here's something to think about
First off, I am atheist (Whatever that means to you) I have no deity or god to preach about/practice too.
I respect other peoples choice in
religion, as long as they respect mine.I see neither race, colour nor creed as a social issue/boundry.
However, it is a fact that religion has caused more death/hurt/pain/controversy than anything else on the face of this planet.So the question begs, what do we do? Where do we go?
Faith is something most people have, what you have faith in, is your choice.
I choose music as my faith, I also think it should be a religion.
We are born into this world and one of the first things we experience is music, the sound of our first song is usually our first cry, the sound of
our mothers/fathers voices cooing and awwing is the first aria we
experience, the background harmonics of the people taking care of us is the first symphony. People singing to us to comfort, reciting lullabies to keep us calm and serene.
From there we are always surrounded by it, wrapped in its melodies and vocal caress, it is used to placate us into sleep, used to assist us rest our weary heads.
It is always something we find pleasant, and never does us any harm, we never fear it or shy away from it.
Music follows us throughout every part of our lives, it never leaves our side. Think about it for a moment, every major event in our lives has music involved somewhere, in one way shape or form. From birth, to birthdays, to graduations, weddings, funerals and most defining moments.
We celebrate to it, we commiserate with it, we wrap ourselves up in momentsof time, by remembering pieces of it, many memories are triggered from hearing it, we associate so much, and identify with it.
It defines where we belong, or who we belong to as we get older and develop our own personal taste in it.
Yes it can trigger memories of pain and emotion, but it can also bring us to euphoric joy.It envelops us it its arms, and never lets us go.
From birth to death it is a constant, when not much else can lay that claim.
Religion and gods are often not there when you cry Salva Mea,but it would not take long for you to track down a piece of music called the same.
Strange that most religions use music, yet it still is not allowed to
bridge the many differences between them.
I have seen a sea of thousands of people before me, celebrating in union 2the sound of there favourite dj's, dancing and screaming,
chanting out the words. No fighting, no bloodshed, all coming together
for the common cause.
To share in the music of there choice.
No holy symbol needed, just a soundwave bringing them together.
How many people get together at a weekend and go clubbing, getting
together surrounded by music, and happier for it. How many of these people have mental enhancing experiences getting lost in that music, loosing themselves completly too it, but benefitting from it in so many ways.
Maybe not the answer for everyone, but I know which one keeps me sane.
Young or old, does not matter, black, white, pink or green makes no
difference. Even deaf people can still feel music. It breaks down so many barriers and brings so many people together.
That is why I have music as my faith.
Works for me 
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