Question(s) for the Religious
August 8, 2013 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2013 at 8:34 pm by Walking Void.)
*the question(s) are focused to the religious*
*the non-religious can step in too*
Okay, okay, so You have a belief in something divine, something of a religion. You positively think of a specific something as if that something is true, so I have a question. If I were to make up something in my mind just now and call it divine while not being the same thing that You believe in... is my belief justified/justifiable?
Say, I believed in a swimming pastrami creature. If You agree that it is real, You might be insane. If You disagree, is it not fair to say that an invisible, inaudible, untouchable human-shaped being that exists anywhere and everywhere is just as ridiculous? If You say that it is possible that the creature exists, then can You say that your belief might not exist in this reality or a pseudo-reality? If not, how could You be as low as to pick your own beliefs and deny mine? Or even discriminate other religions? Start ridiculous angry wars?
Just because your belief system may have more maturity (age) to it, does that imply that it is more viable than my own 5-minute belief? If true, does that not portend that everyone should be at least a Jew and not a Christian or Muslim for the Yahweh religions?
How do You justify your religion? Is it by reference to something in itself? If monotheistic religions and polytheistic religions are both stalwart in their beliefs, who is incorrect? Nobody? Believe what You want to believe? If so, then You would have stopped getting in everyone's face just to push your own beliefs. And stop indoctrinating babies, babies who are open books and empty pages.
/endrant /endquestions
*the non-religious can step in too*
Okay, okay, so You have a belief in something divine, something of a religion. You positively think of a specific something as if that something is true, so I have a question. If I were to make up something in my mind just now and call it divine while not being the same thing that You believe in... is my belief justified/justifiable?
Say, I believed in a swimming pastrami creature. If You agree that it is real, You might be insane. If You disagree, is it not fair to say that an invisible, inaudible, untouchable human-shaped being that exists anywhere and everywhere is just as ridiculous? If You say that it is possible that the creature exists, then can You say that your belief might not exist in this reality or a pseudo-reality? If not, how could You be as low as to pick your own beliefs and deny mine? Or even discriminate other religions? Start ridiculous angry wars?
Just because your belief system may have more maturity (age) to it, does that imply that it is more viable than my own 5-minute belief? If true, does that not portend that everyone should be at least a Jew and not a Christian or Muslim for the Yahweh religions?
How do You justify your religion? Is it by reference to something in itself? If monotheistic religions and polytheistic religions are both stalwart in their beliefs, who is incorrect? Nobody? Believe what You want to believe? If so, then You would have stopped getting in everyone's face just to push your own beliefs. And stop indoctrinating babies, babies who are open books and empty pages.
/endrant /endquestions
