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**pGJLweEw** · 06-22-2010, 09:41 PM

Us Norse have a proverb: If one cannot tell another how they feel it will eat like a worm at the brain & soul ~smiles~

I use to be that way, I think it is youthful rebellion more or less, whether 13 or 30 ~grins~.

So his atheism couldn't be a realization that religion is fantasy?

I prefer to see people that "ram" stuff down my throat as a test of my resolve in my foundation ~smiles~, for if they shake my foundation perhaps I need to rethink my paradigm in this life ~smiles~, but if not then it only strengthens my resolve... People of faith like to talk about nonbelievers ramming their nonbeliefs down someone's throat even if they are only asking questions. I don't know how diplomatic this person is. Diplomacy comes with experience. At the same time people of faith should be ready to admit that their beliefs are just a matter of faith and not fact. Of course, I see no virtue in faith especially if it keeps a person from learning something like how to think more clearly or how to form questions.

It doesn't matter what your spiritual outlook is, you should still incorporate sound principles and virtues like Gentleness, Compassion, Integrity, etc. ~smiles~. Integrity implies honesty, doesn't it? What is honest about saying that ID is an equivalent theory to evolution? What's honest about creating a Bible curriculum which makes up quotes the founding fathers never said?

Doing it for conversational purposes is one thing, but to try and tear down someone's foundation is never a good thing and more often than not only results in heated debate ~sighs~ I wonder what initiates these exchanges. People use church for so many other reasons than religion. And believers feel they have the right to say the most ridiculous things and go unchallenged. Things like "He's gone to a better place." They don't know that . Many believers appear to have a hard time seeing the difference between belief and fact.

I think you did the right thing ~smiles~. He'll get over it in a day or two ~chuckles~ That's pretty condescending.

06-22-2010, 09:41 PM	#8
pGJLweEw Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	Us Norse have a proverb: If one cannot tell another how they feel it will eat like a worm at the brain & soul ~smiles~ I use to be that way, I think it is youthful rebellion more or less, whether 13 or 30 ~grins~. So his atheism couldn't be a realization that religion is fantasy? I prefer to see people that "ram" stuff down my throat as a test of my resolve in my foundation ~smiles~, for if they shake my foundation perhaps I need to rethink my paradigm in this life ~smiles~, but if not then it only strengthens my resolve... People of faith like to talk about nonbelievers ramming their nonbeliefs down someone's throat even if they are only asking questions. I don't know how diplomatic this person is. Diplomacy comes with experience. At the same time people of faith should be ready to admit that their beliefs are just a matter of faith and not fact. Of course, I see no virtue in faith especially if it keeps a person from learning something like how to think more clearly or how to form questions. It doesn't matter what your spiritual outlook is, you should still incorporate sound principles and virtues like Gentleness, Compassion, Integrity, etc. ~smiles~. Integrity implies honesty, doesn't it? What is honest about saying that ID is an equivalent theory to evolution? What's honest about creating a Bible curriculum which makes up quotes the founding fathers never said? Doing it for conversational purposes is one thing, but to try and tear down someone's foundation is never a good thing and more often than not only results in heated debate ~sighs~ I wonder what initiates these exchanges. People use church for so many other reasons than religion. And believers feel they have the right to say the most ridiculous things and go unchallenged. Things like "He's gone to a better place." They don't know that . Many believers appear to have a hard time seeing the difference between belief and fact. I think you did the right thing ~smiles~. He'll get over it in a day or two ~chuckles~ That's pretty condescending.
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