ManicCC: AMEN TO THAT SIR!



:santa...He's coming soon, lol.

Kathy, should we be scared into believing? It seems to me, for all the good that religions do (and admittedly there is a great deal) there is a more or less an equivalent amount of bad consequences, brought about by minions of the various faiths, their various wrongdoings, and their mutually incompatible beliefs (once again, also, a great deal). Pascals Wager? yes, I have thought about that, however in a basically impartial and disintegrating universe, which by the way, seems to care about us, not one jot, where is God? The problem with competing faiths is that no one can prove whose imaginary friend is the best. Yet, as history proves they have been more than willing to torture, maim, and kill each other over this self-same imaginary friend, and it still goes on today, amongst the extremists. However, I am not a total atheist (more of a doubting agnostic) who leans toward Buddhism, with perhaps some elements of Sufism. There could be something, however, I see scant evidence of it. We are lucky (that some of us) have a conscience, however that does not imply that a God imbued us with this self-same conscience, merely that some are kinder than others, by disposition, and nature, and some have been brought up to be more compassionate than others, by their parents. These parents can well be true atheists, yet still, raise a child to be very conscientious. In my humble opinion:

Religions: The more they think they know, the more they're caustic
That is why I'll stay an old agnostic

In saying all of this, I certainly do not wish to shake you in your faith, which I know you to hold very dear. I merely state the opposing viewpoint, which you should also respect in those who have come to this conclusion.