Which of your beliefs are correct?

[Hermit Philosopher]

Thought experiment.

Post the (religious) beliefs that you hold that you are certain are factually correct. I know I said religious, but atheists are welcome to answer too, I encourage it! Like, is an atheist certain there is no god?

I'll start.

If I had to choose a belief that I hold that I am certain of, it is this: suffering is not inevitable. It is my most deeply believed religious belief. But I'm not even certain about this (the reason being is that you guys tell me suffering is inevitable) I believe it, but am I certain? Or is their faith involved? If I develop this philosophy, it doesn't matter if it is wrong I think, because of what it inspires: collective morality. I think the belief implies a higher power.

Let's talk about Christians for a minute. I grew up protestant, mostly in a fundamental baptist church. In those circles, there is a certain pride in having no doubt about the factuality of the Bible and Jesus's godhood. If you lack "faith" i.e. have any reasonable doubts, that is a concern. So, I think many Christians are certain that their beliefs are factually correct. They don't entertain the fact that there are other possibilities.

I joined this site as a Bible literalist with the mindset that I was factually correct. But then, I allowed myself to entertain the idea that I could be wrong. Now I am an apostate.

I aspire to be a polytheist/pagan. I am not certain of the gods reality. I have faith and I do genuinely believe them I think, but it is not a fact of life yet for me. Perhaps it never will be. The factuality of my gods may be irrelevant to my ambitions in the end.

Tangent - I aspire to practice dharmic religion as well as a discipline really

Looking forward to hearing your responses!

I am certain that I always participate in my own experiences - even when it is not at first obvious to me precisely how.

I am certain of the fact that my choice of perspective and attitude, impacts on my predicaments and indirectly, on that of others.

I am certain that my impact on any given situation, is less destructive and more conducive to self and others when I am at peace within.

I am certain of the fact that living attentively, selflessly and humbly contributes to my sense of inner peace, balance and harmony.

I am certain of the fact that my certainties come to a full circle: the more I approach things from attentiveness, selflessness and humility > the more balanced and at peace with self I feel > the better my impact on my own predicaments and indirectly, on that of others > the more balanced and at peace with self I feel > the easier it is for me to approach things from attentiveness, selflessness and humility > etc.

I am certain of all these things, because I continuously live them.

I feel strongly that these certainties that I have, resemble the core in the spiritual teachings of many different religious faiths.


Humbly,
Hermit

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Have faith but back it up with the scientific method.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Thought experiment.

Post the (religious) beliefs that you hold that you are certain are factually correct. I know I said religious, but atheists are welcome to answer too, I encourage it! Like, is an atheist certain there is no god?

I'll start.

If I had to choose a belief that I hold that I am certain of, it is this: suffering is not inevitable. It is my most deeply believed religious belief. But I'm not even certain about this (the reason being is that you guys tell me suffering is inevitable) I believe it, but am I certain? Or is their faith involved? If I develop this philosophy, it doesn't matter if it is wrong I think, because of what it inspires: collective morality. I think the belief implies a higher power.

Let's talk about Christians for a minute. I grew up protestant, mostly in a fundamental baptist church. In those circles, there is a certain pride in having no doubt about the factuality of the Bible and Jesus's godhood. If you lack "faith" i.e. have any reasonable doubts, that is a concern. So, I think many Christians are certain that their beliefs are factually correct. They don't entertain the fact that there are other possibilities.

I joined this site as a Bible literalist with the mindset that I was factually correct. But then, I allowed myself to entertain the idea that I could be wrong. Now I am an apostate.

I aspire to be a polytheist/pagan. I am not certain of the gods reality. I have faith and I do genuinely believe them I think, but it is not a fact of life yet for me. Perhaps it never will be. The factuality of my gods may be irrelevant to my ambitions in the end.

Tangent - I aspire to practice dharmic religion as well as a discipline really

Looking forward to hearing your responses!

None, as a belief isn't supported by fact which would be an educated guess rather than a belief.

 

[viole]

Post the (religious) beliefs that you hold that you are certain are factually correct.

None.
If I knew they were factually correct, they would not be beliefs.

Cao

- viole

 

[Muffled]

Thought experiment.

Post the (religious) beliefs that you hold that you are certain are factually correct. I know I said religious, but atheists are welcome to answer too, I encourage it! Like, is an atheist certain there is no god?

I'll start.

If I had to choose a belief that I hold that I am certain of, it is this: suffering is not inevitable. It is my most deeply believed religious belief. But I'm not even certain about this (the reason being is that you guys tell me suffering is inevitable) I believe it, but am I certain? Or is their faith involved? If I develop this philosophy, it doesn't matter if it is wrong I think, because of what it inspires: collective morality. I think the belief implies a higher power.

Let's talk about Christians for a minute. I grew up protestant, mostly in a fundamental baptist church. In those circles, there is a certain pride in having no doubt about the factuality of the Bible and Jesus's godhood. If you lack "faith" i.e. have any reasonable doubts, that is a concern. So, I think many Christians are certain that their beliefs are factually correct. They don't entertain the fact that there are other possibilities.

I joined this site as a Bible literalist with the mindset that I was factually correct. But then, I allowed myself to entertain the idea that I could be wrong. Now I am an apostate.

I aspire to be a polytheist/pagan. I am not certain of the gods reality. I have faith and I do genuinely believe them I think, but it is not a fact of life yet for me. Perhaps it never will be. The factuality of my gods may be irrelevant to my ambitions in the end.

Tangent - I aspire to practice dharmic religion as well as a discipline really

Looking forward to hearing your responses!

I believe I am absolutely certain that you have left the right path for the wrong one. However even though the right path was available to you , you might not have been on it.

 

[Muffled]

I think it is pretty obvious that all religious beliefs simply cannot be correct - since so many tend to contradict other beliefs. Unless reality is even worse than we might imagine.

So I would bet that the larger numbers of people are wrong in their beliefs, even if a God does exist.

I believe everyone thinks they are right even if they are not. However it is extremely frustrating that people shown the wrongness of their thinking, refuse to repent.

 

[Muffled]

I believe strongly that God, karma and reincarnation exist. I believe strongly that God is universal, God has no religion.

I will buy that in general. The devil is in the details.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I believe everyone thinks they are right even if they are not. However it is extremely frustrating that people shown the wrongness of their thinking, refuse to repent.

So does that include the religiously minded? I don't necessarily think I'm right, but I know many of the religious can't be right either, given that their beliefs often contradict other beliefs. And repent is such a heavily laden religious concept when other words could be used.