tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11776272.post113146781396291038..comments2023-05-30T07:40:35.128-05:00Comments on Untitled Life: On FaithAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691867957175454327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11776272.post-1131773639900219362005-11-11T23:33:00.000-06:002005-11-11T23:33:00.000-06:00Time to hear from an atheist.Life without faith is...Time to hear from an atheist.<BR/><BR/>Life without faith is not empty, it is not devoid of morality, it is beautiful.<BR/><BR/>No god sits in judgement over me, no three-headed dog guards the way to hell. I am the only competent judge of my actions, and when I fall short, I feel it. I suffer the pangs of regret, and guilt, the same as any other man, but I take my suffering, and all life is suffering, and I taste it. <BR/><BR/>I savor every bit of life that is thrown my way, the good, the bad, everything. I have no need to give anything to a deity, I have nothing to ask of one either. <BR/><BR/>I am never compelled to accept another's judgement, (outside the courts)I do not refer to any ancient text for guidance, though I've read a lot of them.<BR/><BR/>I can freely and happily say "I don't know anything about god"<BR/><BR/>And I can't. And neither can you or pat robertson or the grand pooh-bah of any church, so what say we all just stop trying. Lets just celebrate life here on earth, pain and all.<BR/><BR/>Incarnation rocks.<BR/><BR/>(it certainly beats the alternative)JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041377580027066168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11776272.post-1131635588123931042005-11-10T09:13:00.000-06:002005-11-10T09:13:00.000-06:00Brock,I thought I detected a hint of LDS in you wi...Brock,<BR/>I thought I detected a hint of LDS in you with a similar cynical approach to religion to my own. What happens to us as Mormons when we let reality set in and make us cynics?<BR/><BR/>Sleep well Brock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691867957175454327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11776272.post-1131550288863969042005-11-09T09:31:00.000-06:002005-11-09T09:31:00.000-06:00Welcom to the world of windbags Captain! I noticed...Welcom to the world of windbags Captain! <BR/><BR/>I noticed in your profile you are a debater/drama kid. I judge debate tournaments here in Texas so we should have some common ground. <BR/><BR/>I also get the feeling from the post you are a Mormon as well. RULDS2? Sorry, couldn't resist quoting the bumber stickers that you see on nearly every car in Utah...<BR/><BR/>I am still Mormon but as you can see from my previous posts, I am examining my faith. Consider it an extreme form of Moroni's promise, "I would exhort you that ye would aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are NOT true". I have taken these things as true all my life. Now I am examining the wisdom in doing so. By so doing I hope to find the answers I seek.<BR/><BR/>For me I must find a place where my faith does not contadict my senses. <BR/><BR/>“Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.” -Blaise PascalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691867957175454327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11776272.post-1131497595505085372005-11-08T18:53:00.000-06:002005-11-08T18:53:00.000-06:00my take on science vs. faith is this. God follows ...my take on science vs. faith is this. God follows laws yes? He has to, it's part of his nature. These laws include scientific laws, we don't know them all because our tiny little brains cannot comprehend them. He's not gonna give us more knowledge than we can handle because then we would have to be held accountable for it, which would be bad when we can't understand. Eventually, if we are good and go on "blind" faith sometimes, everything will be explained. I've believed for some time that we will one day have a scientific explanation for the healing power of the priesthood. That probably won't happen until we've all achieved godhood, but it'll be worth the wait. :)<BR/>i don't really know who you are but I hope you're doing good.Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747028479424692070noreply@blogger.com