What do I really want? Well, ultimately, I'd want what I believe to be right. (Who wouldn't.) And I'd hope to god that all of my fundimentalist relatives would be wrong.

Just logically, it makes no sense for a god to create this planet and put all these people on it, and then damn 3/4's of the world to eternal torment in hell. (Because hey, most of the world is not christian.)

Personally, I think god made the earth because he was bored. Wouldn't you be floating around in a void for eons?

I believe in the traditional idea of a christian god. Basically a kind and loving father figure that doesn't always make sense.

I believe that we don't live one life, but many lives, where we learn everything there is to know about the world, and understand. Also the world is there to be experianced. Sometimes the experiances suck, sometimes they're great, but you learn something either way.

When we have learned everything there is to know, we go to become one with god. Not to heaven, but to become a part of him.

I believe Jesus did exist and did die on the cross to help us understand love and sacrifice. However, I believe he was a being that had already attained enlightenment.

I believe that it doesn't matter who we choose to worship that as long as you are striving to do good and grow, that the name means nothing. (Like Dark Messiah).

I believe in Karma, and that everyone is responsible for their own actions. And what goes around most certainly comes around.

But, I do not believe in the idea of eternal damnation. People do some bad things in their lives, but there is no way someone deserves to stay in hell for eternity. At some point they would have atoned for what they did wrong.

Ultimately, everyone will be "saved". It just may take a little longer then others.

But, while I believe all of these things to be true, I still don't KNOW them to be true, because they aren't provable facts. It's one of those wait and see things.

Spirituality is a personal thing. I could tell myself to believe in something until I'm blue in the face, but it won't do any good if I don't feel it to be true.

But this is what I feel. And personally, I hope it's true. My belief's put more emphasis on striving to be a decent person, then simply saying "I believe."