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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 5:42 am
If this is true, and I use the word if advisedly, then it is a great shame.
However, we are not privy to TW personal life and innermost thoughts. Nor do we know what issues he may personally be wrestling with that have led him back to this particular security blanket. After all, none of us know why we are here and what, if any, the reason for things are and if TW needs religion at this point in his life to help him make sense of things then so be it.
I can only hope this is just one stage in his journey and he doesn't give up his innate ability to think for himself and revisit the original convictions that led him away from superstition in the first place.
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 6:07 am
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security blanket? Assuming he'll give up his ability for reason because he has a belief?
Ok I'm just going to put this out there, because sometimes I get tired of the connotations placed upon religion. Let's just assume that God is nothing more than a mental construct to rationalize some moral absolute objective to our own subjective perspective on reality. How is that in any way a bad thing of itself. God forbid (no pun intended) we ever find actual truth in the hypothesis. People suppose religion = delusion = harmful to society. Religion does not exlcude rational thought, it's simply a different belief and should be respected as much a belief in science and psychology and abiogenesis is. They're not mutually exclusive. Every moment is a stange in our journey of understanding. Implying religion is a step backwards is preposterous.
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 6:13 am
If you refer to something as a security blanket, you mean that it provides someone with a feeling of safety and comfort when they are in a situation that worries them or makes them feel nervous.
I think that sums up religion quite nicely.
Spirituality, philosophy, a belief in a deeper dimension to reality etc. may not be steps backwards but for me, catholicism certainly is.
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 6:14 am
Although it should be noted that many religions in practice (wether they are religions for owners of blue cars or CHristians or whatever else) do take steps back. It is possible for a religion to be of entire benefit to a society... and perhaps to even embrace a technological stance. But I don't know of nay religions that do much of this in practice. :S
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 6:24 am
I know you do Dar, I know you do!
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
March 13, 2010 at 6:27 am
And now he's telling me to go off and have a big sandwich, so I must obey....