I believe in rather Libertarian philosophies. I think freedom of thought, expression, speech, religion, finances etc are tantamount to promoting free society.
I don't specifically have a faith, nor consider myself a man of faith. It implies very Theistic motives and a belief in something, or an idea without any evidence of its existence or effect on the world.
Free will, in my opinion, is simply a god-fearing method of taking the self-determination that people deserve from their birth to their death, as something which must have ridiculous conditions and rules. One such condition could include several of the 10 'Commandments' as dictated in the Bible. Much must be learned from these texts from a critical standpoint if self-determination can really mean something to the individual.
The fall of the Berlin Wall proved to the entire world that the equal sharing of other people's earnings to such a coerced extent, combined with the total refusal to consider basic human rights, creates a system which is almost certain to collapse by the will and protest of its own citizens. Vladimir Lenin, with the inspiration of Karl Marx and Trotsky, created a system which could not possibly achieve without the complete obedience and conformity of all of its citizens. There is certainly something about Socialism that people are attracted to; the idea that just for a bit of your money and your freedom, the system will take care of you. The welfare provided will make sure you are taken complete care of, but please ignore the catch, otherwise we may have to imprison you.
However, I am not saying that Russia under Vladimir Putin, by definition, is automatically a better system. But AT LEAST the people know where to point the finger. In the Soviet Union, you wouldn't have enough fingers to point at those to blame, the entire system was leeching you of your freedom.
I expect several new waves of Atheism to rise up in the United States and Secularism in the Middle East respectively, particularly in Iran.
The biggest threats facing our world today is Religion. No question. Such ideologies have inspired quite a lot of very big organizations to crop up and rape, pillage, murder, commit genocide and brainwash hundreds of thousands of people across the globe. Not just the Middle-East. What I don't understand is how people, particularly in the West, seem to think this is not a threat. ISIS now controls half of Iraq, and large portions of Syria. Boko Haram are continually gaining territory and completely destroying entire village of people. The Lords' Resistance Army, led by the notorious Joseph Kony has spent many years in central Africa, forcing young boys to recruit more young boys, and forcing young women to be raped by those young boys. I don't need to explain the justifications and reasons why religion is to blame, I've done that in many posts, and a Google search should suffice. If you really want me to explain here, I may consider it. I am trying to make this a quick post.
The world is getting neither better nor worse. Just make your own change, and don't brainwash anybody. You'll be fine
