I am a being, created with the ability to use intelligence, I have been given the faculties to question and examine evidence, yet for some reason this faculty is inferior to blind faith? How can I know what I shouldnt question?
There are numerous belief systems in the world, they seem mostly to be in conflict or at the very least mutually exclusive. They cant ALL be right, & if I choose the wrong one I am evil. How can I know which to choose? Is it purely upbringing that decides this? Is it fair to judge it?
People from belief systems seem to believe in an 'objective good'. Firstly, how is there any basis for this outside of their own dogma & their own inclination of what they feel is right? Very few people do evil deliberately, most feel they are doing the right thing but 'the majority' define them as evil. Is this a basis for deciding good/evil?
I feel abandoned in the world by a creator, with no clear help or guidance to get things 'right'. How is it my fault if I dont?
2006-08-02
21:14:23
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