RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
August 5, 2014 at 1:30 pm
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2014 at 1:40 pm by Jenny A.)
(June 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm)Jose Wrote: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” That solves everything.
Why shouldn't I covet? I want many things I don't have. Tends to make me work and save to accomplish more. Obviously wasting time and emotional energy wishing wouldn't be good, and trying to take my neighbors things wouldn't be good either. But trying not to want is particularly useful.
What does not coveting solve?
(June 12, 2014 at 1:36 pm)Lek Wrote:(June 12, 2014 at 12:22 pm)ThePinsir Wrote: Yep. Take notes.
Honestly, I just don't detect any happy atheists in this forum.
Honestly, people on forums never appear anywhere near as happy as people in real life. Forums get deadly serious and angry. You may be happy Lek (I'm quite willing to believe you are), but on this forum you don't come off that way.
I find life pretty good myself. I enjoy my husband and kids and look forward to spending time with them. I like parts of my job, i.e. the paintings part. I don't like doing the marketing quite so much. I like gardening, but not housecleaning. But I don't wander around with a black cloud over my head when doing any of it. I also like intellectual argument and I don't get to use my brains as much as I used to. This forum is an outlet for that.
However, I must admit my life got better when I ceased to try to believe in god.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
