Discerning Truth

When we consider that we do not know how, why, what, or if something created the universe, one has to wonder, why are we destroying ourselves, over questions we cannot answer?

The choices you make, determine the quality of your life. Think about them carefully. No matter how good or bad your life is, you can improve it by making better choices.

Humanity's sense of right and wrong does not come from powerful rulers, prophets, or deities. It is an integral part of our natural evolution—the cornerstone of our altruism, and an essential aspect of the properties that make us human beings.

Regardless of whether we accept it, neither God nor religion is in control. We are!

We control our behavior, and our behavior towards each other determines the state of the world!

. Our time here is short. Between birth and death, the bulk of our time doesn’t belong to us. When we finally get a handle on it all, if we ever do, there is not much time left. So, if you’re going to live, do it now!

The Divine Law holds that it will not be an angry and wrathful god that will destroy humankind, but that left unabated, humanity will destroy itself, through war, bigotry, oppression, racism, and other anti-social behavior.

Love God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your being. Not because you fear God’s wrath, but because it is through your love of God, whom you cannot see, that you obtain the ability to love yourself and others whom you can, in the same manner, as you love Him.

That we haven't conquered death, overcome its total and final grip over us, defeated its seemingly random nature, frightens us. And in our fear, we seek comfort in some plausible explanation of what happens to us after we die.

If the behavior of humankind is the measure of the success of the world’s religions, then their teachings, have not been effective. If the gods that represent them are omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, these gods have not used their powers to convince us to conduct ourselves in a manner such power should demand.

The word of God surrounds us; it is everywhere. It teaches and guides us, but does not force us to take the path it reveals. It is not confined to one line of thought, to one philosophy, to one book, or one religion, but is available to every aspect of the reality God has created.