I have never put anything meaningful in this Journal. All I have is that Remember Me thing a couple of people responded to.

But I do have something to say today.

All my life I was raised a Mormon. I do not believe it anymore.
I have nothing against the LDS church, they teach a lot about living a life that is harmonious and helpful to those around you, I just don't believe in one of its CORE principles. I no longer believe in any one God.

The closest thing to a God that I believe in is Intelligence, the creative power of thought over the energy of the universe. That is the cornerstone of my COTA, or Current Operational Theory of Action, meaning the beliefs that I base my actions on.

As its name implies, a COTA is not a hard fact, it is changeable, it is temporary. All things that I may on one day list as parts of my COTA may change at any moment, but whatever it is, that is what I base my choices and actions on (at least until I decide to change this part of my COTA).

As such, listing all the parts of my COTA here would be a pointless endeavor. Just know that what I say at any time is likely part of my COTA at that moment, but then, I might also just be playing "devil's advocate."

The main point is, now that I no longer hold myself to a higher power and no longer hold to a Good or Evil system I find my life much happier. I still help people, not because I am supposed to, but because I enjoy it. I am not a murderer, not because it is EVIL, but because I don't want the hassles it would cause (legally, emotionally, energetically, cleaning up the mess, facing the persons loved ones).

However, am I going to stop others who choose to do something others view as EVIL? Likely as not, depending on my feelings at the time and my connection to those involved.

My COTA holds that all reality is a consensual creation. No one can create something in another's reality without their approval, for we are the creators of our own inviolable existences. A murderer cannot murder an unwilling victim, but instead creates the scenario, offers it to the other intelligences, and a willing victim responds and incorporates it into their reality.

By this view you could say Reality is like everyone having their own Wikiworld, then taking what changes others made that they like and making it their own.

"But why would someone want to be murdered?"
That is a question I may answer another time.