I am a skeptic because belief deserves scrutiny
- Thread starter Mr. Ed
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Mr. Ed
Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
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I have so much stuff going on with me, past and present nor do I expect resolution anytime. I've lived this way most of my life, you would think after all this time I would be over it.
Are other people's lives as complicated as mine or am I special?
Are other people's lives as complicated as mine or am I special?
Sawfish
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For a long time I was openly derisive or religion and religious belief.
I still do not find any desire or need for it for myself, but maybe it's as my wife tells me, that I lack the gene for spirituality.
But for maybe the last 30 years or so, I see that religion has a very positive role in human society: it tend to remove uncertainty or doubt, which breeds anxiety and desperation, which often leads to blind aggression.
It serves as both a behavioral template and guard rails on the road of life, for many, and to me, that's positive.
Me, I don't know where I came from, how it all started, what my purpose is, nor do I care. It's like one of my sigfiles:
I still do not find any desire or need for it for myself, but maybe it's as my wife tells me, that I lack the gene for spirituality.
But for maybe the last 30 years or so, I see that religion has a very positive role in human society: it tend to remove uncertainty or doubt, which breeds anxiety and desperation, which often leads to blind aggression.
It serves as both a behavioral template and guard rails on the road of life, for many, and to me, that's positive.
Me, I don't know where I came from, how it all started, what my purpose is, nor do I care. It's like one of my sigfiles:
Sawfish, on being asked by a door-to-door survey taker what his thoughts were on the proposition that in the modern world, ignorance and apathy are our biggest problems, responded:
"I don't know, and I don't care."
Mr. Ed
Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
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- Central NY
i am watching The New Pope on HBO/MAX. why do people give religious figures so much power and control? Why do Catholics require an intercessor to speak to God and confess wrong doing, according to the church.
When I say I wish I could let god go what I am saying is I wish there was no need for me to question.
When I say I wish I could let god go what I am saying is I wish there was no need for me to question.
Nathan
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There are many that find the King James version hard to read, and confusing, with it's 17th century jargon and prose. It's important to know and understand religious concepts, whereas reading Shakespeare is for entertainment.
JaniceM
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What some people don't acknowledge is there've been numerous "translations" over time, and even now there are large quantities of different "versions."
We all have our baggage
Some are heavier than others
Some are built like Samsonite luggage.....with you for life
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Strong's concordance is a big help
I'm not so into the KJV, but most other translations are not as close to the original scriptures