What does a belief in the earth offer humanity?

When we talk about belief we talk about valuing the earth in our everyday lives the way we value our family, friends and community.
At the moment, we live in a State of Separation. Our lives are lived separate from the reality of the earths systems, both physically and philosophically.
One could even argue that many global [...]

What Does It Mean To ‘Believe’ in the Earth?

Believing in the earth is not about assigning yourself to a particular set of cultural rules or historical rituals. It is not about ‘growing into’ or taking on board an existing communal belief system.
It is about whether or not you decide to take on board some basic realities and find fulfilment in the fact that [...]

The need to evolve a more relevant belief system

So the question is ‘what belief systems can we evolve that are based on the reality of the world as we know it today?’
As noted in the previous post, I believe it is unhealthy for a culture and a society to leave its life rituals in the hands of an institution whose work is not [...]

The decline in meaningful life rituals in our society

Despite the decline in the churches influence, no other institution has evolved to perform this function, so naturally people return to what they, their family and their community know.
What follows is not a statement on orgnised religion or an attempt to define ‘the modern’. It is borne of a love of human culture in general [...]

Dear God. Why do bad things happen?

I have been hearing a lot of religious minded people asking the age old question lately: ‘If God is good why does he let so many bad things happen?’ It’s understandable when you look at the climate crisis, global greed and poverty, the wars in Iraq and elsewhere and the death of thousands of people [...]

Documentary Series – What Do You Believe?

Ill be kicking off a series of threads on religion and belief systems in general in the next day or so. As such I thought ‘What better way to introduce it than with a comment on organised (and some thankfully dis-organised) religions in general’.
I like getting down to the nitty gritty of what defines us [...]