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I used to feel like I had this all figured out, then I got older. All I know for certain is that I'm not often certain these days.
I'm an apatheist, if God exists, they made the universe how it is. If they don't exist, the universe just is how it is. All we can truly know is what we experience while we're alive. So the unanswerable and unsolvable question of God or God's will isn't worth debating. Just do your best, try not to hurt other people, and find what peace and joy you can while you can.
We are the adults in the room. If God exists, they don't interfere with their creation in ways we can observe. Laws and moral codes only have the power we give them. If we don't hold people to them they're worthless. There's no provable divine wrath, so it's up to us to make things just.
Everyone understands this on some level, but it scares the snot out of some folks. The idea that every individual human is in some part responsible for the fate of the species is just too damn BIG. Everyone rationalizes and fantasizes this away to some degree, much to our detriment.
Randoml stuff:
There's nothing shameful about an ordinary life.
Organized religion is rarely done right. Most often, it's simply a way for people who fear being unexceptional to feel better about themselves. Far too often, it's about control.
If you want people to join your movement, temper your moralizing with practical demonstrations of how it's in their own interests.
Helping people support themselves wins more goodwill and loyalty than charity.
Garbage men, utility workers, health care, and teachers do far more for your quality of life and the success of the nation than police and military and we should treat them like it.
A progressive and inclusive civic-mindeness is what seems to be missing in so many areas of our lives. Be proud of your community and work to improve it.
So, so many problems are solved by letting go of the idea that we must be productive members of society and just giving people homes and food.
Offline and analog skills have real value in the present, not just in the apocalypse. Learn them, share them, and teach them for their own sake.
Literacy is the life's blood of human progress. The measure of how great we are is our wisdom, not our technology.
Violence should never be necessary, but some people will force your hand. What you do at that time is up to you. But you should try your best to prepare for it ahead of time.