| Dodece said: Look there is nothing wrong with having faith in things. As long as you are honest with yourself. If you are making a choice to believe in something that isn't supported by fact or reason. There isn't something insidious about copping to what you are doing. If you have an emotional need for something, and embrace something to give your life some greater meaning. I don't think anyone is particularly troubled by that. The real problem is when people decide to be disingenuous about what they are doing. |
I have been avoiding your remarks because I feel your comments come under the pressure of wanting to force an opinion, not to reason with... the only thing I have to say is you're making a mistake by assuming other people's reasoning and state of mind with your comments. You have asked for something that is very reasonable and respectable (the underlined), but then suddenly you are telling people that when they do, they are doing it out of emotional need. You have determined their purpose for them. This is your assumption based off of an observation... it's not proven fact, but you've disguised an opinion as fact. I do believe there is greater purpose in life than just doing things out of simple emotional need. These are my values. It's not as cut and dry for me as I do it out of emotional need. Many things have happened in my life that have altered the way I perceive things and how I view the spiritual. Your opinion may completely differ and that's fine, I totally respect that and hats off if your life has taken you somewhere else... but your request is a trap to get people to conform to your point of view of religion/spirituality. It's not reasonable. It comes with strings attached that are borderline demeaning to someone who truly has a different take on life than you.
Edit: I edited some.
