(September 14, 2017 at 2:57 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(September 14, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't think so. If so then I would just do whatever I wanted and just say God is ok with it.
It's like you're brushing self-awareness with the very tippy-tips of your fingers, but you're just not reaching it.
That, my dear, is exactly what religious people do. Your god agrees with you about everything. If you don't like gay people, then guess what? Your god doesn't like gay people. If you think gay people are ok, then guess what? Your god thinks gay people are ok. In any case, god's qualities are dictated by the assumptions and baggage attached to the individual worshipper.
You might find this interesting (I had a hard time looking this up, but if I find the specific article, I'll add the link): a study was conducted where people were asked to consider what, say, Brad Pitt thought about a certain issue. One part of the brain would light up. They were then asked about their own thoughts on the same issue. A different part of the brain would light up.
Next, they were asked what god thought about the same issue. Guess which part of the brain would light up when they pondered that. Go on...guess.
There's been several situations where I was faced with something difficult and taking the "easy" way out would have been completely ok with society. So I could have. And of course, I wanted to. But I didn't because it goes against Natural Law, aka God's nature as I understand it. If God was just whatever I wanted, then I could easily have rationalized.
"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