Bursting your bubble
Which little saying are you religious about?
What follows, is a list of religious beliefs. Not beliefs from a particular religion, but beliefs that people decide to have. These are optimistic and progressive beliefs about society, relationships, and the self that function as articles of faith in the absence of organized religion, often asserting the inevitability of justice, progress, and personal fulfillment. What do you want to call these? Secular creeds? Modernist Dogma? Secular Providence? Lol, or “false”? Which ones do you believe?
Love & relationships
1) There’s someone for everyone.
2) The right person appears when you stop looking.
3) Love conquers all.
4) If it’s meant to be, they’ll come back.
5) Good communication fixes everything.
Self & success
6) Follow your passion and the money will follow.
7) You can be anything if you set your mind to it.
8) Hustle never sleeps.
9) Positive thinking attracts good outcomes.
10) “Manifest it” and it will happen.
Meaning & purpose
11) Everything happens for a reason.
12) The universe never gives you more than you can handle.
13) Be your authentic self and the world will adjust.
14) Find your “why” and everything falls into place.
15) Live your truth.
Progress & history
16) The arc of history inevitably bends toward justice.
17) The future is always better than the past.
18) Younger generations are wiser than older ones.
19) We’re on the “right side of history.”
20) More liberty automatically means more happiness.
Politics & society
21) Democracy inevitably corrects its mistakes.
22) Education solves all social problems.
23) Dialogue can bridge any divide.
24) Good ideas win in the marketplace of ideas.
25) Smart policy can be win-win for everyone.
Equality & identity
26) We are all equal.
27) Diversity is our strength.
28) Representation guarantees fairness.
29) Color-blindness ends racism.
30) If we remember we’re one human family, tribalism will fade.
Economics & work
31) The market is always right.
32) A rising tide lifts all boats.
33) Hard work guarantees success.
34) Renting is throwing money away.
35) Small businesses are the backbone of the economy.
Science & technology
36) Science is self-correcting, therefore it’s always right in the long run.
37) Technology will solve climate change.
38) Data beats opinion.
39) More information means better decisions.
40) AI will replace only boring jobs.
Health & wellness
41) Natural means safer.
42) “Calories in, calories out” explains weight entirely.
43) Mental toughness cures anxiety.
44) Sleep is for the weak.
45) Everyone needs 10,000 steps a day.
Media & knowledge
46) Seeing is believing.
47) If it’s trending, it’s important.
48) Fact-checking eliminates misinformation.
49) The truth is always in the middle.
50) Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
Stay tuned…
