I firmly believe that all people are equal because we are all human. Whether one believes in a Big Bang and gradual evolution or believes that we were created by a Higher Power and the first of us were Adam and Eve - one cannot deny that we are all equal, all the same, all human, all part of the same family.
We are all individuals - We are all people who think, dream, imagine, smile, laugh, love and cry. We all feel emotions, we all have families and friends we love, we all have hopes and dreams and aspirations. While we are all unique, different and individual, we are also all human. In the end we all want the same for those we love and care about - we all want them to be happy, safe, loved and protected.
I myself want the same for my family and friends - I want them to be happy, to be free, to be able to speak their minds, to choose their own path in life, to know they are safe, to be free from persecution and hatred, to be surrounded by those who love and care about them. The thing is - my family is not restricted to those who look like me, sound like me or are directly related to me. As a member of the human race and of the great family that is humanity, I want the best for all of us, want peace and security and stability for all of us, want love and laughter and safety for all of us.
Personally I believe both in God and in evolution - I believe that evolution is simply God's work on a scale so huge that it is hard for humans to fathom and comprehend. God is not bound by human perceptions of time and space and distance - God is above and beyond those limitations and those restrictions. God existed before creation, before galaxies and stars and suns and planets, before humans and animals and birds and fish. As humans we live in a created universe where certain rules apply, however God is above and beyond that universe, beyond the rules and limitations that apply here. God is not bound or limited or restrained by time or space or gravity or distance or matter - I see God as so far above and beyond those limits that it is practically impossible for us to imagine His greatness and goodness and the extent and reach of what God is and does and means.
And yet I also believe that God has a plan for all of us and that God cares about each and every living being, that we can turn to God and be heard and loved and sheltered and cared for. I believe that we are all God's creation, all created in His image as thinking and feeling beings able to use our minds and our imagination, to feel compassion and love and to care about others, to think and reason and know right from wrong and good from bad. I believe that God has a plan for all of us, that God cares about all of us and wants all of us to live together as one people, one family, one human race.
We are all individuals - We are all people who think, dream, imagine, smile, laugh, love and cry. We all feel emotions, we all have families and friends we love, we all have hopes and dreams and aspirations. While we are all unique, different and individual, we are also all human. In the end we all want the same for those we love and care about - we all want them to be happy, safe, loved and protected.
I myself want the same for my family and friends - I want them to be happy, to be free, to be able to speak their minds, to choose their own path in life, to know they are safe, to be free from persecution and hatred, to be surrounded by those who love and care about them. The thing is - my family is not restricted to those who look like me, sound like me or are directly related to me. As a member of the human race and of the great family that is humanity, I want the best for all of us, want peace and security and stability for all of us, want love and laughter and safety for all of us.
"My family is humanity. My dreams and hopes and aspirations are for all of humanity."
~ What Makes People Tick Blog
Personally I believe both in God and in evolution - I believe that evolution is simply God's work on a scale so huge that it is hard for humans to fathom and comprehend. God is not bound by human perceptions of time and space and distance - God is above and beyond those limitations and those restrictions. God existed before creation, before galaxies and stars and suns and planets, before humans and animals and birds and fish. As humans we live in a created universe where certain rules apply, however God is above and beyond that universe, beyond the rules and limitations that apply here. God is not bound or limited or restrained by time or space or gravity or distance or matter - I see God as so far above and beyond those limits that it is practically impossible for us to imagine His greatness and goodness and the extent and reach of what God is and does and means.
"I think there is a tendency for people to get rigid and caught up in their beliefs of what is right and wrong, and they lose sight of humanity. Being human has to come first before right or wrong."
~ Matisyahu (Brainyquote)
And yet I also believe that God has a plan for all of us and that God cares about each and every living being, that we can turn to God and be heard and loved and sheltered and cared for. I believe that we are all God's creation, all created in His image as thinking and feeling beings able to use our minds and our imagination, to feel compassion and love and to care about others, to think and reason and know right from wrong and good from bad. I believe that God has a plan for all of us, that God cares about all of us and wants all of us to live together as one people, one family, one human race.
Sons and daughters of Abraham
Lay down to a higher command
Don't be tricked by the acts of man
God's wisdom revealed in a holy plan
A chance to unite the past
With the brothers coming home at last
Fighting together for life
Lyrics to What I'm Fighting For by Matisyahu