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RE: The need to believe?
August 2, 2017 at 4:11 pm
(August 2, 2017 at 10:41 am)*Deidre* Wrote: (August 2, 2017 at 12:23 am)Khemikal Wrote: So, has anything bad happened to you since you stopped believing (again)?
Happened? 
I'm still working through it but looks like spiritual atheism would fit well because it allows me to be intellectually honest with myself, but keep an open mind to the possibilities of the universe.
I wouldn't start getting into the pool with muddy shoes, going into something loaded like 'spiritual' seems like you've already got an idea about what it is. A bit counterproductive. Maybe think about that before applying a label.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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RE: The need to believe?
August 2, 2017 at 5:32 pm
(August 2, 2017 at 4:11 pm)Astonished Wrote: (August 2, 2017 at 10:41 am)*Deidre* Wrote: Happened?
I'm still working through it but looks like spiritual atheism would fit well because it allows me to be intellectually honest with myself, but keep an open mind to the possibilities of the universe.
I wouldn't start getting into the pool with muddy shoes, going into something loaded like 'spiritual' seems like you've already got an idea about what it is. A bit counterproductive. Maybe think about that before applying a label.
Spiritual atheism. Sounds like Lewis Carroll nonsense verse.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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RE: The need to believe?
August 2, 2017 at 5:36 pm
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(August 2, 2017 at 5:35 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: (August 2, 2017 at 4:11 pm)Astonished Wrote: I wouldn't start getting into the pool with muddy shoes, going into something loaded like 'spiritual' seems like you've already got an idea about what it is. A bit counterproductive. Maybe think about that before applying a label.
Not sure a label is necessary anymore, I've lived my life applying labels to beliefs, and it's just an old scene.
Now that's evolution, baby. I'm proud.
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Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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RE: The need to believe?
August 4, 2017 at 9:13 am
(August 4, 2017 at 2:49 am)Dropship Wrote: (July 8, 2017 at 8:02 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I have always felt this need to believe....I've always felt like something outside of myself should solve my problems, or come to my rescue..
Good for you sweetheart, God knows you're reaching out to him and that you want to love him, so he wants to love you back..
"Come near to God and he will come near to you" (James 4:8 )
"He shall give his angels charge over you to keep you safe" (Psalm 91:11)
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What are you - 10 years old? Sheesh.
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