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Originally posted by St. Anky:
So you're saying you're stubborn and no matter what, no one will ever be able to change or influence your beliefs?
im not picking apart your post, i just want to ask a question:
is religion as important to you as you say it is, simply because its the only thing you reason is RIGHT?
i was raised in a christian home, its all i knew about religion, and hell i was even taught that anything that rivaled the teachings of the bible, were considered blasphemous and wrong. an 18 year old my age raised in an islamic or buddhist family could have the exact same argument that i do. who's right?
in my experience; in order to satisfy my quest for truth, I've had to take myself out of my christian upbringing and look at all of the religions of the world from a neutral stance. thats the only way to make a just decision. sure i can go out and explore other religions, but if i always hold onto my christian beliefs, i will never truly gain anything from my journey, i will always look at islam, judaism, buddhism, and every other religious dogma in a doubtful, non-believing way.
then again, in the end this is all the result of neurons firing in my brain, developing ideas into words...
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No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying that I've come to a point with myself that all reason that I put into it--comes out as this. And I will be stuck with this ideology, unless someone comes up with something that goes beyond what I feel I have done.
You are doing the exact same thing.
Religion is not important to me. I'm not sure where you got that idea from... The belief my savior is--and the only reason that it is, is because it is RIGHT to me. If I did not reason with myself, until I believed it, without a shadow of a doubt...did I ever really believe it?, or did I just want to believe it in case there really is a hell--and I want to cover myself? That's what religion used to be to me.
I've tried to reason through the feelings that I have...that is drawing me towards something. I feel this is what it has drawn me towards, and the feeling is satisfied. I am no longer searching.