(January 6, 2016 at 8:35 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote:(January 6, 2016 at 8:09 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Very true. So then the real question is, why do religious people believe their religion is true? That's a long answer.
Your particular religion? Likely because either your parents were Catholic or because you've been raised around Catholic people.
There was a very particular reason why I, being born in mostly soft-Protestant UK, was also raised Catholic. That reason is because my grandparents came from the mostly Catholic Mediterranean where they were raised Catholic. It's not really any deeper than that. You inherit a particular faith from your family and, unless you decide to leave it, you get comfortable in it.
That is the reason why I was Catholic when I was 10, but the reason I am Catholic now is much deeper than that.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
