I personally cannot believe in anything with 100% confidence to be true based on "faith", the closest I get to this is a belief that my memories are true, and even this I would say is somewhere under 100%, which is why I cringe whenever I hear someone say I am 100% confident in the existence of a none prove-able being of unlimited power who is male and the only one of his kind and has been so since all eternal and therefore his gender is in the end pointless other than a representation of male supremacy. Aside from the the whole religion concept is totally wrong. I think the word "religion" gets misapplied a lot. In fact I'd go so far as to say that the mainstream understanding of the term is part of a recent cultural move to demean certain types of beliefs as being bad and grouping them all under the name of "religion", in other words the common definition is wrong as it is based on psychological defense mechanisms. perhaps religion is more scientific than anyt other field out there. The "religion" in question being scientism, whose wikipedia def. doesn't go far enough to explain all the intellectual errors inherent within.
What is your point of view on religion?
Are you religious? , If so why? if not why?
If you are unsure which side do you lean towards? if neither think about it.
not religious here
ReplyDeletei'm foreseeing a lot of arguments in the comments regarding this post...
ReplyDeleteI'm not a religious person, I do not believe in an omnipotent god. At least not 100%. A lot less then that. I think my brain is way too logical for faith.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't call myself religious. I have my certain beliefs (doesn't everyone?). I just don't see the need to label them or adapt my beliefs to fit a certain label.
ReplyDeleteNo one can ever say there is or is not. To take either side is ignorant. All you can do is say most likely no, but nothing is improbable.
ReplyDeletei'm not and why? because i love science
ReplyDeletenot too religious!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100% and everyone else thinks im loony
ReplyDeleteI believe we can believe anything we want, but we should only react to what we can see and prove or disprove scientifically.
ReplyDeleteI'm not religious. I do believe in the concept of something beyond this world, mostly from personal experiences. However, considering these experiences are personal, I don't expect anyone else to believe them or my interpretation of them. Live and let live. I do find it completely baffling that anyone can believe in religions based upon the legitimacy of heavily edited/translated texts.
ReplyDeleteBeing spiritual and being religious are too completely different subjects.
ReplyDeleteI'm not religious (man made)
But I am spiritaul
i was religious but then i stopped caring and lived life. i still believe in god though but screw the church....they just want your money.
ReplyDeleteI never have been religious and never will be simply because it just causes problems.
ReplyDelete^^ what kim said ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm nothing :D
ReplyDeletehttp://all-around-toto.blogspot.com/
what a debate
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I can't commit. I feel like something is out there, but I don't know, and I'm not ready to just believe anyone.
ReplyDeleteI cant really commit to many things, one of my flaws... I just dont feel it for relgion
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