In brief, I am a Christian reincarnationist. So the
beliefs below reflect this, and I believe they all are in harmony with Christ's
teachings.
1) Every person is a child of God, and is
here on Earth to grow toward God.
2) Each of us should love God and love
others, even our enemies.
3) Each of us ought to treat others as we
would like to be treated.
4) Each of us is to use our talents to help
make the world a better place, including helping the poor.
5) Cause and effect
operates in the realm of human interactions as well as in the realm of physical
laws. Hence, the consequence of each person’s thoughts, words, or deeds will
return to that person in kind. For example, loving thoughts or actions that
benefit other people’s lives will come back to us as loving thoughts or actions
which others show toward us. Similarly, negative actions will result in a
negative repercussion. To summarize, “As ye sow, so shall ye
reap.”
6) Adults are personally responsible for
their own lives – for each thought, word, and deed that they have.
7) Each person has the right to life,
liberty, and to be secure in their own property. Thus, each person has the right
to live life in the manner in which he or she sees fit, as long as this does not
interfere with the right of others to do the same.
(I use the term “property” to refer to
anything tangible or intangible that can belong to a person or group of persons.
A car, an engagement ring, money, a legal contract, a business, and a patent are
examples of property that a person may own. This is to be distinguished from the
term “natural resources” in that the natural resources are tangible or
intangible entities that are a product of nature. Thus the air, trees, oil,
minerals, water, land, radio spectrum, etc., are natural resources).
8) No person, group, or government entity
should force their beliefs on another, nor is it the role of government to
legislate as to how individuals should lead their lives, as long as they do so
peacefully. Rather, the main role of government is to protect our right to have
whatever beliefs we have, and to protect our right to live as we see fit, as
long as this is done in peace.
9) Each person has the
right to defend himself, his family, his country, other
people who are innocent from harm initiated by another person or group of
persons.
10) Since the Earth’s
natural resources were not created by individuals, they do not a priory
belong to any one individual or group of individuals; therefore, they should be
considered the property of the people as a whole. Hence, they ought to be under
the control of the government, which may then sell, lease, or rent such
resources to individuals, groups of individuals, or corporations who may then
use or develop these resources so that they can be of value to themselves and
others. These entities would then be required to pay a fee to the
government or each individual, for the right to extract a natural resource.
11) Children are our greatest resource, and
families with loved and well-reared children are the bedrock of a true
civilization. Parents are responsible for the upbringing of their children, and
each child has the right to love, food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and
education. It is the responsibility of the child’s parents to provide these.
(However, it may be currently necessary or expedient for the government to
assist parents with some of these responsibilities with subsidies. In such cases, the
parents should be given as much freedom as possible to fulfill their
responsibilities to their children).
The ideal situation is that children are
raised by their married, biological parents in a loving environment. It is
also best if the mother need not be concerned with earning money, so that she
may focus on this most important of tasks.
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Tim Farage is a retired Professor in the Computer Science Department at
The
University of Texas at Dallas. The views expressed here are those of the author. You are welcome to comment upon this blog
entry and/or to contact him at
tfarage@hotmail.com.
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4 comments:
This is one of the most detailed and excellent list of beliefs I've seen. I might have to incorporate some of these into my beliefs.
A Student
It might not be a bad idea to incorporate ALL of them into your beliefs. :)
Why is it best for the mother in particular to focus on raising children, as opposed to either parent?
First. historically, mothers have been the primary caregivers to a couples' children. This also means that her hormones, and other biochemical processes are fine-tuned to raising a child. For instance, when an infant cries, the mother's milk drops without her having to think about it.
Also, children normally were breastfeed for 2 to 4 years. Obviously, this is not possible for a man to do.
Women are better as social skills (on average) and also better at reading subtle facial signals.
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