Does your religion make you a better person than you would otherwise be without it? n/t

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91. Absolutely Not

This is a new age of time. It is my belief that we are ascending as a species with an opening, or enlightenment, happening. Because of this, we have those who embrace it and therefore no longer need the good/evil, black/white, heaven/hell boundaries of traditional religion and those who fear it and are holding ever more tightly to what feels "safe" for them.

It's always rocky in humanity when we take a spiritually evolutionary leap. Look around you - the children, teens and adults born in the 80's and 90's and 2000's - unless they are brought up in a tightly woven fabric of religion, they are not necessarily making that choice for themselves. They are exploring their inner spirituality and the data is out there to prove it.

My grandchildren are exposed to religion via their other family (father's side), and on our side they are exposed to concepts such as Buddhism, Spirituality, Reincarnation,etc. They can make up their own minds (or have made up their own minds) when they are ready.

Interestingly, the religious side of their life (the father's side) are also rabidly conservative. My grandson was shocked when he went to church with them one day a couple years back (he is 15 now) and they were telling the flock how evil President Obama is and how to vote (GOP) and of course, the voting machines were right there in the church. He asked me - isn't that illegal Mimi? He was completely turned off by it. My 10 year old granddaughter is, like me, my mother and my grandfather on my mother's side, born intuitive so religion has not been a "fit" for her (so far).

Yippee for CHOICE!! - and of course, my children and grandchildren choose to be democrats

Shine on,
Annette in Orlando