(September 21, 2016 at 11:49 am)Whateverist Wrote:
(September 21, 2016 at 11:21 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Likewise, at the end of the day, us religious folks are people of hope.
Of course by that standard, as you point out in the example I quoted, so are a lot of non-believers. We just don't hope for un-natural mechanisms as explanations for observed phenomena or an ever-ever land afterlife.
Oh I know. I was specifically referring to the religious context when I wrote that line. I meant us religious folks are people of hope in that we hope the our religion is true even though there is no concrete proof.
But yes, I'm sure every person, or at least most people, have hope for certain things to be true that they can't prove.
"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
