Sand Dancer
Crazy Cat Lady
I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
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For me the answers are found within.I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
Well, I know nothing about the world, I am a strong skeptic, so I have faith and that is it. Well, if you look at the world through science, there is no purpose in the world, yet humans have purpose, so science doesn't quite add up. Further I treat the world as such as if it is fair in some sense. Thus I assign a non-physical attribute to the world and I live everyday with trust and no evidence of that the world is real. Thus I am a deist of sorts.
Non-human existence having no purpose (other than the rest of life procreating to ensure survival), but humans creating purpose (for whatever reasons) is not incompatible, and therefore doesn't provide an enigma. ...
The universe and the humans are two different things, so they will have different criteria. The Universe was possibly 13.5 billion years old before the early ancestors of humans appeared (see below), and will possibly be there for at least five billion years even in case humans disappear from the face of earth (they say sun would start scorching the earth in about a billion year's time, though there will be more severe roasting after that). Our purpose is subjective to our existence.Well, if you look at the world through science, there is no purpose in the world, yet humans have purpose, so science doesn't quite add up.
I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
The universe and the humans are two different things, ...
Don't. There will be questions for many generations, many centuries. We should work to get answers, but not hate not knowing. How uninteresting will it be if we knew everything? No forums, no discussions... so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
You reach so close to truth but then you go back because of culture, society, tradition, childhood indoctrination, etc. This is where I hesitated many a times, but then finally made the jump. I do not regret that.So no, I don't believe that the universe is a thing which is different than me as a thing, but what do I know. I believe in God.
Don't. There will be questions for many generations, many centuries. We should work to get answers, but not hate not knowing. How uninteresting will it be if we knew everything? No forums, no discussions.
Poseidon pre-exists the seas.I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
I don't know if there are deities or not. All I know is that I am a better human, and am living my life in a better way because I choose to trust that a benevolent, loving, forgiving, kind and generous God exists. Knowing has nothing to do with it. It's all about the positive power of faith.I used to believe and no longer do, but I can't say for sure no deities exist, so I hate this not knowing. What makes you think there are deities?
I've done group evocations of spirits where they became visible and audible to everyone present and I've had spirits tell me the details of entire conversations I wasn't present for and didn't know were had.
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Many are malevolent, hateful, vengeful and cruel even when they worship the same God. Therefore, belief in God is no guarantee of the person being good.I don't know if there are deities or not. All I know is that I am a better human, and am living my life in a better way because I choose to trust that a benevolent, loving, forgiving, kind and generous God exists. Knowing has nothing to do with it. It's all about the positive power of faith.
Many are malevolent, hateful, vengeful and cruel even when they worship the same God. Therefore, belief in God is no guarantee of the person being good.
How does one go about doing that?