RE: Atheism and OCD
May 2, 2014 at 5:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2014 at 5:53 pm by Confused Ape.)
(May 2, 2014 at 5:34 pm)darthbarracuda Wrote: What if there is a god who is named YHWH and really does want a relationship with me.
What if there's a god named Apollo or Odin or Quetzalcoatl or Ra? What if there's a Goddess named Gaia or Isis or Cerridwen?
(May 2, 2014 at 5:34 pm)darthbarracuda Wrote: I'll play devil's advocate and look at the theistic arguments and apologetics and try to put myself in their shoes, and it all goes downhill. Suddenly I feel like thinking rationally is a bad thing, that faith is a good thing, that we just have the "believe" and "accept" and it will all be fine. That god has it all in control.
What if the Norse gods have it all in control? Or the Celtic gods?
(May 2, 2014 at 5:34 pm)darthbarracuda Wrote: And if I stop looking at theistic arguments my mind tells me that's cognitive dissonance....that I know god exists but don't want to worship him. It's so confusing and I don't know what I believe, let alone know.
Just remind yourself that if you'd been born in India to Hindu parents you'd be an atheist who used to believe in the Hindu deities.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?