The st. louis USA thread has built up quite a disscution, with little old me seeming to be the extremist no one can realte to. So I felt like posting exactly what I belive in and explain each as I go along. Some of this is relgious, some of this is just my personla code, the things I try to live by. This is in no real order.

The most important stuff in the Bible are the things Christ said, not who he his, not the miracles or the ressurection, just the things he said. this came to me from two places, one from a question my father asked, "If Jesus was just a man, would what he said be any less important" and the other was the Gosple of Tomas, which has no story, it is just a list of things Christ said. I realized reading that Gospel was that all the other stuff was the dog and pony show, Chirst was here to tell us to be nice to each other, the Beuatituds are more important than the ressurection, the ressurection was intended to get people to pay attedtion to the things he was saying.

No object, word, book, local, or person is more sacred than any other. Only the concepts that they represent are sacred. The cross is just a great big wooded 'T', the shroud of Turin is a very old sheet, the Bible is just words, Jerulsim is a very old city in a Desert county. The Pope is a wise old Polish man. What is sacred are the ideas people, places, and things are invesed with by belivers. Only Ideas are trully sacred.

Some Sacred Ideas
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. (they most important)
To thyn own self be true. (Balances with the first one, a person should't loss themselves completly in the service of others)
There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are drempt of in your philosphy (we don't know everything)

Some Ideas that arn't really sacred but I live by
With Great Power Comes Great Responibility (from Spider-Man, if you can fight you shoud defend those who can't, if your are intelegnt you shoud teach the ignorant, if you are rich you should look after the needy)
The Prime Directive is Non-Interfearance (Balanced with above, know when you shoudln't help, even if you can. This is tricky)
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetant (there is always another way)
Imagination is more important than logic (never get to serious for your own good)

There, I needed to say that.

Spider-anymaythedebatbegin-Boy