(March 12, 2016 at 3:58 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(March 12, 2016 at 2:58 am)bennyboy Wrote: So why the heck to you hold the beliefs that you do? There's no reason for it that I can see except that you are a member of a Catholic culture.
Of course there's "no reason that you can see." You don't know me and have barely even interacted with me on an online forum.
The OP is one (smaller) reason why I believe. There are others. The main reason that sealed the deal, if you will, is a supernatural experience I had.
I'm not trying to divine your mysterious deep-down, personal nature. I'm trying to understand why you would hold a belief system that, at least in my view, any rational person would find incoherent. I have a hypothesis: that it's a combination of your feelings and your culture-- i.e. that it has little to do with any deep understanding of Catholic doctrine, or any interest in the philosophy of morality.
Why don't you tell us about this supernatural experience you had. I've also had what I would call "spiritual" experiences, and was very much on the receiving end of incredulity and mockery. But for me, that's just semantics, and says little about the value of the experiences themselves. So I'm not as hostile as you think I am when it comes to feelings. I just want to know what you've done to verify your feelings rationally.