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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
I am a strong atheist. I guess one could call me an anti-theist in that I am against any for of theism. I don't believe theism to be the root of the problem though. Just the fact that theism is irrational. Any belief in a higher deity is idol worship. You should be worshiping the human spirit if anything. Worship yourself, not as if you were a deity, but as if you were a hero. I am one of the atheists who goes out of his way to prove religious people wrong. That is because I would do the same with any Nazi. Nazism is a destructive philosophy just as I believe theism is. Neither are roots of the problem, but they are part of it. I dislike Agnosticism because it is fence sitting. They say that we should just consider the God question beyond positive or negative because we have no proof of existence or nonexistence. However, there is no ultimately positive aspect of spirituality just as there is no ultimately positive aspect of taking 'shrooms or doing acid to "enlighten" yourself.
Two plus two equals four. If someone goes on to say that it equals five he better have a damn good reason for believing what he does. Otherwise, I will do the honor of tearing his argument to pieces so that he won't be deceiving people. I would hope everyone else would do the same.
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haha that statement made me think of 1984...
Anyway, on to my beliefs!
I am christian, always have been. Both my dad and my stepdad attended seminary, my mom has always been active in the church. However, while christianity was always present in my home, it was never really imposed on me... we prayed before dinner, but my parents never really talked about God with me.
As I got older, I came to be very thankful for this because I began to form my own beliefs based on not only Christian teachings, but my own experiances and interactions with ideals outside of Christianity.
My biggest issue with the Christian Church isn't its theology, its the way its members handle it. The hypocritical, self-rightious, preachy "you're going to hell," fundamentalist christian stereotype is NOT christian...its religious, and it's human reveling in all of its flaws. Therefore, while I am indeed Christian, and strongly so, I am not relgious.
I believe the Bible was written guided by God's hand, that it does contain the truths it claims to contain...however, i also believe that it was never written to be taken word for word, and as it has been translated so many many times, that is even more true. Can the translations be trusted? yes, God guided their writing, however, they should be read as one would read any other ancient text, in context and with allowances for translation inconsistancies.
I also believe that humanity exists in a continual state of paradox. That we cannot ever know the answers to the "Big Questions" but that we were created with this thirst for knowledge in order to advance ourselfs as humanity. I believe that everything in existance was originally based on love, and that this love is the thread that holds everything together. Pain and suffering result when human (and satanical) interference fray the thread. God set things in place, but it would rip the fabric of time and space (don't take this literally) if He/She was to intervene directly. God probably doesn't exist in a dimension of time and space as we know it, otherwise the Bible-described heaven couldn't exist.
I think the christians of today and the more recent past have worked themselves into little boxes that blind them to the much bigger beauties of God and everything else that Christians are supposed to embrace. There is a lot more out there than we can ever even come close to comprehending.
(for instance, evolution does NOT conflict with creation)
EDIT: oh, and one of my friends considers himself a wiccan if that counts for anything.
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