RE: Why are you chasing the idea of the existence of a God?
August 7, 2018 at 8:47 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2018 at 9:04 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The concepts upon which religions are based -are- the specific doctrinal claims, not some vague spirit-this spirit-that. In any case, self-indoctrination isn't a mysterious or unknown quantity..so asking how religions get started if religion is a case of indoctrination (as opposed to our innate tendency towards magical thought) poses no problem whatsoever. Case in point...spreading a religion is one of the most effective tools of self indoctrination. Sinking a persons credibility of interaction into the ideology and providing opportunity for them to repeat, reaffirm, and rework their arguments with others to be more internally persuasive to themselves.
Faith seeks confirmation, and strengthens itself (internally and externally) through communal assent.
Side note....the broad strokes of why religious movements follow a historic trend of interaction presents itself above as well. Why it begins as a bunch of crackpots pleading for acceptance within the majority as an equally legitimate viewpoint..the need of assent, affirmation, or toleration...then becoming aggressive in it's outreach, and finally attempting to silence or delegitimize any remaining (or newly formed) dissent.
The OP is a textbook example.
Faith seeks confirmation, and strengthens itself (internally and externally) through communal assent.
Side note....the broad strokes of why religious movements follow a historic trend of interaction presents itself above as well. Why it begins as a bunch of crackpots pleading for acceptance within the majority as an equally legitimate viewpoint..the need of assent, affirmation, or toleration...then becoming aggressive in it's outreach, and finally attempting to silence or delegitimize any remaining (or newly formed) dissent.
The OP is a textbook example.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
