RE: Why i became a protestant Christian
January 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2017 at 5:07 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 27, 2017 at 5:53 am)Rispri Wrote: I actually considered Catholicism for awhile. But the reason i just chose not to was mostly due to verses as
Psalm 2:6-12 and Luke 19:27 in context this would mean to set up a kingdom of God's people which could justify murder, the problem is traditionally catholicism and the same would be with orthodox christianity is that church tradition are just as important as the bible. So looking at the history Christianity would not encourage violence but they could use it to get the dominant cultural status. Which it is known for in middle ages.
I was actually just considering to just not believe it at all because i had moral problems with it that even if i lived in those times i could just not bring myself to such a thing. I am more of a discussing type of person.
In either case protestantism which is not that old is more on reformation of Christianity, so its easy to just reinterpret the meanings because it doesnt believe in the historical value of Christianity as the traditional ones do, so i could just say it means "Its what happens when all will be put before judgement after death" or "it means Christianity as in god's words will be what triumps over the pagan views of truth"
I really don't care what particular version of mythology you believe.
Quote:In either case the reason i must believe is because 1: I have fear of death. 2: Its comforting to think of an idea to see the loved ones after i i die.
In either case my goal is to try to be good and just do my best in general since i feel life has a purpose that way.
But let me know what you think?
What do I think?
I can not imagine believing something because it makes me feel better. That is a completely foreign concept to me.
I want to believe as many true things, and as few false things as possible. I want my internal model of the world to map as closely to the real world as possible.
Believing something because it makes you feel better is not a path to truth, it is a path to gullibility. Every con man ever used the same techniques on other people to get money from them, that you are using on yourself to get 'warm fuzzy' feelings.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
