I've come to a realization in my life; What I think is right doesn't ultimately matter. In my quest to try and get Theist's to see my point of view I became antagonistic, willing to pounce on people and cut their ideas and beliefs to shreds, and take joy in doing so. Somewhere along the way I lost sight of my own moral compass, and I went astray. I used to tell myself that I could never have religion because I couldn't bring myself to condemn anothers beliefs, yet I found myself doing precisely that. I am now waking up to idea that my condemnation (and others, be they atheist or theist) only helps to harden hearts, not to open them. Ultimately, No one truly knows what happens when we die, only time will tell. I hope humanity isn't permanently lost to its own petty insecurities, that we all wake up one morning and look at our neighbors, so foreign yet so familiar, and just see their humanity and not their beliefs, color, status, etc. Until that bright day when we learn to let go....
2007-08-23 14:56:28 · 7 answers · asked by Worzel Gummidge 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just remember, there are antagonist of every belief or disbelief. I simply came at it from my stand point as an atheist...
2007-08-23 15:08:18 · update #1
What a shame that even after I posted this, some answerers STILL are preaching to me about how I'm going to hell... Maybe we are a doomed species...
2007-08-23 15:13:53 · update #2
I thought I made that clear in the writing robert...
2007-08-23 16:03:19 · update #3
You make an excellent point. I heard an actor on NPR talking about how condescension always makes a character unsympathetic on the stage. I think this is true in our discourse here. We can discuss our differences, get to know each other, perhaps understand each other more, without cutting each other to pieces.
2007-08-23 15:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And what you describe as an antagonistic atheist is no different than what is going on in politics and abortion and with unions and so many other areas of life. If I disagree with you it seems to be a sure fire bet that you (in the broader sense of you, of course) will mock and ridicule me. It's the American way!
I'm glad you came around. It's tough to take the high road when the well worn path is the lowest road possible.
2007-08-23 22:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by Just_One_Man's_Opinion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So, are you gonna wait until it is too late to try and figure out what is truth?
If I die and I'm wrong, I'll just rot in the ground. If you die and are wrong, you will be eternally punished. I know that most people do not appreciate that line of reasoning, but it is so very important that what we believe now will effect our eternity.
2007-08-23 22:08:26 · answer #3 · answered by ScottyJae 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
sounds wonderful, but, as a Christian I have my appointment of life set by God , not man....... *sigh*, I can love, respect, have compassion, etc., for ALL man kind, but I also have the job set before me by God, and that is to spread his word..... NOT by pushing it on to other people, but by example, talking, and teaching, I am not a preacher..... and as a Christian, I do KNOW what happens after death.... just my humble 2 cents...... go in peace......... God bless
2007-08-23 22:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by Annie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Worzel...
Not easy facing up to our own actions and admitting them to others....but it frees us to be a person we can respect and like and have peace about.
Something many should try for themselves.
Well done. :)
2007-08-23 22:13:36 · answer #5 · answered by ForeverSet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tolerance isn't approving those views we agree with and telling those we disagree with to "shut up" (that isn't freedom of speech either).
2007-08-23 23:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finally someone gets it
2007-08-23 22:07:17 · answer #7 · answered by jason g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋