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But that is what real this real religious belief brings right? I am an atheist but (only early on) raised with: the hard questions you do not ask; it is up to g

But that is what real this real religious belief brings right? I am an atheist but (only early on) raised with: the hard questions you do not ask; it is up to god and not you to know these things. Just follow his teachings in life and do not reason why. I do believe (from the few people I know who really believed, all dead now) that if you deeply believe and follow this, you could be happy in a very easy way as you genuinely will leave these questions behind and believe all people who question you will end up south of heaven. Not your problem if you tried to help them by quoting scripture. Think it leaves your head more clear than having questions and finding ways (logic, physics etc) to answer them; just not have them at all.

senectus1 5y ago
you need to prove god first (but it would help if it was clearly defined first). But the "teachings" basically boil down to "treat others how you would like to be treated. There is nothing god like in that... its pure evolutionary pragmatism.
- tluyben2 5y ago
  Agreed, however, there are many interpretations which have many caveats. I was raised in a particularly hard-core interpretation of the bible and we had to do a lot more to get to heaven than just treat others how you would like to be treated. Also, what is your margin of error for that in a particular interpretation? Can you repent or off to hell with you after one strike? Ours was closer to the latter. All the questions I had as a child about those things and the logic fallacies coming out it where said to be god's domain, not mine (and continuing that line of questioning actually was said to be sort of a sin (I do not remember how severe it was, just that this is in the bible somewhere and that I got a lot of school penalties asking questions), with bible verses quoted).

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But that is what real this real religious belief brings right? I am an atheist but (only early on) raised with: the hard questions you do not ask; it is up to g

by tluyben2 5y ago

senectus1 5y ago
you need to prove god first (but it would help if it was clearly defined first). But the "teachings" basically boil down to "treat others how you would like to be treated. There is nothing god like in that... its pure evolutionary pragmatism.
- tluyben2 5y ago
  Agreed, however, there are many interpretations which have many caveats. I was raised in a particularly hard-core interpretation of the bible and we had to do a lot more to get to heaven than just treat others how you would like to be treated. Also, what is your margin of error for that in a particular interpretation? Can you repent or off to hell with you after one strike? Ours was closer to the latter. All the questions I had as a child about those things and the logic fallacies coming out it where said to be god's domain, not mine (and continuing that line of questioning actually was said to be sort of a sin (I do not remember how severe it was, just that this is in the bible somewhere and that I got a lot of school penalties asking questions), with bible verses quoted).