(July 30, 2021 at 12:58 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Well, being lied to tends to piss people off. Then, once you realize you've been systematically fed lies for years, I think it's super healthy to engage skepticism of this kind. You have to untangle the hose, so to speak, so that reality can start flowing through once again. It's a process.
In the final analysis, no one does know anything for sure.
As for rules, whatever "rules" there may be follow from whatever genuinely is true. If you have a bunch of shitty rules scrawled across your chalkboard, the first step is to erase the damn thing. From there, you try to figure out what the genuine rules might be and write them down as you confirm them.
Thank you, vulcan, for understanding the core of what I was getting at. Yes, I am talking about embracing skepticism, not an existential rebellion or free for all.
@Nudger
I have also posted my atheism conversion story, so, no, it wasn't just straight from Mormonism to atheism because "I was/am angry." There was a process. My skepticism chewed up Christianity and spit it out in the end, no matter how much in my heart I had wanted to still love Jesus. I still live with Mormons, so, I know the value of their moral system and I have almost died trying to follow their fairytales. I think it is better to believe in as many true things in possible in order to construct and make my own personal rules. You think very poorly and low of me and you seem to like to come into topics where I am to give the most uncharitable takes. This will truly be the last response I give to you.
