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RE: Faith and Works
September 2, 2014 at 6:53 pm
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(September 2, 2014 at 4:30 pm)Drich Wrote: Actually you like most religious or not default to a general comfirmation bias and seek to plug in anything that supports what you already believe and ignore the rest.
Which is very ironic given this is what Christians are accused of doing all the time.. Just FYI this is a human condition and not limited to Christianity.
I do my best to be sincere and open-minded to all considerations, actively seeking opposing points of view and disavowing dogmas when I am able (if empiricism is a dogma, it seems the very definition of sensible enough), and as a result I see no reasonable path of reconciliation to this idea of faith that Christianity relishes.
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RE: Faith and Works
September 5, 2014 at 1:24 pm
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(September 4, 2014 at 9:58 am)Drich Wrote: (September 2, 2014 at 6:53 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: I do my best to be sincere and open-minded to all considerations, actively seeking opposing points of view and disavowing dogmas when I am able (if empiricism is a dogma, it seems the very definition of sensible enough), and as a result I see no reasonable path of reconciliation to this idea of faith that Christianity relishes.
That's the thing with a command. One does not have to understand it, to follow it
A command implies a commander, and the only commanders I see clearly are other men like yourself, whom I bare no obligation to follow beyond the wits of reason.
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RE: Faith and Works
September 7, 2014 at 10:13 am
It's a little hard not to confuse the messenger with the originator of the message, when the messenger can't produce the originator.
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RE: Faith and Works
September 7, 2014 at 10:24 am
(September 7, 2014 at 10:08 am)Drich Wrote: Don't confuse the messenger with the originator of the message.
Agreed. Don't miss the forest for the trees.
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