RE: Question about "faith"
September 17, 2020 at 1:01 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2020 at 1:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't think that the faith magic book is talking about is trust - in fact I'm certain that it's something I don't do at all, and I do trust. Surprise surprise, an atheist doesn't have the faith magic book describes.
It's certainly nothing quite so mundane to most of the worlds christians or religious people of any other stripe - but you do you. You could always just google this stuff yourself, and, if your faith is a cognitive proposition, as you say it is, when you find out how hilariously you've been fucking this one up..your faith will change, right?
There's irony in an atheist describing a faith that others possess, which you don't - the deep and abiding kind described in your own magic book, and you thinking.."Nah, pass, it's about this tiny little thing here". Do you think it would be fair to conclude that, for you, arguing with atheists and being right is more important than achieving that kind of faith? Do you think that you could achieve either goal this way? You say your faith is trust, fine. Trust is also a feeling. How long do we plan to swirl this drain?
It's certainly nothing quite so mundane to most of the worlds christians or religious people of any other stripe - but you do you. You could always just google this stuff yourself, and, if your faith is a cognitive proposition, as you say it is, when you find out how hilariously you've been fucking this one up..your faith will change, right?
There's irony in an atheist describing a faith that others possess, which you don't - the deep and abiding kind described in your own magic book, and you thinking.."Nah, pass, it's about this tiny little thing here". Do you think it would be fair to conclude that, for you, arguing with atheists and being right is more important than achieving that kind of faith? Do you think that you could achieve either goal this way? You say your faith is trust, fine. Trust is also a feeling. How long do we plan to swirl this drain?
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