When I was 3 my primary carer, she was my nan, died from a heart attack. My mother came home and found me with her body but has always refused to talk of that day (i'm 42 now). I would have been told along the lines of Roman Catholic beliefs that the angels had taken her to heaven. I was enrolled in Catholic school after that. Developmentally i have grown up with an insatiable need for reasons and, as i grow older a fundamental need to belief. I found this out the other day, talking to my partner.
I reject religion but will die for what I believe in. The whys of it are entrenched in the experience of what happened on that day.
I believe humans are no more than vessels for Spirit. Spirit has no shape or form. Only a continuity. If all the traumatic experiences were equally shared between all ... there might be less wars ...
2007-08-07 01:19:56 · 8 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yazoo: had you bothered to actually read what i wrote you would not be guessing at my age. Your self-righteousness is first class!
2007-08-07 02:59:30 · update #1
Darwin: Not true but you get thumbs up anyway
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2007-08-07 03:10:48 · update #2
and if wishes were horses we would all be riding one!
2007-08-07 01:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by ALLEN B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a collection of about 34$ worth of biochemicals mixed in water that will all decompose when you die. You have no spirit and the thing you call consciousness is simply electrochemical reactions that are going on in your head. Stop thinking you have another chance at this and enjoy the ride. It's all you got!
2007-08-07 08:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by UpChuck 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheist:
1. In the bible, the protagonist is a murderer and the antagonist gave Adam and Eve knowledge... Which the protagonist subsequently punished them for gaining. It is ridiculous!
2. If our existence is improbable so much so that a supreme being had to create us, then the creation of a supreme being is that much more improbable.
3. "The Christian God is a being of terrific character - cruel, vindictive, capricious and unjust."
- Thomas Jefferson
2007-08-07 08:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me but very few people live a full life without experiencing trauma in one form or another. This goes from the very poor to the very rich.
You seem to focus a bit to much on yourself.
I don't know how old you are but you better brace yourself and toughen up. Life is full of pit falls.
2007-08-07 08:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by Ruth 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't have religion....I have Christ.
I believe what I believe because I have been empowered to do so by the Holy Spirit of God.
In and of myself, I could never follow the Lord....because I am a sinner by nature.
2007-08-07 08:23:01 · answer #5 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.islamawareness.net/islam
2007-08-07 09:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only reason is....FAITH..otherwise we would be doubting everything, including our own existence.
2007-08-07 08:24:30 · answer #7 · answered by jo v 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im born again...we can live again if we convert...these bodies will surely die
2007-08-07 08:23:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋