RE: Personal relationships with deities
December 29, 2015 at 5:57 am
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2015 at 6:00 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Both of your beliefs have helped you in many ways. This is a pragmatic justification (and I do admire it, btw). You can list the differences between what you believe in, and the god they believe in...but both are personal forces. You both make a pragmatic assumption of a personal force that effects outcomes in this life, and the next. You both make the pragmatic assumption that there are rules to follow in order to achieve positive outcomes from/through this force. You both make a pragmatic assumption that your belief in these concepts helps you to adhere to those rules, and achieve those outcomes.
I'll stop calling it all ridiculous just as soon as you do.
I'll stop calling it all ridiculous just as soon as you do.
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