Dennis Eusebio’s Story
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Made on January 16, 2007
So, long story short...
While Dennis Eusebio was growing up catholic
Dennis Eusebio made the mistake of
believing everything I was told
My Advice to You is
take the time to think about issues and your stances on life, then make your decision
Here's the whole story
Too many people blindly follow their religious and doctrines without ever taking the time to think for themselves. I see it all the time at church and its really not the way to go about your life.
Take the time to really question your churches stances on topics and figure things out. I finally started to do the same and now I think I have a firmer grip on my beliefs. I may not go to church as much as I used to, but I think the most important thing is what I do with my life, not how many times I show up to church on Sunday.
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Comments (7)
I truly relate to this lesson. In fact, my beliefs have become stronger and firmer than before.
the universe is so big and the history of earth is so long that I can't believe in religion. What about egyptian lived 2000 years before christ. They are all in hell? and the dinosaurs? the evolution? darwin? homo Neandertal?
its funny how subjectivity plays a role in making decisions, the fact that the universe is so big and history is so long is exactly what makes ME believe in religion, otherwise i would think if there is no god to control all this vast space for so long of time, things would have gone chaotic a long time ago... but i too agree, lesson learnt, dont follow your fathers footstep, for God's sake, you owe it to yourself to think and make ur own decisions.
It is both amusing and sad the extent to which people seem to confuse fundamentalist incursions into religion for the religion itself. The choice is never really between following a religion or no religion, it is always between following one expression/version of faith or another. This goes for atheism as well. Some argue that there is no God and only fools believe there is, some are at least honest enough to say that while they themselves do not believe in a God others may well.
Remember: Religion is about helping you to grow and develop spiritually, to help you enlarge your vision and your capacity for love. Fundamentalism is always about telling you what you must believe in order to be better than other people.
I've had the same problem of separating my beliefs from what has been shoved down my throat since I was a child. I'm only now able to objectively examine my parents' beliefs and all other alternatives, which is the inception of forming a set of beliefs that are my own.
love that through examination and questioning of an ouside entity, a clearer view of ones own beliefs occurs. I so see that in my own path toward enlightnement.
I listen to all sorts of lessons, Chopra, Jesus, Tolle, Wiliamson, self, friends. There is this gret new mag called, What is Enlightenment? It asks amazing questions, one of which totally fascinates me. The creation of religions of one and how they are affecting our interactions with each other, our selves our Gods. The creation of religions of one bring many gifts and take many gifts. The sense of deep personal relationship with your God, yet an aloness, because of lack of community that supports common beliefs...amazing conversations and thoughts to ponder.
The polarity of the thoughts inspire continued search for me to seek commonalities instead of separteness
The comments make strange assumptions. One assumes this story is about fundamentalism (which is usually equated with Protestantism, and not Catholicism as the original story was). Another comment responds that there can be no religion because ancient Egyptians weren't Christian (and yet the original comment did not equate religion with Christianity). Several posts conflate religion and faith.
Seems few are following Mr. Eusebio's advice.