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<p>[QUOTE="Xprimentyl, post: 4207, member: 20"]</p><p>You are welcome to believe as you like, and you’re certainly fortunate to have the conviction that you do if it satisfies and fulfills you, but that’s circular reasoning; you believe the Bible’s word because you have the Bible? The first step in your logical process assumes the miracles of biblical times actually happened as they are written, which is what I consider “blind faith,” and that’s where it falls apart for someone like me. Maybe “blind” is the wrong word? </p><p></p><p>For an agnostic, to stand back and see how many different ways people interpret the same “God” of the Bible, and how many different ways other people believe in a god or gods that have nothing to do with the God of the Bible, and how many different ways all these same people have found to argue, fight, indeed wage WAR over their beliefs because “we’re right, and you’re wrong,” and all this in the light of humanity’s inherent fallibility and brutal, selfish nature, it’s hard to believe ANY of them “know” anything. And that is not, I repeat, is *NOT*, an attack or accusation on you or anyone; I “know” no more than anyone else, I just lack the conviction to stake the flag of the soul I <em>believe</em> I have in any of the myriad camps that claim to have it “right.” (I believe JW’s refer to their faith as “The Truth?”)</p><p></p><p>I try to live a good life; I try to be kind and generous to others; I follow my innate moral compass that tells me cheating, stealing, inciting violence or otherwise causing others pain and suffering is wrong, and I avoid these things. I tell my friends and family that I love them; I celebrate their lives; I share their pain; I mourn their loss. Am I perfect? Ha! Far from it, but at the end of this life, if whatever “God” should judge me and find me lacking because I didn’t attend a regular church or ate pork or celebrated a birthday or worked on the Sabbath, then I guess shame on me for not “knowing” better; a priori knowledge doesn’t come easy for me.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Xprimentyl, post: 4207, member: 20"] You are welcome to believe as you like, and you’re certainly fortunate to have the conviction that you do if it satisfies and fulfills you, but that’s circular reasoning; you believe the Bible’s word because you have the Bible? The first step in your logical process assumes the miracles of biblical times actually happened as they are written, which is what I consider “blind faith,” and that’s where it falls apart for someone like me. Maybe “blind” is the wrong word? For an agnostic, to stand back and see how many different ways people interpret the same “God” of the Bible, and how many different ways other people believe in a god or gods that have nothing to do with the God of the Bible, and how many different ways all these same people have found to argue, fight, indeed wage WAR over their beliefs because “we’re right, and you’re wrong,” and all this in the light of humanity’s inherent fallibility and brutal, selfish nature, it’s hard to believe ANY of them “know” anything. And that is not, I repeat, is *NOT*, an attack or accusation on you or anyone; I “know” no more than anyone else, I just lack the conviction to stake the flag of the soul I [i]believe[/i] I have in any of the myriad camps that claim to have it “right.” (I believe JW’s refer to their faith as “The Truth?”) I try to live a good life; I try to be kind and generous to others; I follow my innate moral compass that tells me cheating, stealing, inciting violence or otherwise causing others pain and suffering is wrong, and I avoid these things. I tell my friends and family that I love them; I celebrate their lives; I share their pain; I mourn their loss. Am I perfect? Ha! Far from it, but at the end of this life, if whatever “God” should judge me and find me lacking because I didn’t attend a regular church or ate pork or celebrated a birthday or worked on the Sabbath, then I guess shame on me for not “knowing” better; a priori knowledge doesn’t come easy for me. [/QUOTE]
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