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Abrahamic Followers
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izzy88
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I can only speak to my own motivation - which is that I find what Catholicism teaches to be true, and I want to follow truth.
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
For me, it's like swimming with the current.
izzy88
Active Member
It certainly does; I'm motivated by my desire to follow truth.
The confidence that I'm living my life in the way human life is intended to be lived.
izzy88
Active Member
Fantastic metaphor.
so the motivation is to enjoy the swimming?
dybmh
דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
given the choices, ( swim with the current, against the current, get out of the water ) why not?
i'm not negating it. its just an interesting response. like someone on a journey saying lets see where this road, path, trail, waterway goes. curiosity is a good thing under the right circumstances. enjoy the swim
What motivates me to be a believer in Islam? Because it rings true for me, simple as that.
What motivates you in asking the question, out of interest?
I am not sure what do you mean with Abrahamic system, but if you mean believing in what the Bible tells, I believe it, because what the Bible tells seems to be true. I think it is correct about what is good and right, it shows great knowledge of past and future.
Well Christianity, don't know about Judaism and Islam, but Christianity doesn't have a lot of requirements and Jesus becomes your pal for life. Someone to take all of your burdens and accept all of your imperfections. It's like having a best buddy who doesn't judge you.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
The main advantage of ethical monotheism is that there is only one correct way to act. You don't have the Allies saying "Jews have the right to life" and Germans saying "It is the good and right thing to kill all the Jews." Without the objective moral standard supplied by monotheism, Nuremberg becomes a farce.
amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
Arguably though, healthy polytheism would take a more congress-like approach.. nullifying the supremacy of any one divine voice
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Judging is of no consequence when the father of your buddy is the judge. Case already decided, award given... and Jesus becomes your pal for life. Someone to take all of your burdens and accept all of your imperfections. It's like having a best buddy who doesn't judge you.
ten people buy the same car. ten people buy the same car for different reasons. some reasons are better than others. i'm asking what prompted people to be doing this thing.
lung-ta
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
But would still have conflicting ideas about what the right thing to do would be in many situations.
MonkeyFire
Well-Known Member
No Motivation, do or do not.