(July 25, 2011 at 1:36 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Faith gives me hope in which my hope saves but that hope that is seen is no hope at all for who has hope in what they already have?
“The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance called 'faith.'”
-- Robert G. Ingersoll
Is my faith so true to you that it is evident that i believe because i so desire the bliss we all seek. What if growing up in this world with its real devices and claims i sought it reasonable to find truth in the things it had. The bible being real and proven to at least be old(would i show reverence to your grandma) i discern to accept an influence, in which we all take influence, that this is the best and that what it holds is true be it the reward for me or the punishment of others, it is not my making and if true is out of my control and yours. As for it being the best, i have come to see the world as incomplete and the goal for most is not good but tickling of sensations and materialistic gain that surly passes away. But this i do not see as good, "evil" justified by simple selfishness an mere existence never contemplating survival but superfluous luxury and wanting said luxury through which by any means necessary. The faith does not even consider the pain in which you so desperately brought up to justify yourself, it is of concern that are fearful for all have the evidence, for reason is only for the self accepting truth not for truth itself.
"Its not what your looking at that matters, its what you see." -Henry David Thoreau
♪Oh, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get Lost in my mind Lost in my Mind Yes, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get lost I get lost Oh, I get♪ -The Head and the Heart
"You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.”- Frank Crane
♪Oh, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get Lost in my mind Lost in my Mind Yes, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get lost I get lost Oh, I get♪ -The Head and the Heart
"You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.”- Frank Crane