I laugh at the thought of religious folk who are trapped in their belief systems.
I laugh at the thought that sceptics are trapped in theirs.
To me they are stuck and I feel superior to them.
Am I trapped in my laughter and my feelings of superiority?
Observe without judgement is the only way I tell myself.
I am so bad at achieving that state for more than one second.
Lilly
I daren't laugh,my mind can only boggle. My aunt,who is 90 this July,is soooo blinkered in her religious ideas,she's a Baptist.
I don't argue with her as she gets uptight and she is RIGHT!
I am still learning about her beliefs,only last week I asked her if she had seen the programme on t.v. about dinosaurs. oooooh! I had a long lecture on evolution,or the LIE about it? in her opinion, dinosaurs never existed...we are surrounded by the blighters here,they even call it Dinosaur Island now!
Then the old chestnut about the son of God dying for our sins...what a cop out! Never understood that one;does it mean we can sin for all we're worth,and it doesn't matter,'cos all is forgiven?
I can't understand her way of thinking,she's an intelligent woman, she was an aircraft engineer and flew planes,and mended them in the war, then went on to GPO supervisor after the war.
The family all joke about her trying to get her 'brownie points' to get through the pearly gates.
I'm not judging her,or others ideas,it just amazes me at the lack of questioning why,when what for?which I do all the time.
laura
yet somehow it must be comforting to have such blind faith.... not to have to question... to believe you have all the answers! if people do nothave the need to question .....in this hectic lifestyle we lead i can see this as quite a comfort, one less thing to worry about. i'm not saying its right for me.... but, hey! each to his own!!!
evergreen
wen I was ten I wrote a poem that spoke of my envy for those that had faith... I have grown past that to accepting those that have faith different to my own.. all in all I have decided that even if I decide to believe nothing then I obviously must have faith in myself... thus no need to envy no need to want what others have...
and certainly no need to judge..... David
beantighe
'no need to envy, no need to want what others have'
I like that, Evergreen.
I must be doing something right, because that's how I feel too.
I may not always agree with what others believe, and very often don't, in fact, but as long as they don't try to force it on me, and don't present any threat to my peace of mind, or my physical safety, then let them please themselves.
I love knowing that I feel no urge whatsoever to go out and try and convert people, because I don't just think I don't have all the answers, I KNOW I don't, and in a funny kind of way, that's liberating! I mean, how can you argue with a person who says: 'I don't know'?
oooooh! I had a long lecture on evolution,or the LIE about it? in her opinion, dinosaurs never existed...we are surrounded by the blighters here,they even call it Dinosaur Island now!
I don't know; [heee heeee]