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Selective belief?

Eddi

Eddi

Agnostic
Premium Member
Does this happen in your religion?

In mine, people can be very selective, they choose to believe in the uplifting and comforting things, but not the other side of the coin, not the more disturbing realities.

I think this means they only selectively follow it? Which of course would mean that they don't follow it at all, or at least do so in a very different way? :shrug:

I don't know......

One of my Christian friends does this. The other day he was going on about how we each have a guardian angel who watches over and protects us (which I am pretty sure is not biblical?) and I thought I'd turn the discussion towards The Enemy, towards Satan and demons, as well as God and angels. It seemed as though he didn't want to talk about this. Out of wilful ignorance or fear? I Don know....

Maybe it is not socially acceptable to talk about Satan? Personally I think it is unacceptable...

I mean, does he not believe in them, or is he simply uncomfortable talking about it????

I would like to hear from people who believe only in the nice parts of their religion but not the more disturbing parts!

I want to better understand this :)

Personally think the more disturbing parts make the good parts even more good!
 
JustGeorge

JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
I think we all do things 'selectively'.

A group of people walk into my house. One notices that there's 4 cats sitting on a piano. Another can't take their eyes of the murals in the foyer. The third is disgusted because there's a spilled plate of food on the living room floor.

What catches their attention is often based on their tastes, personality, and focus. A loving Christian reads the Bible and finds lovely things. A spiteful Christian reads the Bible and finds hateful things. What we 'select' is often a representation of who we are, or where our focus is.
 
loverofhumanity

loverofhumanity

We are all the leaves of one tree
Premium Member
Eddi said:
Does this happen in your religion?

In mine, people can be very selective, they choose to believe in the uplifting and comforting things, but not the other side of the coin, not the more disturbing realities.

I think this means they only selectively follow it? Which of course would mean that they don't follow it at all, or at least do so in a very different way? :shrug:

I don't know......

One of my Christian friends does this. The other day he was going on about how we each have a guardian angel who watches over and protects us (which I am pretty sure is not biblical?) and I thought I'd turn the discussion towards The Enemy, towards Satan and demons, as well as God and angels. It seemed as though he didn't want to talk about this. Out of wilful ignorance or fear? I Don know....

Maybe it is not socially acceptable to talk about Satan? Personally I think it is unacceptable...

I mean, does he not believe in them, or is he simply uncomfortable talking about it????

I would like to hear from people who believe only in the nice parts of their religion but not the more disturbing parts!

I want to better understand this :)

Personally think the more disturbing parts make the good parts even more good!
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Yes I agree. There are parts of each of the major religions which I find the followers reject or avoid focus on that I believe in strongly. I believe that constitutes an outright rejection of their own religion to only accept the parts they like. Throughout the centuries the followers have been conditioned to only believe what their clergy say is true. Anyone else, even though he tell them the truth is considered a liar. This is where humanity is caught up now. In a web of blindly following scholars, priests and clergy instead of thinking with their own minds. When we do begin thinking with our own minds I believe we will find that God sent all the religions to us for our guidance and this understanding will unite us and bring peace. But we must cut away from following blindly the divisive prejudices of others.
 
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