Serenity Now Sunday 12 13 09

This post is from Mrs.Flinger and is for Serenity Now Sunday, a category where we strive to reach each other across religious lines and find a greater love. Or some such cheesy shit like that.

I grew up reciting the Apostles Creed every Sunday. I can still turn my mind off and repeat the prayer verbatim. Ironically, as I’m sitting in Sin City with a group of people I met online, I find myself creating a new creed.

A “Flinger Creed”, if you will.

We don’t believe in the Gods of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Christian Scientist or Judaism.

We believe in the wonder and amazement of nature and science.

We believe that kindness begets kindness.

We believe in the power of community, the strength of people caring for each other, the trickle-down effect of a single act of kindness.

We believe in family.

We believe in raising children to be free thinkers, to know they are loved for their choices and guide them to make good ones.

We believe you have the power to change your life. To create a new destiny. to mold a future of happiness.

We believe in the power of prayer, the knowledge of a greater community striving to find strength in difficulties, and the resulting wonder.

We believe you do not need a God to find your soul. We believe you don’t need a God to live Jesus’s words. We believe you don’t need a God to get to heaven on earth.

We believe your spirit lives forever as a memory in the community you create. For ever and Ever.

Amen.

One Response to “Serenity Now Sunday 12 13 09”

1. PrincessJenn says:

   12/13/2009 at 1:02 pm

   I too grew up with Sunday’s full of Apostle’s creeds and psalms.

   I like your version much better

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