When you are on the right path you will meet the right kind of people and the right kind of things will happen to you. I admit to myself that there is this kind of spirituality out there, although it may only exist as a particular poetic way of looking at life, not as an existing physical force that can be proved or disproved. I don't necessarily think that you need to evoke supernatural powers to explain that. Naturally, good things will happen if you have a positive attitude and you are not afraid to pursue your true interests, your true passions.
I have always been very adamant in my logical, scientific way of looking at things and I don't easily succumb to supernatural explanations of everyday phenomena - I believe that things are simple and I don't need religion to assist me in my understanding of reality. Even though I would not hesitate to state that there is no God, I am nevertheless attracted to poetry and beauty in some of the religious concepts: the concept of good and evil, the concept of suffering for the right moral cause. They make sense to me emotionally, they make sense to me as a feeling human being. Their relevance might not lie in their explanatory power but in their power to make us feel we belong to the same species, in their power to make us understand we are not alone.
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Dear Mince,
I think that what you are refering to is somewhat different. You are talking about the need of having someone to turn to one you have no one that can help you. I don't ask anybody for anything, this what I have described just happens to me and I'm watching it happen, that's it. It gives an illusion of a presence.
Regards,
Sillysquirrel
Dear Sillysquirrel,
You seem to be a pretty sharp cookie, and I want to throw out another angle to your non-belief in God. Calling yourself an atheist is a pretty bold statement. A categorical statement that there is no god implies that one has explored all the knowledge available to man and that the reality of God is not to be found there. I am sure you wouldnt claim to have access to all the facts in the universe. Suppose the reality or existence of God is simply out there among the facts that you have not yet encountered? I think you would have to admit that this is a possibility. So, I think the more reasonable position would be to call yourself an agnostic. You wouldnt deny the existence of God, you simply question it on the basis of your current knowledge and experience. Make sense?
Brian
Dear Brian,
Yes, I could say I'm agnostic to the existence of God just as I am agnostic to the fact that there are little gnomes that live in bananas. I'm agnostic to so many improbable theories that it would be rather unfair to single out God in this way. Do you see what I'm trying to show you? I'm turning the argument around. Tell me why I should even consider believing in God.
It's tradition and thousands of years of organized religion that make you think: there must be something there. Most people say: why not?, I'm saying: why yes?
sillysquirrel
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