Man Made Religions

[there4eyeM]

Do you believe any of them are real?

When a human believes something, arguing it isn't real is moot.

 

[Feeding Crows]

But we're talking science, vs make-believe.

 

[there4eyeM]

But we're talking science, vs make-believe.

You may be, but you must see that there are many others who are not. For them, it is belief and what you are saying is an attempt to make-them-believe something else. We have a tendency to underestimate the power of faith, or even to understand it is real.

 

[Feeding Crows]

Why do you believe, what you believe?

Did you have an incredible sighting? Or were you born that way?

 

[Feeding Crows]

Did God come to you and say, "This is they way you must believe!"

Or were you just brainwashed that way since you were little?

 

[there4eyeM]

Why do you believe, what you believe?

Did you have an incredible sighting? Or were you born that way?

It isn't clear what you think I believe, but I would say that the only valid basis for belief is personal experience, or revelation, if you will.

 

[Feeding Crows]

I was brainwashed, but I said "fook no!"

 

[Feeding Crows]

It isn't clear what you think I believe, but I would say that the only valid basis for belief is personal experience, or revelation, if you will.

Tell me about it then. What made you believe the way you do, besides being born that way?

 

[there4eyeM]

I was brainwashed, but I said "fook no!"

So, you had a personal revelation.

 

[there4eyeM]

Tell me about it then. What made you believe the way you do, besides being born that way?

If you look at the sky and you say it is blue, is that belief?

 

[Feeding Crows]

So, you had a personal revelation.

Yes i did! I was a little kid! I told off the whole clergy!

 

[there4eyeM]

Yes i did! I was a little kid! I told off the whole clergy!

That probably gave them a "revelation", too.

 

[Feeding Crows]

I always had a problem about saying the truth.

 

[there4eyeM]

I always had a problem about saying the truth.

You might consider yourself lucky; many people don't seem able to even see it.

 

[Feeding Crows]

So I was kicked out of "Wednesday school", which is how it rolled in Queens, NY.

 

[Feeding Crows]

I had a major argument about Noah's Ark...

 

[Feeding Crows]

I wasn't allowed back, but I loved it!!!! I proved my point, and I was like 12!

 

[Feeding Crows]

It got me laid later on, too... jus sayin...

 

[there4eyeM]

I wasn't allowed back, but I loved it!!!! I proved my point, and I was like 12!

12 is a time when many know much. Later, they may become "comfortably numb".

 

[Feeding Crows]

I used to study the Encyclopedia Britannica. I read all 32 volumes from beginning to end, as a little kid. That's what I would do while on the toilet!

Kids are looking at Playboy, I'm reading the friggin encyclopedia!