THE STORIES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
Is there a God or something like that? To me it doesn’t really matter. It’s not something that sets the time of my day. I think people have a lot of free will. And we have the ability to evaluate situations and scenarios and imagine what something might be like if we make a particularRead more about For me the good life consists of very day-to-day things.[…]
This week’s participant asked to remain anonymous. Instead of taking their picture, we asked them to provide a photo they had taken that best represented their beliefs. They further requested to submit their own reflections, since they wanted to participate, but did not feel comfortable being interviewed. They gave me their reflections in a hand-writtenRead more about We humans need to belong to or connect to somewhere or someone.[…]
I believe in Darwinism. I think that came with age. I grew up in a Catholic family but right now I am a little skeptical about it. I was pretty into believing in god as a kid. I was an altar boy until I was eight years old. In our village every boy wants toRead more about Somebody who believes in a god believes in love and respect for one another. That makes them better people.[…]
I was raised to believe in God, God Almighty. And I don’t say that I am an atheist, I can’t say it. I’ve always believed that there was someone up there who loves me. I’ll tell you this though. I do not believe in religion. I think that religion is the cause of far farRead more about I’m happy to believe there’s a god, and yet, I’m also happy to believe that there’s death.[…]
If you ask me what I believe every day, the answer will be different every day. I do not believe in any kind of deity. And I do not believe in an immortal soul. I guess you could say I don’t believe in dualism, that is, that as well as a material world, there’s aRead more about I would like to be a stronger believer. But reason doesn’t allow me to be[…]
I have no religious beliefs. I don’t believe in higher powers. For me what’s important in life is knowledge; beauty and enjoyment; and doing good. None of the religions that I know of ring true with what I believe in. I believe in evolution, and in scientific knowledge, though it’s an imperfect work-in-progress. When itRead more about We should be strong enough to find inspiration in logical things rather than made-up stories[…]
I am a little anti-religion. But I think I am a very spiritual person. I believe in a greater sense of purpose and connectedness in the universe. And that doesn’t necessarily come from a higher being, but just…nature, and feeling connected with the earth. I trailrun a lot, out in the North Shore mountains. I’veRead more about Because I’m brown, and my first name is Mohammed, I’m still a victim of Islamophobia, even though I’m not Muslim[…]
I don’t have religious commitments. I believe in hierarchies of privilege, social places. I’m intrigued by circumstances, by people’s responses, what things they believe and need to believe and so on. I think that people’s religious positions, or their admiration for nature or whatever else it might be, depends often on the ability they haveRead more about I don’t seek out anything more than that people are responding as best they can to how, where, when they live.[…]
If I put it simply I believe that we live by faith. Faith that things are gonna keep going okay. And diversity is a big value. The more input you have from different areas, the better things turn out. There’s a bunch of things that culminated in realising how important different inputs are. Studying EconomicsRead more about We don’t function well without some kind of inherent faith in how things are gonna work out.[…]
I believe in God. But I’m not sure yet what that means. For example, I don’t think atheists think of God in the same way I do. I believe in goodness. I believe in goodness in people. And, since I’m a person, I also believe in myself. I’m still on the road in terms ofRead more about This is what we are here for. To spread goodness in the world.[…]