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Ermm .. my view ?

Frankly, I have a long way to go yet to be able enough to answer even in my sleep.

As for now, I am born in to a religious family . Religious as in where some literally " follow " without insight in to applying it to our life while some follow the true essence of what my religion speaks of.

I belong to the category of " personalized belief ". To keep my post short, I refuse to accept concepts and ideas which attempt to make us superior by virtue of religion and not virtue perse. I refuse to follow certain rules as i am defiant to dictum.

I believe in a supreme creator. I believe in a lot of the logic my religion proposes. The most imp. being tolerance, love and forgiveness and TRY to follow it.

I see all of us as people who want to be happy and loved at the end of the day.

If my faith gets the better out of me when i am blinded by anger or shallowness and helps bounce back to logic i am willing to explore if there is more to what meets my perception ( not eye )

ermmm .. such a short comment ?

If my faith gets the better out of me when i am blinded by anger or shallowness and helps bounce back to logic i am willing to explore if there is more to what meets my perception ( not eye )

if someone wishes to communicate with their god then surely their god can hear them anytime, anyplace, anywhere. .

Okay, but here's one the points I was trying to make with Claire: we don't truly respect viewpoints that differ sharply (in important ways) from our own. That's not psychologically possible.

To illustrate, imagine encountering someone who believes in religious intolerance. Now, if you're Claire - and you're being logically consistent - you'd say that belief is "right for them," and deserving of respect. But of course neither of you would respect someone who held such a belief, would you?

sorry .. here's a lil mo ..
as humans we sometimes have to act not only with factual information but with what we perceive, as you might on a date with someone, who may be acting strange say. You may have no concrete information to make a decison to conlcude the date or continue it and we use our 'perception' as you eloquently noted, not our eye to help make this choice.

as to god and perception, there is no need to make that choice, not for me, no one forces me , nor do I feel any threat or failure in not choosing to beleive this perception .... yet ... and I say that because there is something out there, I don't know... a god ... maybe, but there's a lot of possibles and maybes.

Hmm .. i get it now.

Nope i wouldnt !!

Maybe it would be clearer to say "Each one to their own Faith !!" and no faith ( or religion in the true sense ) in my knowledge advocates mindboggling intolerance. Its man made and interpreted.Its the way the view a halfempty glass. Be it any religion , if there is a creator , why would he advocate destruction. If we are his image why would he make us breed hatred.

So i respect their faith - atheist or pagan or nature or a religious deity or God in any form.

But i refuse to accept a version of faith and made " belief " if the only purpose it serves is brew misery and contempt. Its their perception and i dissociate from it.

Makes sense i hope ..

JMO

I am an Atheist.. I don't believe in anything (other than myself) I don't believe in any kind of god. That also INCLUDES... ghosts.. aliens.. supernatural.. ufos.. after life.. etc.

I don't believe in all that kind of thing either.. although I have full respect for anyone that does (to each his own etc)I have always been that way.. and am very happy with it the way it is. I don't need a 'faith' or belief.. in anything other than myself.

It's got me this far.. and it it suits me just fine.

Same here.

I only believe in myself.
I was never religious. I have never believed in any kind of god or higher power.

This idea cropped in to my mind while on Indy's thread.

People, what do you believe or have faith in ?

I know this sounds ambigious. But not everyone here is religious.

So do you believe in God ? If yes, what do you believe about him and his teachings ?
Do you follow any particular religion ? If yes/no why ?
If atheist, what is your belief about the existence of a creator or an energy force ?
If none of these , any personalised beliefs ?
PS: This is NOT to debate or put anyone's faith down .

Hell, I'm such a skeptical atheist, I'm not even sure I believe in myself (on a bad day).

Am Glad Amborse

Thankyou each one for the input .. I appreciate it.

Off to bed for now ..

Dearest T,

I believe in love. It is the only one true basis. It is what I put my faith in.

Sorry I had to dip out then.. I'm trying to sort something out with my international calling rates.. haha

Night night Riya.. sweet dreams (of CHOCOLATES!!)

Hi James , good to see you around.