RE: Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?
December 6, 2016 at 6:38 pm
(December 6, 2016 at 6:13 pm)operator Wrote:(December 6, 2016 at 11:21 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: a theist's religion is merely an expression of their own ego.I isolated and bolded this because I truly think god is just an expression of oneself. One's interpretation of religion is also an expression of oneself. It's interesting how we as humans relate to the world we relate everyone and everything to ourselves without even realizing it. When you 'feel' god I truly believe you are feeling your 'higher self' if you want to call it that.
God, the voice in your head, is simply another idealized version of you as a perfect, moral, loving being.
This sounds an awful lot like "wait but why." Does that sound familiar?
"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
