(November 20, 2014 at 1:11 pm)polar bear Wrote: When I started my journey about a year ago to make my life consistent with truth and what I believed, I started asking questions about everything.
I questioned my psychiatrist and ended up in the hospital, I now have a new doctor and have never been better or more stable in my entire life. Including before I was diagnosed with a mental illness.
I questioned my religion. At first I was told it was healthy to engage god like this. As I continued asking further questions to answers that did not seem logical, I was told I was crossing a line that I should not. I was then mocked for my apparent lack of belief. The funny thing is though there was no lack of belief at that time, there where only questions. Religion could not handle logical questions appropriately, so they turned to fear and peer pressure.
I have started meditating and with some practice, the feeling I get after I have been able to control my thoughts, is exactly the same feeling as what I used to feel with prayer. The only difference is that when I continue my day I am not conflicted with the guilt of being a sinner.
My point to christians here is simple. After asking several questions in a couple of threads, your response leaves a lot to be questioned as I see it. Some people saw humor in the questions which I enjoyed reading. Some people brought logic to the table. Every christian, though, used the basic approach...an "argument". If it made sense, we would not need to argue. Don't let your beliefs that you have held (in anything) control you. Question EVERYTHING, you will be better off for it.
Actually simply pose the same statement over and over again - WHAT would it take for YOU to accept a DIFFERENT god of a Different religion to be the truth.
Most will not even consider it - but most would want ABSOLUTE proof. And then ask why Absolute proof is not something we should always ask for then?
