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Re: With all of the religions out there
I only fear letting down my God through my failures. By failures I mean knowing better and acting out anyway.
You're right in that our interpretation is based upon our philosophical or religious beliefs, but only to an extent. Even though I've been brought up Christian, I still have a free mind. I question things regarding religion on a fairly regular basis, but like I said before, there is just too much out there that points to there being a deity. Take for example the truely spiritual people of many faiths, they have done and experienced things that are utterly unexplainable outside of a connection with the Spirit or "force", lol!
So you believe that theist's are simply fooling themselves and/or hiding/denying the truth from even themselves? Sorry buddy but this doesn't make sense to me.
Originally posted by Klash
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Our interpretations of our experiences are determined by our philosophical beliefs. My mind was changed by the debate. It took a while but it is interesting to have the perspective of both sides.
I'll give you an example.
I was about a 16 or 17 year old christian, when I remember reading something Thomas Jefferson said; "Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear." That quote was quite thought provoking for me [because man requires reason to live but the omnipotent god that created us to survive via reason was wanting us to forgo it when it came to questions about him.] but I experienced anxiety from my thoughts, because I knew my omniscient god must have realized the disruption in the force.
It is weird to look back on the situation from my perspective now and realize how indoctrinated I was, that I feared to think about anything that opposed my christian beliefs, in fear of letting down my god.
I think the difference between theist's and non-theists is intellectual honesty.
I'll give you an example.
I was about a 16 or 17 year old christian, when I remember reading something Thomas Jefferson said; "Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear." That quote was quite thought provoking for me [because man requires reason to live but the omnipotent god that created us to survive via reason was wanting us to forgo it when it came to questions about him.] but I experienced anxiety from my thoughts, because I knew my omniscient god must have realized the disruption in the force.
It is weird to look back on the situation from my perspective now and realize how indoctrinated I was, that I feared to think about anything that opposed my christian beliefs, in fear of letting down my god.I think the difference between theist's and non-theists is intellectual honesty.
You're right in that our interpretation is based upon our philosophical or religious beliefs, but only to an extent. Even though I've been brought up Christian, I still have a free mind. I question things regarding religion on a fairly regular basis, but like I said before, there is just too much out there that points to there being a deity. Take for example the truely spiritual people of many faiths, they have done and experienced things that are utterly unexplainable outside of a connection with the Spirit or "force", lol!
So you believe that theist's are simply fooling themselves and/or hiding/denying the truth from even themselves? Sorry buddy but this doesn't make sense to me.
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