About Steven Aitchison
Your beliefs – Five questions
What do you believe about yourself and the world around you?
Let me ask you five questions:
- Do you believe the world should be good?
- Do you believe homosexuality is wrong?
- How many friends do you have?
- Do you believe in a God?
- Are you going to die?
1. Do you believe the world should be good?
If you answered yes to this question – explain to me why it should be
good?
2. Do you believe homosexuality is wrong?
Explain you answer either way if you said yes or no
3. How many friends do you have?
Give me a true definition of a friend and then answer the question again.
4. Do you believe in God?
Why do you believe in God? Why don’t you?
5. Are you going to die?
How do you know?
The purpose of the questions is to get you thinking about your current beliefs
and where they originated from. Most of our beliefs are, at best, flawed. Flawed
in the sense that we have adopted them blindly and from other people who have
adopted them blindly.
For example believing in God, in my opinion, is flawed. If you answered
yes to this question that you did believe in God, what God is it you believe
in? Most people will say the christian God, if you did I assume you are
from a predominantly christian country. Why is this do you think? The
God that you believe in depends on the country you were born in, is this itself
not a clue to flawed thinking? If you were born in China, which God do you
think you would believe in? Maybe you believe there are lots of Gods and that’s
good as it shows you have thought about the question and come to some sort
of conclusion. Maybe my thinking is flawed and I should not be questioning
religion. Maybe you want to have blind faith without questioning your
self and your beliefs. As long as you have thought about it. My
blog is here to get you thinking about yourself and if this topic of religion
offends you, it is not meant to, but I make no apologies if it does as that
it your feelings you will need to deal with.
Look at the question: Do you believe homosexuality is wrong? I would bet that
about 60-75% of people would say no, it is not wrong. Now if you asked
this question 50 years ago I would bet that about 95% of people would say it
was wrong. What does this tell us? It tells me that people relax their
beliefs as time moves on and because our world has changed so dramatically
over the last 50 years people have no choice but to accept homosexuality is
not abnormal, but thinking homosexuality is abnormal is abnormal
Look at some of your other beliefs and question them. Accepting that
my beliefs were flawed was hard to accept and a life changing experience and
I am still to this minute questioning my beliefs. It is my belief that
I am courting controversy by posting this article; however it could be true
that I have my head so far up my own arse for believing that people would actually
care what I write.
The topic of beliefs is huge for me and I love it and love writing about it. I
have only touched the tip here and hope that it has at least got you to ask
a few questions.
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That is quite an abstract list of questions you came up with and an interesting way at looking at the concept of believe.
1. Do you believe the world should be good?
I think people are able to decide if their actions are good or bad.
2. Do you believe homosexuality is wrong?
No, The bible says it is, and i did graduate from a catholic school…but I’ve decided to make my own beliefs. And this is one of them.
3. How many friends do you have?
This changes ever day. “Cherish your friends.”
4. Do you believe in a God?
Not really sure, I keep questioning this. If i dont does that make me more less able to go to heaven. If there is one.
5. Are you going to die?
Yes, eventually. When i’m done sharing what i believe with the world.
how did u graduate from a chathlic school and ur questioning ur beliefs?
Not trying to be rude towards you or anything.
That just blew my mind.
What may not be good for you may well be good for your species.Nature looks after the species not the individual. Even a species may not survive if it is better for the planet as a whole if it didn’t exist. People do not choose to be gay, nature screwed up some how. Everybody lets you down at some point, the only true friend you have is your self. I am Athiest as there is no proof God exists, and as Science moves forward we destroy religion even further. I am going to die as i am nothing special in the grand scheme of things, no one else is that special either.
Hi Steven!
Yep I care about what you write so I hope you keep doing it, no matter where your head is, lol!
My beliefes were formed by repetition, so they will be changed by repetition.
There are lots of resources around that tell us what you are saying but …..
- you write in plain words (I dont have to look up words to understand you)
- you right in small pieces (I dont get bombarded trying to get the message)
- your videos are real life not edited (you can stuff up and I can laugh)
- when I clicked on the ‘donate to steven’ link, it didnt work!
so my assumption is …. you really believe in what you write ….and that you are not doing this primarily for financial gain …. a very attractive quality!
Keep writing Steven, you may never know how many people will positively change their lives because of the way you deliver what you have to share
Another great question:
Do you think it is wrong to kill another human being?
Most people, off the top of their heads would say OF COURSE it is wrong. However, if you further inquire into whether it is wrong for a US Marine to kill a suspected terrorist, or for the State to kill a serial killer, a lot of people that initially said yes to the above-referenced question would hesitate and perhaps answer differently. Some would not. It all depends on how you were raised.
If you grew up in ancient Sparta, it was mandatory that you kill people during your training to be a soldier. This was expected of you. If you asked the same question to these people, back then, they would say it is not wrong to kill another human being as long as it is for the good of the country, or if the person is an enemy, etc.
This question gets to the heart of what you were saying, (author of this website), because a lot of people think this belief is a “fundamental belief” that is “inherently moral” and “right.” However, as one can see, it cannot be “inherently moral” if there are so many caveats and differences in the answers given. Thus, even the most precious of our beliefs, that it is not right to kill another human being, is really just another example of a belief that will change depending on how you were raised.
One last thing to think about: If it were accepted in the US that, upon seeing a homeless person, it was ok to kill that person, and this was practiced for centuries, do you think ANYONE would feel guilty about killing homeless people?
Ok, I have beliefs vthat block me HOW CAN I RELEASE THEN?I AM SHY, I HAVE MANY FEARS, (FAILURE,REJECTION,POVERTY
I AM INSECURE, HELP ME
1. “Good” is a relative term. What I think is good may not be what someone else thinks is good. I believe the people in the world SHOULD be nice and help each other But I realize it can’t be that way because we all have a different set of beliefs and values.
2. Do you believe homosexuality is wrong?
I live in an area where I’d say 50 % of the people think Homosexuality is wrong. I don’t believe that. I do Believe Gay rights will eventually come forth and gay couples will have the same rights as my husband and I. It has to go through the same course as womens rights, civil rights, etc. unfortunately. It would be nice if we all just accepted every one for who they are and we would all be equal, but again we all have different beliefs and values so this is impossible.
3. How many friends do you have? Again that is relative. Depends on how you define a friend.
4. Do you believe in a God? yes, I read your paragraph about believing in God and how each country believes in a different God and how could that be.
I believe we all have the same God. God is God whether you call him Budda, Alah, Jehovah or what ever name He is given.
5. Are you going to die? of course, every one has to die. who would want to live forever? living past 90 does not appeal to me at all. I’m not so sure 85 appeals to me. Let me die before my body fails completely and i lay in a hospital bed for years. Let my mind go, that’s fine. I won’t know how bad off I have it then. (selfish I know)