to me the best way to stay neutral is to be Agnostic, just like scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzSMC5rWvos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism to me being too religious or too anti religious can kill productivity and relationships. > Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:48:20 +0200 > From: joerlend.schins...@gmail.com > To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: [Unity-design] Religion in the Ubuntu namespace > > I know there's work in progress on the Code of Conduct, but I wanted to > address this topic here, because this is the only place in the Ubuntu > Context I've ever had this problem. In order for everyone to properly > understand the importance, I'll explain very briefly – and to the entire > community – why this is so important to me and why it makes me want to > step back from the community. But I primarily want to explain why I'm > here and why it's important that people like myself don't go away – > though everyone seems to want us to. > > I begin reacting to religion a long time before my rational reasoning > begins. > > Religion is such a strong topic for me. My grandmother was brought up as > extremely christian. And she's been a very powerful presense in my > family. On my fathers side, everyone's non-religious, I think. But my > grandmother was taught that everything nice was evil. Music, for > instance. And I'm a musician. And cards. I'm a card artist. And games. > I'm a pool player. Mostly everything I love, she was taught, is evil. > However, the final years of her life, after my mother died, she was very > lonely. And I spend large amounts of time with her, talking about life > and death. And it was so important to me that my efforts to talk > honestly to her, didn't affect her beliefs. That really took a > commitment. Because I was always confident that I would be able to > convince her that her beliefs didn't make any sense, but I didn't want > to take it away from her - even subconciously. . I respect my elders and > their religions. It doesn't mean they're right. > > I've spent a very large part of my life talking about religion – all of > the big ones – though I've never been one myself. I can argue with > priests or mullahs or anyone. It is extremely interesting to me, > understanding what makes people think the way they do. Whether they're > different because of age, religion, sex or sanity, really doesn't matter > that much to me, as long as I truly understand. That's also why I want > to engage in the way people use computers. Because I don't only consider > them as tools. I consider them as a new part of our reality. In my inner > mind, I call it the hypersynapsis. I think it's bigger than computers > and bigger than the internet, but definitely not bigger than humans. > > Ubuntu was never sold to me. I joined because it immediately clicked > with all of my strange personal vectors. I fight very hard for Ubuntu, > but I also defend Microsoft – simply because much of the things people > are saying, isn't true. > > I hope I never have to defend my beliefs in any Ubuntu channel ever > again. Because it's the one and only time I do. And it feels wrong to > me, that I should be forced out of the community because of my > non-religious beliefs – weird as they may be. > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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