You miss the point. What would you do with the supernatural? Do you even want the supernatural? Do you feel a need for the supernatural? If you don't want or need it, then why mock or despise it?
Huh. Stuck in my natural environment. I feel terrible about that. I just haven't found access to a supernatural environment
You are stuck because you thought or expected your belief would bring you some kind of benefit. No benefit(s), right? Just demands, perhaps?
It's a bit difficult to mock or despise the supernatural. A claimed reality that has no evidence to support its existence is not something I would mock or despise.
I don't hold any religious belief thus, no expectations. Do you mock and despise most of the planet's population because they don't hold your religious beliefs?
Is that what you expected from religion? That your life would be fuller and filled with meaning? That is kind of like of like expecting life to be fuller and have more meaning because one has a paintbrush. Life only becomes fuller and more meaningful when one makes use of what they have.
As I'm not religious, I have no expectations from religion. Do you think your life would be less meaningful / valuable without religion?
I love my natural environment. I've lived in the desert and by the sea, near mountains, rivers, wetlands--but one can't be everywhere at once. However, I don't think I would thrive in Antarctica, so I doubt I'll ever go there, which will be my loss, but I am okay with that. In the same way, why work towards the spiritual realm if one has no interest in it? Why seek God if one has no interest in God?
And you are okay with that.
Try introducing the topic by claiming there is no such thing. Second, demand that someone else should make something supernatural happen for you--name something specific. Finally, if someone shares their experience with you be sure and tell them it was only brain neurons and add that they should get a checkup. That should bring peace to all you speak with.
Did you once?
No more so than being without a best friend, a spouse, children, and chinchillas. There would be something else. No one misses what they never had--for me, that would be panning for gold, the Crown Jewels, or the original of the Mona Lisa. Meanwhile, I treasure the best friend, spouse, children, chinchillas, and God and wouldn't want to do without a one. Had to work hard for all of them. Worth it.
Definitely. For among the many problems with all religions are the questions they are unable to answer.
Bad analogy. A best friend, a spouse, children, and chinchillas don't make promises of everlasting bliss in heaven and don't make threats of eternal torment for a list of "crimes" I might inadvertently commit.
Why do you need the questions answered? What would you do with the answers? How might answers change your life?
Ah, so you did have expectations of God, and it sounds like both good ones and bad ones.
On the other hand, introduce the topic and claim you speak with authority. Demand that supernaturalism is extant and observable. Share your experiences with the supernatural and insist others accept that as fact.Try introducing the topic by claiming there is no such thing. Second, demand that someone else should make something supernatural happen for you--name something specific. Finally, if someone shares their experience with you be sure and tell them it was only brain neurons and add that they should get a checkup. That should bring peace to all you speak with.
One of my most heart-felt Bible verses is where Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have not seen, but believe." Some things are overpowering--it is a blessing simply to believe.
What an odd series of questions. The human quest for answers about the universe and our place in it has been a defining characteristic of the species. The attitude of the religious is, at times, to throw their hands in the air and announce, ''we'll never know'', ''its blasphemous to ask'', ''gods ways are not our ways', etc.
