Originally Posted by Og

1. Religion
Linking us to the human experience. A way of living that informs and guides the human experience from birth to death.

2. Faith
Often, a dirty word. Many people try to make it sound valuable, but in general, this term is a statement of ignorance. Faith as a virtue is a horrible idea. The stronger your belief inversely proportional to evidence is psychotic.. literally... It's the definition of insanity. There is only negative value to it and I pity the people who get taken in by this concept.

3. Beliefs/Believe
Crutches that inhibit spiritual growth and expansion. To quote Chris Rock from "Dogma"... It's better to have an "idea" than to have a belief. Beliefs are like warm blankets that people pull over themselves. It covers their eyes much of the time and they see the world THROUGH it's tainted perspective if they can see anything at all. Wake up and take off the blankets.

4. Pretend
Huh? Illusion?

5. Hope
Hope is one of two things. (1) A rational assessment of a situation which yields a high probability that a favorable outcome will occur. (2) Self delusion or ignorance that provides the idea that a favorable outcome will occur (has nothing to do with reason/reality).

6. Theist
A child who must cast the responsibility for their psyche into the hands of a father figure. This is OK when we are smaller and growing (and we need anchors and hand-rails). It is NOT ok when we grow up. At some point, we need to spread our own wings. A theist believes in a literal absurdity and generally has many beliefs and claims faith as a virtue. (see: insanity)

7. Atheist
An individual who holds the notion that the idea of an ultimate separate divine entity is an absurdity. They have spread their own wings and see their unity with existence and have awoken to maturity of mind and spirit.

8. Agnostic
The true path of an atheist. As an agnostic, you are synonymous with a scientist. You value reason and observation and evidence and you are always self observing to make sure that you are not following an errant path. It is a self correcting approach where doubt is cast upon all things in order to remain certain of their validity.

9. Deist
A theist who is a bit closer to maturity and awareness than most. They're willing to spread their wings to try to fly, but they like to keep one eye on the safety of their psychological nest.

10. Honesty
Telling the truth. Obiwan Kenobi: "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view"