speaking of the negative in the world in regard to your first post (anita) i tend to see the word in black and white with a few touches of gray, there are some people who are quite too rigid in their religious beliefs and they think their religion is better than others. there have been some wiccans that will say that i’m not a real wiccan b/c i haven’t received coven initiation, but i think the goddess and god can make a wiccan. wicca is a religion of worshipping nature, of using the natural energy of the earth to help aid themselves in their goals. i am a buddhist wiccan since buddhism also meditates like wiccans do and they both share the view of walking your own path to enlightenment and end of suffering. many tibetan buddhists often use nature as a teacher and for their meditations. i say that it doesn’t matter what religion or belief you are, what matters is your actions. http://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/galleries/understanding-the-magic-behind-wiccans.aspx?source=NEWSLETTER&nlsource=29&ppc=&p=6
there is a logical fallacy that i think quite funny and it is “If god can do anything, can he create a rock that is so heavy he couldn’t lift it?” http://groups.able2know.org/philforum/topic/3235-1
this is cool:
http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/celebrities/galleries/5-celebrities-you-dont-want-your-children-to-look-up-to.aspx?source=NEWSLETTER&nlsource=29&ppc=&p=2

also a quote by Epicurus which is:

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

i think it is our own actions that determine our lives and also that we have a higher self within us. i would like to enjoy time out to be truly alone in nature b/c my parents can be quite criticizing. they tell me that i have no life skills