Yellow Pledge

 I consider myself a practical and rational person. 

If a truth works for me and my belief system, then I will integrate it regardless if it's Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Shamanistic or whatever.

Just because I can see the value in Jesus' compassion, doesn't mean I have to swallow the inedible chunks of the bible.

Just because I appreciate the vast wisdom in Hinduism and Buddhism, doesn't mean I have to pray to millions of gods.

Just because I like the pragmatic approach of the shamans to their relationship with nature, doesn't mean I want to give up my lifestyle and go live in the jungle.

Just because I value science for giving us many advances in technology and understanding of the material world, doesn't mean I expect to explain everything through its lens.

I like to think that every approach at explaining Reality has some value and my (our?) duty is to find it, sieve it out from the unnecessary ballast that keeps it hidden at first.

In this sense, I could never be satisfied with 'faith' alone, because in my mind it implies a passive acceptance of somebody else' truth. I'd rather be atheist and a seeker than a believer on faith alone.