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posted by: DarkMood (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (10:55 am) Most people live by there convictions that they hold dear, never worrying about the consquences that it may bring. Those people tend to burn out & then no one remembers them until you read about them in the obituary. You my friend are among the few that worry, like MLJjr & Ghandi. To question your beliefs, is to have a powerful insight until you get the answers you are satisfied. Or I could have missed this entirely. Great Blog posted by: J (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (10:56 am) i really think you will be content. i think a lot of people go thru some point like this in their lives. i for one am not religious..at all. but know and was brought up around people who were. i cant begin to imagine what you are going thru because i will never have to go thru it seeeing as i was not brought up to go to church and believe in God. but like with any person about anything important in their life, they may experience questions in their head that confuse them. i think with time you will find the answers u r looking for. and if u dont, with time u will be alright with the fact that u dont always HAVE to have the answers. u will be ok. dont put the weight of the world on ur shoulders. i know u want to, and i have thought about the worlds problems and it bothers me and im just one non religious atheist person. but u have to realize that u cant fix everything and everyone. good luck with everything ;) posted by: fotocali (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (11:07 am) You see, I've never had your problem. Despite my mother preferring me to go to church, I adamantly refused, calling it a buncha' BS. This from when I was about 6 years old. I distinctly remember debating it in my head and - either I was too dumb to believe in abstract ideas, or I was too smart for a 6 year old - I determined that it's all BS. In grade school I questioned saying "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. I never said that part. I'd stop talking right there. I even asked my teachers and parents why that's in there. But here's the thing. This doesn't make me "ungodly," you could call it. I'm a moral guy; progressively so, but moral. Being Athiest is not Anti-theist. "A-" means absence, not contrary. He just doesn't exist. Period. Nothing judgemental, just not there. And I say I'm not AntiTheist because I would NEVER try to talk someone out of his beliefs: if it works for him or her, fantastic (this is why I really don't even talk against Scientology. It really works for some people. Fantastic. I'm glad when anyone finds something to help guide them thru this crazy world.) My problem with religion is found in your insomnia-making concerns (especially items 1 thru 4). Anti-gay marriage and anti-abortion are positions borne strictly from a Christian worldview. And forcing beliefs from such a worldview onto everyone is patently WRONG. (And though not strictly borne of the Christian worldview, much of the current anti-indecency / censorship hysteria is borne from this worldview.. only partly). I don't talk people out of their beliefs; don't try to talk me into yours (not you personally DK; I say "yours" in general terms). By the way, another problem with passing an anti-gay marriage amendment is this: it is wrong to legislate that it's ok for some people to have a certain right but wrong for others to enjoy the same right. posted by: billybobnob (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (1:32 pm) perhaps i can help you. i shall post you some answers to your posed questions. soon posted by: mblog (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (1:32 pm) I can't tell you what you should believe either. That has to be up to you. But keep in mind that most people in the world are not Christian. Do you believe that God intentionally gave most people the wrong message and condemned them to hell for it? There's nothing wrong with having Christian views. There's nothing wrong with applying the concepts to yourself if you truly believe that they are right. It's a problem when you try to apply them to others. When others don't share your view or your religion, but they too are going by the word of God as was given to them, why should it be your duty to tell them that they are wrong? If God gave a different set of rules to different people, is it even possible that one of them is wrong and must be corrected by you? Or should yours be corrected by somebody else? You already have the important part - a stong value system - down, and there's enough to go on right there. posted by: mblog (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (1:47 pm) Reply to: fotocali The prohibition against homosexual conduct is not a strictly Christian one. It dates back to the Torah. But Christians have a different take on it. Most Orthodox Jews consider homosexual acts wrong but not the orientation itself. Others would consider it acceptable if it's pathological. And there's no actual biblical prohibition for women. Reform Jews, on the other hand, don't generally get worked up over this. The other difference is that it was Christianity that turned it into a "burn in hell for eternity" type sin. Society's concept of hell, a literal devil, and eternal damnation are all from Christianity. So the notion that homosexuality is wrong, society must stop it, and you go to hell for it is a Christian concept. posted by: dangerkitty (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (2:17 pm) Reply to: DarkMood Whoa! You mentioned me in the same sentence as MLK and Gandhi. Dude, I am so not worthy! Thanks for your comment. posted by: doralh (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (8:29 pm) Hi! Remember me? I haven't been around for a while...my yellow submarine developed a leak. I'm not going to preach....I'll leave that to all the others who think that they have all the answers. Perhaps the road to contentment is called Tradition. If you could ask your father, what do you think he would say? I really need to ask your advice about good Jamaica rum. The liquor stores where I live all seem to stock Jamaica rum that is blended with grotty domestic rum. Can you recommend a good brand that I could ask my local store to stock? I have a blog someplace on t-blog, but I forget what its called. I haven't used it for months. Later lovely lady....BDS posted by: hhunter (reply) post date: 03.26.04 (11:37 pm) Only by accepting that you'll never be content, will you be content. posted by: Joolie (reply) post date: 03.27.04 (10:50 am) posted by: dangerkitty (reply) post date: 03.27.04 (11:13 am) Reply to: Joolie Not sure what you were trying to say here but ok...may be this is your way of saying I need to take a moment of silence. posted by: Joolie (reply) post date: 03.30.04 (4:19 am) Ooopsie - Sorry sweetie, obviously what i was going to say was so rubbish even tblog wouldn't print it! Joolie xxx |
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A great man once said that a man who lives in congruence with his values is always content. My own problems go beyond not living in congruence with my values. If I could exactly define my values I think that would be a major breakthrough.