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snark · 09-26-2008, 10:41 PM

Hey Eric,

I am glad to hear your life is accelerating in a positive direction.

I am not a religious person, but it would be ignorant of me to say I do not believe in Christ. It seems so many people misinterpret the meaning of belief. In my life I have given Christianity a fair shot I think.. I have prayed for forgiveness, for loved ones, and of course, for Christmas presents. I have attended church and read large chunks of the bible, also. But there is this vast schism between those who claim to be embraced by God, and those who idle around in the figurative queue waiting for Him to call their number. Certainly not everyone who considers themselves a Christian have had an electric experience or revelation like yourselves and others have had... and it is the absolute and conviction of those enhanced beliefs that make them inseparable from reality. I can no more deny the existence of God which pulls on the collective human will (Nor any other God or religious figure which does the same) than I can deny the existence of Gravity based on personal experiences.

In short.. do I know Christ..? No. Do I expect an afterlife? No. Do I believe in a divine spirit that affects the people around me? Yes~ because you would have to be blind to think otherwise. Even if that divine spirit is nothing more than a natural chemical process in the brain, it still exists.

I guess I said all this (did it even make sense?) to explain why its silly to think less of a person for having a religious belief. I expect I will be agnostic my whole life, but I will never think less of people who think differently.

Id like to add that arguing about the validity of religion and beliefs is still very important and I hope these types of constructive conversations can go on here..

09-26-2008, 10:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
snark Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10 My Photos: ()	Re: A letter to my friends Hey Eric, I am glad to hear your life is accelerating in a positive direction. I am not a religious person, but it would be ignorant of me to say I do not believe in Christ. It seems so many people misinterpret the meaning of belief. In my life I have given Christianity a fair shot I think.. I have prayed for forgiveness, for loved ones, and of course, for Christmas presents. I have attended church and read large chunks of the bible, also. But there is this vast schism between those who claim to be embraced by God, and those who idle around in the figurative queue waiting for Him to call their number. Certainly not everyone who considers themselves a Christian have had an electric experience or revelation like yourselves and others have had... and it is the absolute and conviction of those enhanced beliefs that make them inseparable from reality. I can no more deny the existence of God which pulls on the collective human will (Nor any other God or religious figure which does the same) than I can deny the existence of Gravity based on personal experiences. In short.. do I know Christ..? No. Do I expect an afterlife? No. Do I believe in a divine spirit that affects the people around me? Yes~ because you would have to be blind to think otherwise. Even if that divine spirit is nothing more than a natural chemical process in the brain, it still exists. I guess I said all this (did it even make sense?) to explain why its silly to think less of a person for having a religious belief. I expect I will be agnostic my whole life, but I will never think less of people who think differently. Id like to add that arguing about the validity of religion and beliefs is still very important and I hope these types of constructive conversations can go on here..