José;3163310 said:Originally posted by Mr Clean
I wonder how many of the self professed true believers really believe or are they just hedging their bets just in case.
Good point, Mr.
The sharp division between faith and incredulity, believers and non-believers is, to a certain extent, false and artificial. People need labels in order to simplify their lives and facilitate communion and debate.
All human beings walk the fine line between faith and disbelief their entire lives with different degrees of inclination towards both.
i don't know if this is or is not the case, Jose'. I suppose a case could be made to support your argument.... I only know about me...and I have had my share of ups and downs on the ''belief scale'' as you have stated....but i view these down periods as periods that I learned the most about myself, and my resolve of my belief in God.
I don't have a church or specific organized religion that I follow, I just know that I am a Christian....I believe with all my body and soul...I don't even know why, I just know that I do. I am not someone fooled easily either, I am a lover of mathematics and science, tangible things....and i can't even get through any kind of movie, that is just too unrealistic....I have to walk away...but my belief in God seems as real as real can be....and for no solid, sound reason....
I am not ''in it'' for the communion with others, though I suppose I probably should be....the organized Church that i did belong to in my youth, excommunicated me, for divorcing and remarrying...that was 20 years ago....i'm a woman without a country...ummmm i mean, a woman without a Church....
It honestly is, as though I were programmed, to believe....genetically programmed to believe in God....to believe He is real, because I honestly have absolutely no doubt that He is real....how does one explain that...when there is nothing physically to support it? Mental illness? Or trust in my own intuition, or trust in what i believe was revealed to me?