How do you treat your beliefs (a.b.or c) and why?

Question

a.Look into each and every punctuation of it.i.e:How people from 16th century treated Bible.
b."I get your point"+Some action.
c."The ___[Your belief] says No Sex With Minors" while you're doing it,but you sincerely teach this to your beloved son.For you think you should just know this stuff Only to pass it on to your offspring,it'd be Goooood if they really believe in it.

P.S:Why I ask:Recently I am reading this book by the 1930s writer Hendrik Willem van Loon entitled The Liberation of Mankind,it's mainly about how the humanity has thrived to achieve tolerance of all religions/ideas regardless and how throughout history they end up right the opposite.Sometimes I think of the saying."The only evil is idealism carried to the extreme",I think that might be the case.
And I also would like to hear what you think of the book and the author if you have some decent time to spare.

And I was thinking the Beliefs mentioned here should be more in terms of Morality (like in philosophy)rather than whether you believe the magical stories or not.

Answer 1

Why do you say you will pray for atheists because they need help?
"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?

Answer 2

You can treat your belief voluntarily anytime you feel like believing something, but if you are truly a follower of something that you didn't made up or pretend to be true, the only true treatment you can get is from God or the Holy Spirit. God sent the Holy Spirit to guide us into all the truth. Go read John16:13 If you are that interested.

Answer 3

How I treat my beliefs personally?

I basically have formed my beliefs from examining the world around me: What seems to be true based on my experiences, what other people have come to believe is true, the things that truly seem to change people for the better.

(I also have a strong logical process that I use to determine the ramifications of my beliefs, and derive further beliefs... i.e., "If I believe A and B, then C must be true as well.")

I think organized religion is getting a bum rap by sloppy arguing / real lack of thought. A more balanced view (in my opinion) would be this:

Most organized religion originally came from people who had experienced truth in their lives, and they wanted to share it with others as well as determine how it "would play out" in practicality.

[I am not going to discuss the idea of "divine revelation" here, since that part isn't relevant to my comments and it's based on subjective perspectives anyway.]

Unfortunately, codifying a personal belief system allows people who have never experienced that system personally to try to "use" that system to "make life work" for them.

In other words, they are not really in service to the belief system, they are trying to use the belief structure to calm their fears, provide some sort of blessing, and control life/others for their own benefit. They really do not understand the belief system. They do not "own" it for themselves, it's just borrowed goods.

[To take a non-religious example, I will mention democracy in the U.S. Our founding fathers sweated blood to gain democratic freedom and they thus used it appropriately and responsibly. Within a few generations, people who had not experienced sovereign rule and had not sacrificed heavily to gain their freedom developed a sense of entitlement that still persists today; there are many who use their freedom in selfish ways and don't really understand what it means to be free and how their freedom was meant to be used.]

So, in short, I think organized religion is an easy "tool" for people to hijack for their own purposes, and we've seen examples of it; but to diss an organized religion for how it has been abused and misrepresented glosses over the kernel of truth that existed when the organized religion was first being codified.

Anyway, I have beliefs that I have struggled to gain. The only ones that mean anything have been those I've suffered for, bound myself to, and lived out the ramifications of.

Because I believe these "beliefs" are true and real, I will share them with others, including my children. But I know that it is their decision, not mine, whether or not they come to share that belief. They have to decide, as they age, what they are willing to commit their lives to; and all I can do is offer who I am and what I believe as a gift to them, and respect/love them.

I did look up your book, but found nothing online except for a few scattered quotes by Loon. So I can't really comment on "The Liberation of Mankind."

I do believe, though, from experience and faith, that many times the worst evil is done by those who believe they are "doing good." Most people are not evil for evil's sake; they are operating in a way they think is beneficial for themselves (and occassionally others).

Answer 4

A. Strict rule of the word of God no matter what. Take a literal view of the Bible.

Answer 5

i think "beliefs" are unhealthy for your brain... i prefer to look at things in terms of probability rather than assuming that one thing or another is true beyond a doubt

Answer 6

You forgot d. None of the above

Answer 7

Well, I can tell you that it isn't b.) because I certainly don't get much of that question.

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