(April 2, 2009 at 2:56 pm)Demonaura Wrote: I think I know what your saying Twawki, though personally I feel the label of christian doesn't fit (technically it should but, it's peoples perceptions I'm talking about).
I mean, if you beleive that a god exists your not an atheist, your also not automatically a christian. You could be an agnostic theist for example. Or you could say you follow Jesus but, in reality your just trying to be a good person, which you can do as a member of any faith, or lack thereof.
So while I'm interested in hearing more from you I don't think the labels your using fit, and would have a few questions to ask but, not in this thread. It would be better off in it's own thread.
Yes but no. My perception of God could be that he is both a being and/or a force. Maybe a being so in some way I can identify with him, but also a force so in some way he is more a power than a person. I dont feel the need to put God or the lack of him in a box. But then I also see that he can still be both and that neither necessarily contradict the other. You see atheism is comfortable with living with evolution, energy etc but not with the personification of evolution , energy etc. Whilst many atheists do not want to be told how to run their lives they cannot escape the basic tenets of science and how energy operates. On the same token the religious are not comfortable with open freedom and personal responsibility. I think if we got beyond the cliches of God and no God we may be able to evolve more spiritually and then we would see things more holistically and less defined by preconception.
