[Whit]

     That's just because you know you're always right Juju-man. ;]

     All right, with me I can pinpoint a moment in my early childhood when I came to the conclusion that nobody knows a damn thing. About issue's such as good and evil, if there is a God or even basic questions about human nature, I mean. I realized everything I'd been taught was conjecture. Everyone is talking out of their ass so to speak. Now, I'm sure that most of us had such a moment in our teen years, wether we continued to believe that or not. It's kind of expected. I was six, not really emotionally prepped for such a concept.
     The result was that I continued to go to church, and even believe in God, as I had been raised to, for years. Mostly 'cause no one really gave me reason not to, but I was uncertain. I knew I was believing because I chose to, I was always trying to see what it was that I was missing, figure out why I couldn't 'feel' God the way other people said they did. A few people I knew lost faith and confided that they thought they had been deluding themselves for years. So, I gave up that line of thought. I found nothing for me in such belief, no comfort in the idea of a benevolent God, no security in the idea of omnipotent grace. As anyone that read the discussion warch and I had in sycamore's section would know, I couldn't find any reason to have faith.
     So, at six I came to an understanding of man's limitations, though I didn't understand it then, and at twelve I lost interest in the concept of a Christian God. Or any divine power. That left only the question of a less defined aspect of any form of divine justice existed. I decided that my little human brain couldn't handle all the variable's that one would have to know to make that call, no one can properly make an 'educated guess' so to speak. That only left the ability to choose to believe/not believe without sufficient information or let it go. I eventually chose the latter.
     In short I do what I believe is the best course of action based on the morals I developed over the course of my life. I don't believe any of really know anything beyond what we choose to believe, by which I mean to say that our choice of belief carries more weight than our perceptions.
     The end result of this is that I choose to do what I think is right for no other reason than because I believe it's right. I don't care if I get some karmic reward or if it's utterly futile. I want to respect the person I am so I act in the way I consider respectable. Doesn't really matter if anyone else thinks it's right. What matters is that I follow my rules.