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Originally Posted by abaya
How would you answer the question, "What are you?" or, "What do you identify as?"
What are the symbols that mean something to you? Is your language or flag something you define yourself with?
How about religion? Gender? Sexuality? Being human?
What is at the core of your SELF, the core of what forms your worldview, the stuff that means the most to who you are?
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I am American by birth, but really have no Idea what that means. I like the Flag of my country, but do not worship its cloth. I love what the core of my country stands for, but rarely see it in practice, thus I cannot shed the frustration created by limitations of mind found in American Government. Though I can trace my roots in America back to the early 1600's, I don't see this as anymore American than someone who's parents became citizens in the 1990's.
I am not religious by most standards, as I find the very Idea of supporting "One God" distastful. I am Male, quite attracted to females, and generally considered to be Human....by most who know me. My worldview is complex, as I would hope most are. I tend to look at the future as a guide (three kids), and consider current direction in the context of how it will treat my children. Something of an environmentalist, I try to be low impact where possible, and worry somewhat about what I am doing to the planet they will live on in 100 yrs.
Of all the things this reality has placed before me.....I value my wife above all things, but consider the children a part of her in this regard.