(September 1, 2012 at 9:40 am)greneknight Wrote:(September 1, 2012 at 9:33 am)frankiej Wrote: So how do you justify your belief in God to yourself? That is all I want to know... I don't care what church you go to or what you do their as that has nothing to do with it.
God is for me a concept. Not a being. If he were a being, that'd be superstitious. It's like believing in a bogeyman. But He is not a being. He's a concept or a metaphor for goodness. It's like the ancient miracle plays where you personify a quality or an attribute.
Right so by that are we to understand that you make no claims towards any type of supernatural being or afterlife but have re-purposed the word "God" to be a concept of innate human morality?
Tell you what, I think theres already more accurate words for that which don't need re-purposing. Just add another "o" and you'll have used one of them.
You could also try embracing your English heritage and history without shackling yourself to any belief system? That works too. Theres some great cathedrals in Cambridge you know. Go on a tour or something and admire the architecture and artistic qualities, no superstition required.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
