heartstrings with a sense of hope.
Now that's all fine and dandy, but here is how I feel we need to fix the political situation:
A. We need a system where we don't have to choose the "lesser of evils" so much. This means when it comes to choosing politicians. This can be done by voting in the polls which decide the candidate for each side. The ones before you vote Republican or Democrat for the President.
B. We need to be mindful that the worst people don't just float to the top where they can control our every move.
C. When a potential leader promises us that they will do things for our religious beliefs, we need to keep a healthy amount of skepticism, as we've all been duped by false promises in this regard before.
D. We need to be mindful that just because a leader unites people of his/her beliefs, doesn't mean that we aren't going backwards and into a style that doesn't help us in the long run.
e (extra). Sometimes I get closed-minded myself on here, and I need to be reminded what I stand for.
Refutations: "But AT-AT, things are going well in the world now!"
Me: No, not for all people. What is normal for the spider is sometimes chaos for the fly.