(September 2, 2012 at 11:40 am)Napoléon Wrote:(September 2, 2012 at 11:15 am)Penhorse340 Wrote: Example. I like good whisky. I'm happy to leave it there. I don't need to understand why, or how it works. I'm sure there is a whole scientific theorem about how tastes affect our brain chemistry and that's a vital reality for someone. I however just want to sip and say "ahhhh" without troubling myself with the reality of my experience.
But then the reason you are a christian is not because it is correct, rather because you simply like it.
Now that's fine, but don't sit there expecting people to take your religion seriously.
Yep! Got it first bounce I like it! I'm supremely indifferent as to whether other people take my religion seriously! Not that liking something and it being correct are mutually exclusive by that is absolutely my motivation!
Which is sort of the op. If I like religion, is there a good reason to abandon it? Is a comforting half truth better than a bleak one?
@Cinjin
That's interesting, you say life is better for you post deconversion (or whatever the correct term is). If it's not a rude question, were you raised as a Christian? Or were you atheist - Christian - atheist. I ask because my experience was atheist - Christian and I was miserable as an atheist.
Oh and I listen to everyone ;-) although I don't often agree with them...
