tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523435421763210874.post4255824561064546687..comments2010-01-28T10:47:57.753-08:00Comments on Losing My Religion: Behind the CurtainImprobable Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881240428061850755noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523435421763210874.post-80513180840022528072008-04-08T12:10:00.001-07:002008-04-08T12:10:00.001-07:00D, nice to see you! I hadn't realized you came fr...D, nice to see you! I hadn't realized you came from that similar a background to me, even with all the talking we've done. I like your thought about being a decent human being -- thank you for posting here!Improbable Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881240428061850755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523435421763210874.post-53071682083471269422008-04-08T12:10:00.000-07:002008-04-08T12:10:00.000-07:00LBB, thanks ... this is the kind of thing I need t...LBB, thanks ... this is the kind of thing I need to think about. I feel a bit like the fabled emperor (Empress?), having taken off my philosophical clothes and having to pretend that I am wearing new ones. I need to get dressed again, I just can't figure out what to wear.Improbable Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881240428061850755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523435421763210874.post-64365427805745585982008-03-31T20:40:00.000-07:002008-03-31T20:40:00.000-07:00I support you as you take this journey to find you...I support you as you take this journey to find your place in this universe. And you have every right to have doubt. That don't make you a bad person.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in the Baptist church in Brooklyn, NY. My grandmother took me every Sunday. But as I got older, I began to think for myself. And, for myself, I realized one truth, religion is manmade... faith is from the heart. But at the same time, I won't stop others from beliving in some form of religion, if it feels good to them. <BR/><BR/>I still believe there is something out there bigger than all of us. What exactly, I don't know. But even if there is nothing on the other side of the curtain, does that give me licence to run amok and create chaos and mayhem? No. Because I believe in being an asset and not a liability to my fellow man. I don't need religion to tell me to be a decent person. I choose to be one on my own...Fishbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705316924475996630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4523435421763210874.post-50987766924964156902008-03-31T07:22:00.000-07:002008-03-31T07:22:00.000-07:00Just because there's nothing deliberate behind the...Just because there's nothing <I>deliberate</I> behind the curtain doesn't mean there's nothing there at all. =)<BR/><BR/>I feel like a non-directed universe is more awe-inspiring than one that was deliberately smacked together.<BR/><BR/>Consider your foothills. Beautiful and breathtaking, right? It would certainly take an impressive being to carve them. (Or would it be more <I>built</I>, sandcastle style?)<BR/><BR/>Now think about how amazing it is that those foothills are there without any direction at all. And that you're alive in the geological epoch between jagged, rugged mountains and erosion's soft, rolling prairie.<BR/><BR/>Also, that there are computers and blogs and that we're able to have this conversation. All of that happened without anybody pulling the strings. That's the dictionary definition of awesome.<BR/><BR/>I hope I'm helping, rather than rubbing salt into your discomfort. feel free to tell me to stuff it. =)K.O. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335324973680065803noreply@blogger.com