RE: do religious people really believe?
March 2, 2013 at 11:35 pm
(March 2, 2013 at 10:56 am)Esquilax Wrote: It comes from me. Why is that inferior?
I said it come
to nothing. But in answer to your question, it is inferior because it comes from you, a finite being, and is based on your relationship with things in this world, that are finite. While the believer is also a finite being, the believer has a relationship with the Infinite.
(March 2, 2013 at 10:56 am)Esquilax Wrote: Except you've got no assurance that it will endure. Neither of us do...We only have one life we can be sure of, after all.
The difference between us is I have assurance in my continuance. A disbeliever, such as yourself, has no such assurance.