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17 May 2009, 11:24 pm

bunnyowen, it seems that the only relevant question about what you believe is...what you believe.

I don't think anybody else knows more than you about the unknowable.

Each of us has a lifetime of experiences, influences, and inclinations that shape our beliefs, and nobody else's is going to have much in common with your own.

Maybe you could do something along the line of non-physical hypothesis testing.

Select a belief, assume you believe it, and build your life around it for a while. If you don't feel comfortable with it, if it doesn't fit you, modify it according to what would make you feel more comfortable, or reject it totally and start over with a different belief.

If it works for you, it's yours.


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18 May 2009, 2:44 pm

CanyonWind wrote:
bunnyowen, it seems that the only relevant question about what you believe is...what you believe.

I don't think anybody else knows more than you about the unknowable.

Each of us has a lifetime of experiences, influences, and inclinations that shape our beliefs, and nobody else's is going to have much in common with your own.

Maybe you could do something along the line of non-physical hypothesis testing.

Select a belief, assume you believe it, and build your life around it for a while. If you don't feel comfortable with it, if it doesn't fit you, modify it according to what would make you feel more comfortable, or reject it totally and start over with a different belief.

If it works for you, it's yours.


quite possibly some awesome advice; thank you



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18 May 2009, 5:25 pm

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So he made humanity, in order to have an object for love.


Thanks. Is that doctrine or personal position?


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18 May 2009, 6:19 pm

Fuzzy wrote:
Ancalagon wrote:
So he made humanity, in order to have an object for love.


Thanks. Is that doctrine or personal position?

That is pretty much the standard christian doctrine.


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19 May 2009, 9:10 am

Ancalagon wrote:
Fuzzy wrote:
Ancalagon wrote:
So he made humanity, in order to have an object for love.


Thanks. Is that doctrine or personal position?

That is pretty much the standard christian doctrine.


God is in great need of treatment.

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