*Obi-quiet made an eloquent, moving journal telling everyone her opinions, rather boldly, and she asked us to put our own beliefs up also. So, although a lot less well-written, I shall tell you what I believe.

God and Religion
My religion is agnosticism. Yes, I do believe in God. I believe that He created the universe, and that there is a Heaven, and a Hell. But I don't really know if I believe in Jesus Christ. Agnosticism means that you have certain beliefs, sometimes including a belief in God, but you don't conform to the things that make up other religions.

I'm fairly open-minded about religion. If we can believe in Him when we have no proof, then surely anything else that people believe in could be plausible. And, just as much so, atheists are justified in that we have no proof of His existance. I do believe in God, as stated, but everyone else is entitled to their opinions.

To tell the absolute truth, however, I do not believe in religion itself. I think that grouping ourselves takes us further and further away from true unity. The only reason I call myself agnostic is because people ask me what religion I am; therefore, I should give them an answer, no?

Homosexuality
I am homosexual. I have a wonderful, kind, loving girlfriend.

I believe that homosexuality is a sin.

"How could you possibly believe that?! Are you crackers or something?!" Crackers I am, but I do have reasons for believing what I believe.

You see, I am of the opinion that sex is solely for reproduction. And I think God made two genders so that the world would be able to share love with someone. Because sexuality and love prevents everyone everywhere from being entirely independant. And, of course, it probably tones down the arrogance to know you can't, uh, do it yourself.

Anyways, with reproduction as the purpose for sex, homosexuality means you are unable to reproduce because you are both the same gender. So, basically, that is what makes it a sin, in my opinion.

But guess what? Everyone is a sinner. My mother is a sinner. Your mother is a sinner. Whoever's reading this, you're a sinner too. And if being homosexual makes me a sinner, that's okay. Because I mean no harm by it, and I am sorry if I am sinning. And God forgives people for their sins.

Slash
On the note that I am homosexual, I accept and like slash. I'm not as partial to yaoi as to yuri, but that's obvious.

Now, I suppose you might call me bisexual, because I have had a boyfriend before, and I am attracted to men to an extent. (I will elaborate on that later on.) So while I like slash, I mostly read and write a lot of stories with heterosexual couples.

Capital Punishment (the Death Penalty)
I do not believe in the death penalty.

Some people say that they deserve to die. I don't agree. Let me answer you with a wider topic of discussion here.

Love
I believe that, no matter what, everything living deserves love. No matter what they did, or what they do, or how they think, or look, or how they treat others, everything and everyone deserves love. Lots of love, and kindness, and care and happiness and everything that comes with love! Everyone, everything, deserves to have it.

And I believe that you should show your love and give kindness to anyone, and everyone. And I try my best to do so. Sometimes it's hard, but I do my best. Furthermore, to go on the flip side...

Hate
I think "hate" is such a strong word. No one, no living being is capable of feeling actual hate. Extreme dislike? Of course. But no one "hates" someone else.

Hate is such a horrible, horrible, horrible thing. If it wasn't for hate, then we would have a lot less of everything bad in this world.

Ugh. Even the word "hate" sounds bad.

Anyways, back to capital punishment.

Capital Punishment (the rest of it)
So, with that said, I think it is very spiteful to sentence someone to death for killing another person. If someone is a murder, I think you should keep them in jail for a long time, but be relatively good to them. And don't let them out unless you're absolutely sure they reformed. Put 'em in a special home or something first. I don't know; just don't kill them, okay?

Sex Before Marriage
In all seriousness, I think it's the person's choice.

However, for me, I would rather be abstinent before marriage. It is very unlikely I would break that rule, but if I did, I would make sure that it was safe.

... Technically, being homosexual, I wouldn't need to worry a lot. But we're speaking in theory here.

Men
Because I had to say this opinion.

First off, I want to say that this in no way applies to everyone. It is a generalization. Generalizations often skip over many, many people.

The reason that I consider myself morely homosexual than bisexual is because, although I am attracted to males, I find a very hard time trusting them.

Ever since I was little, all of the boys I had met were mean, impolite, and too rough. They made me cry or hurt my feelings somehow. As I got older, I had a crush on a few guys, but they all turned me down. A few of which thought I was creepy and avoided me. When I finally did get a boyfriend, things went semi-smoothly for a while. But he wasn't sure if he loved me, and I was afraid he did not. At some point, we had a long period of separation, and our romance died. Upon contacting me again, we decided to be friends. I was a little angry, but I forgive easily.

Due to all of my life experiences, and I've been bullied by a lot of boys, I've always had trouble trusting males. That does not mean that I don't trust them, it just means that I find it hard.

Also, it did not help the matter that I grew up without a father, causing a further distrust.

(If there are any guys out there who feel like having a new friend and proving that she can still trust the males, then I'm chill with it. I enjoy having friends.)

True Fan Versus Anti-Fan
Omigawd. Do things get any stupider?

Please! Why? Why are we having this... this war?! Can't we all get along?! No? Jeez.

I am neutral. I suppose, in a sense, the true fans are okay in that they think any sort of sexually explicit material is bad. Of course, Danny Phantom is a children's cartoon. It is not good material for hentai.

But there are true fans who say slash is wrong also, and I don't agree. Who said it was wrong? Slash is just another type of romance, not porn. And who says Danny isn't homosexual? It wasn't ever said that he wasn't. Maybe he's bisexual.

Anyways, I have more reasons, but I'm getting so tired right now.

Let's see, how about one more?

Humanity
People say humans are more advanced. But, really, how advanced are we? We invent and make fattening foods, we kill each other, we pollute the air and water, we do not respect nature or the animals... Hell, we don't respect each other.

So what do I think about humanity's advances? Here's what I think. I think that our knowledge of medicine and healing is advanced. We help animals and people by knowing how to doctor wounds and all such.

Also, I think that our discoveries of the unknown are advanced. Our venture into space is something that, quite frankly, fascinates me. But otherwise, I do not think we're as advanced as we think we are.

End of journal now. Whew! Goodnight, whomever is reading this. I think I deserve some rest now.

Feel free to ask me whatever questions you have. Even though I'm sure no one is reading this.