Questioning
*Banned*
Taught by parents?
Taught by friends?
Is there any REAL evidence to what you believe?
Taught by friends?
Is there any REAL evidence to what you believe?
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WHY do you believe?
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Questioning
*Banned*
I was raised a Catholic.
My friend encouraged me to READ the Bible.
I did- and it changed my ENTIRE life!
(I discarded the Catholic church)
My friend encouraged me to READ the Bible.
I did- and it changed my ENTIRE life!
(I discarded the Catholic church)
I didn't accept the faith I was raised with.
Investigated on my own, really. Its been a great adventure.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Interesting. I was raised as a Protestant. When I finally found the Roman Catholic Church, I felt like I had finally come home. The whole mass is biblically based by the way, including but not limited to the three readings from the bible. Every gesture, every word, is full of meaning and portent.
Experience.
Edit: more specifically direct experience with the Gods.of my choosing, and the Spirits and Ancestors for whom I venerate.
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How do you know that your "TRUTH" is true????
Arnaud1221
Red-hood
God spoke to me.
Questioning
*Banned*
I've proven it OVER and OVER- introspecting it from OTHER views.
I EXPECT to be proven wrong- and haven't YET!
Questioning
*Banned*
AND.....
Nothing more needed.
Taught by parents?
Inevitably and unavoidably, but my religious tradition is not the same as either of my parents. I grew up in an interfaith household with one parent Catholic and the other Jewish. I'm a Pagan and a Druid which is quite different from either of those. My parents taught me many things that played a role in my values as a Pagan and a Druid. Most notably, a love of learning, a love of the arts, and a love of nature.
Taught by friends?
Also inevitably and unavoidably - all things we encounter in our lives teach us things. But the role of friends is honestly pretty minimal with one notable exception. I barely knew this girl, but she had an outsized impact on my future religious path by simply being awesome and a good listener. She said she was Wiccan. At the time I had no idea what that meant or what that was. I didn't look into it on my own until later and I'd long since lost contact with her. She taught me next to nothing about Paganism or Wicca, except perhaps that they were nice and accepting.
Is there any REAL evidence to what you believe?
Yes, plenty, though I don't really describe my religious practices as "beliefs" because it is sort of silly to do so and my religion is not faith-based. The gods I worship are literally various aspects of nature. Even the most annoying skeptic can't deny the existence of Sun, Moon, Earth, and so on. Well, they could, but that would be a level of bizarre that I would kind of worry about their wellness.
Inevitably and unavoidably, but my religious tradition is not the same as either of my parents. I grew up in an interfaith household with one parent Catholic and the other Jewish. I'm a Pagan and a Druid which is quite different from either of those. My parents taught me many things that played a role in my values as a Pagan and a Druid. Most notably, a love of learning, a love of the arts, and a love of nature.
Taught by friends?
Also inevitably and unavoidably - all things we encounter in our lives teach us things. But the role of friends is honestly pretty minimal with one notable exception. I barely knew this girl, but she had an outsized impact on my future religious path by simply being awesome and a good listener. She said she was Wiccan. At the time I had no idea what that meant or what that was. I didn't look into it on my own until later and I'd long since lost contact with her. She taught me next to nothing about Paganism or Wicca, except perhaps that they were nice and accepting.
Is there any REAL evidence to what you believe?
Yes, plenty, though I don't really describe my religious practices as "beliefs" because it is sort of silly to do so and my religion is not faith-based. The gods I worship are literally various aspects of nature. Even the most annoying skeptic can't deny the existence of Sun, Moon, Earth, and so on. Well, they could, but that would be a level of bizarre that I would kind of worry about their wellness.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
Learned it by myself by combined what I have been taught formally and learned by myself.
No, no real evidence, truth, proof or whatnot-
Questioning
*Banned*
A truly honest man!
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
I believe in cosmic purposes to existence and a purely intelligent fundamental eternal foundational reality. I'm still atheist regarding God concepts.
The arguments for an unconditioned reality, and psychophysical harmony are strong reasons for me to believe as I do. Plus life has purpose, function and dimensionality that cannot be explained physically. Humans have qualities and characteristics that have no physical referent.
benthams.substack.com
The arguments for an unconditioned reality, and psychophysical harmony are strong reasons for me to believe as I do. Plus life has purpose, function and dimensionality that cannot be explained physically. Humans have qualities and characteristics that have no physical referent.
Why Must There Be at Least One Unconditioned Reality?
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strangenotions.com
Why I'm An Atheist Despite Psychophysical Harmony
Responding to the best argument for god
benthams.substack.com
Questioning
*Banned*
You believe the universe INTELLIGENT?I believe in cosmic purposes to existence and a purely intelligent fundamental eternal foundational reality. I'm still atheist regarding God concepts.
The arguments for an unconditioned reality, and psychophysical harmony are strong reasons for me to believe as I do. Plus life has purpose, function and dimensionality that cannot be explained physically. Humans have qualities and characteristics that have no physical referent.
Why Must There Be at Least One Unconditioned Reality?
NOTE: Today we kick off a six-part series by Karlo Broussard on a metaphysical proof for God's existence. The posts will run each of the next six Mondays. Part 1 - Why Must There Be at Least One Unconditioned Reality? Part 2 - The Absolute Simplicity of Unconditioned Reality Part 3 - The Absstrangenotions.com
Why I'm An Atheist Despite Psychophysical Harmony
Responding to the best argument for god