(October 25, 2019 at 1:08 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(October 24, 2019 at 1:34 am)Belacqua Wrote: I get all that. I said all the same things about 15 years ago, before I started studying.
What exacly did you study?
He made a reading list just for me. You can see it here.
Personally, I've read two of the books on this list, and don't really see how they gave him such a sympathetic view of Christianity, but I plan to read the rest of the books on the list, and actually recently purchased a copy of Jospehus' complete works. Link here.
I also have a theology course I plan on taking bookmarked on my laptop... Not sure about the quality of the course, but you can see it here.
The thing is, the more I study Christianity, the more convinced I am that I do not believe in god or believe in the ways of Christians. Bel seems to get quite the opposite effect. Regardless of whether or not I think I'd be swayed by the materials, I do not shy away from studying religion because, for me, I like to know what it is that I'm in opposition to, even if the history of, let's say Christianity, for example, is pretty irrelevant.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
