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BELIEF
One of the most difficult tasks I have undertaken, is to put in words, my belief, or creed. The changes that have taken place in my thinking during the years, has caused me to wonder if mankind will ever know what really is a truth that does not change with the passage of time.
I was born a Caucasian, of parents who were of the Protestant faith. I was taught that there existed a supreme being that we called GOD, and if I would be good and did every thing I should, that I would go to heaven when I died. I was led to believe that this is the REAL TRUTH and that if I believed in the Bible and understood that it was the word of God I would be saved, what ever that meant.
More than 87 years have passed since I was first exposed to the realm in which I now live. I know that my physical existence became possible thru the union of my parents, I also have learned that in time my physical being will no longer exist, and that I will disappear and become part of the earth. What is the real me? Where did I come from? Who am I? What is the purpose in my being here? Where do I go from here?
Ever since mankind has been able to ask these questions he has attempted to explain them in the vernacular of the times. The civilizations of the world have done it thru religious writings, The Torah, the Bible, and the Koran, in the part of the world in which I have lived. Peoples in other parts of the world have done it thru other religious beliefs, Buddhism, Hinduism and others. From Genesis to the creation myths of ancient tribes, mankind has been seeking answers to the same questions.
I was 45 years of age before I was able to rid myself of a feeling of guilt, if I questioned the authenticity of the Bible as being the word of God. How this became the word of God was never clear to me, and by the time I reached the age of 60 I had lived 12 years with peoples of other faiths. I had been in 28 countries on 4 continents and had been around the world. People from all parts of the world were trying to find answers to the same questions I had been asking. Others seemed to think that their beliefs were the REAL TRUTH and that it should not be questioned.
I now believe that mankind may never find the answer to some of these questions. It seems that if we do find an answer, it only creates other questions, whether we are flying in space or splicing genes and creating new life.
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Metzger Memories
