Michelle Catanzaro writes
Dear Rehan,
Upon the current topics of religion on your wall, I have had many ask about my faith. This is how I best described to them my true feelings on the topic.
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
I believe there is one creator, I dont much care what anyone else calls their creator. So Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim/Christian, Muslim/Islam, I could go on, I dont care what they call their creator, I care only that they care about humanity and that they are respecting of others. Their choice in faith is not my concern it is only between them and their creator. If more people looked at religion this way we would have less hatred in this world. Each spiritual journey is individual and it is the highest form of partnership between oneself and the creator. No two journeys are the same nor should they be. We are all individuals walking on seperate journeys from seperate lands but all seek to do right for our creator no matter what name we use to call the creator of humankind. I do not consider myself Christian because I do not seek to name our creator. I accept everyones name for our creator in their speaking of their spiritual journey. My religion is humanity and my church is the world my fellow parishioners are all humans of various faiths. I have been catholic, Methodist, Protestant, baptist, born again faith, my children went to early Jewish school, I have been episcopalian, naturalistic, I have even been involved in Native American spiritual worship, I have also learned of Buddhism through others, I have learned of Islam. Before I die I hope I get to sit in each religious organization and learn about how they view the creator. Then when my day is called to die I can show the creator that I have followed the spiritual journey I was guided on by our creator and here are my findings. Then and only then will i know if my spiritual journey was fulfilled. What I am saying is I learned the way of those above fellow parishioners of that various faith, just as I am learning of Muslims fellow parishioners of Islam, just as I learn from Jewish fellow parishioners. You see my church is the world...,, it cares not what faith my fellow parishioners are, it still looks to humanity and one creator to guide me! I have never been sure of anything in my life except I know on my sons grave that my spiritual journey is right for me! I am on right path as I accept Allah in the same way I accept God under ONE creator for which I name humanity!
My son died in April 2010 when Our creator in nature produced a microburst windstorm come through the valley we were in and a tree fell over and hit my sons chest. You see I have been to places no religious book can take me. I listen and am guided by the signs I receive in everyday life. It is why I am so close with the creator. I know that our Creator was keeping my son protected from a future pain. Perhaps watching 3 grandparents die from cancer? I dont know the reason but I do know our creator guided me to think this way in my spiritual journey. Our creator guided me to always believe that even in tragedy you can do good. I donated my sons body for tissue bone and eye transplants as well as skin. His brain is at medical center as part of a global gnome project to help cure autism,seizures,cancer,diabetes,Hirschsprungs disease as well as others. His death has given others life. That is highest form of humanity I can see. This is why my religion is not of one faith but of many parishioners I learned from along the way from various faiths all working towards betterment of humanity.
Michelle Catanzaro writes
Dear Rehan,
Upon the current topics of religion on your wall, I have had many ask about my faith. This is how I best described to them my true feelings on the topic.
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
I believe there is one creator, I don't much care what anyone else calls their creator. So Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim/Christian, Muslim/Islam, I could go on, I don't care what they call their creator, I care only that they care about humanity and that they are respecting of others. Their choice in faith is not my concern it is only between them and their creator. If more people looked at religion this way we would have less hatred in this world. Each spiritual journey is individual and it is the highest form of partnership between oneself and the creator. No two journeys are the same nor should they be. We are all individuals walking on seperate journeys from seperate lands but all seek to do right for our creator no matter what name we use to call the creator of humankind. I do not consider myself Christian because I do not seek to name our creator. I accept everyone's name for our creator in their speaking of their spiritual journey. My religion is humanity and my church is the world my fellow parishioners are all humans of various faiths. I have been catholic, Methodist, Protestant, baptist, born again faith, my children went to early Jewish school, I have been episcopalian, naturalistic, I have even been involved in Native American spiritual worship, I have also learned of Buddhism through others, I have learned of Islam. Before I die I hope I get to sit in each religious organization and learn about how they view the creator. Then when my day is called to die I can show the creator that I have followed the spiritual journey I was guided on by our creator and here are my findings. Then and only then will i know if my spiritual journey was fulfilled. What I am saying is I learned the way of those above fellow parishioners of that various faith, just as I am learning of Muslims fellow parishioners of Islam, just as I learn from Jewish fellow parishioners. You see my church is the world...,, it cares not what faith my fellow parishioners are, it still looks to humanity and one creator to guide me! I have never been sure of anything in my life except I know on my sons grave that my spiritual journey is right for me! I am on right path as I accept Allah in the same way I accept God under ONE creator for which I name humanity!
My son died in April 2010 when Our creator in nature produced a microburst windstorm come through the valley we were in and a tree fell over and hit my sons chest. You see I have been to places no religious book can take me. I listen and am guided by the signs I receive in everyday life. It is why I am so close with the creator. I know that our Creator was keeping my son protected from a future pain. Perhaps watching 3 grandparents die from cancer? I don't know the reason but I do know our creator guided me to think this way in my spiritual journey. Our creator guided me to always believe that even in tragedy you can do good. I donated my sons body for tissue bone and eye transplants as well as skin. His brain is at medical center as part of a global gnome project to help cure autism,seizures,cancer,diabetes,Hirschsprung's disease as well as others. His death has given others life. That is highest form of humanity I can see. This is why my religion is not of one faith but of many parishioners I learned from along the way from various faiths all working towards betterment of humanity.
