As a theist I agree with TW's original assessment when qualified by the average Christian operating on blind faith...
I was there in my life, I didn't believe , I had faith and adopted what my parents believed. I suffered those "emotional consequences" then seperated myself from those beliefs and tried other beliefs. I then lost trust in the whole system and was an agnostic atheist by the definitions here. Then after some revelation in my life and some analying of those and other notions I was able to rationalize God. I looked for a belief that suited what I saw. My partents and I still differ on symantics but we enjoy sharing those points with each other. I still have faith on top of my belief now, but without understanding why you believe something you must seperate yourself from blind faith.
I was there in my life, I didn't believe , I had faith and adopted what my parents believed. I suffered those "emotional consequences" then seperated myself from those beliefs and tried other beliefs. I then lost trust in the whole system and was an agnostic atheist by the definitions here. Then after some revelation in my life and some analying of those and other notions I was able to rationalize God. I looked for a belief that suited what I saw. My partents and I still differ on symantics but we enjoy sharing those points with each other. I still have faith on top of my belief now, but without understanding why you believe something you must seperate yourself from blind faith.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
