RE: If You Were A Theist
August 27, 2015 at 8:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2015 at 8:47 pm by Celestine.)
(August 27, 2015 at 8:37 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(August 27, 2015 at 8:10 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: You see Catholic Lady, they cannot imagine being accountable to anyone other than themselves. They accuse us of wishful thinking, but in reality they find the notion that they can live however they want without any ultimate consequences irresistible.If your comment was directed at me, you're an ass and completely wrong. Not surprising. I'm accountable in my life to a vast number of humans (and nature), society and my own perception of morality. The consequences I face and deal with are the ones set by humans, not the boogy man. Being accountable to perfection (your god right?) I would find disturbing on many levels.
Are you accountable to yours? Isn't there something about: Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
If not directed at me, apologies.
Brewer, there is no need for insults.
ChadWooters, If I do something bad that I later regret, I can not pray to a god to be forgiven but rather that regret and that guilt sticks with me for the rest of my life. Say for example if I made a mistake and did something really stupid in a relationship that caused the one I love to leave me, I would be alone in my despair with no religion to act as a safety net. We, all of us, can live in the way we choose to Christian, or Muslim, Buddhist, or Atheist, but we should be mindful of the consequences which our actions will have as every action we make has a consequence whether it is good or bad.