Are you saying that religion is psychological comfort to the believer, or that you gained psychological comfort in investigating religion?
Correct. The Holy Spirit ‘lasts’. Euphoria doesn’t. Many Christians have also discovered the high degree of dissonance between euphoria and the Holy...
No one has evidence for the supernatural. To think that there could possibly be evidence for the supernatural is irrational, F1fan.
Maybe it is you who needs to learn that making irrational claims is not sufficient in debate. ;)
Better off? I can only speak for myself, of course. I have joy, contentment and the awareness of God’s all-encompassing love. I know that my husband (a scientist and a Christian) would agree with me. I never stopped reading philosophy, teaching yoga, cooking, writing. My life is full.
The...
The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life,a and the life was the light of men. The light shines in...
You are correct when you say that God is One.
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons sharing one homoousion.
One God, Three (equally divine) Persons -- Father, Son, Holy Spirit. All three named individuals are divine, and equally so. These three persons are...
You said that you were responding to others because so many other people are talking about sex. No one is going to think of you as impolite because you don't respond.
Exactly. So you are contradicting yourself when you say that you cannot for the life of you see how sex has anything to do with the purpose of life....
I think it is amazing that the method of achieving the purpose is so ... enjoyable.:)