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<blockquote data-quote="Tellyontellyon" data-source="post: 76213862" data-attributes="member: 425478"><p>I think it's better to take the default position of giving the benefit of the doubt... or it just comes across as paranoid and aggressive.</p><p>Even if a person is trolling... well why? Why are they trolling? There must be some doubt about their own position if they have to mock somebody else's. The mocker is really covering up their own uncertainty. Unconsciously they have a part of them that wants to believe IMO.</p><p>Anyhow, I'm not here to mock or troll.</p><p>If my questions seem tricky, or designed to catch you out then that is a misunderstanding. It is more that I am crash testing Christianity, as a way to really get to the heart of it.</p><p>I'm not a believer, but I'm not against becoming one if faith were to grow in me.</p><p>If Jesus were to talk to me or if I felt a connection with or living experience of him, then I would. I have prayed for that, I've prayed for faith. But nothing has happened.</p><p>So for the time being I'm still a Buddhist. At its heart Buddhism is a method rather than a belief. Even it's beliefs are methods. A vehicle to get to enlightenment, to the complete end of suffering and the development of compassion. I know these methods work from experience...</p><p>... But I'm not saying that an experience of Christ isn't possible. If Christ is real then such a thing can happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tellyontellyon, post: 76213862, member: 425478"] I think it's better to take the default position of giving the benefit of the doubt... or it just comes across as paranoid and aggressive. Even if a person is trolling... well why? Why are they trolling? There must be some doubt about their own position if they have to mock somebody else's. The mocker is really covering up their own uncertainty. Unconsciously they have a part of them that wants to believe IMO. Anyhow, I'm not here to mock or troll. If my questions seem tricky, or designed to catch you out then that is a misunderstanding. It is more that I am crash testing Christianity, as a way to really get to the heart of it. I'm not a believer, but I'm not against becoming one if faith were to grow in me. If Jesus were to talk to me or if I felt a connection with or living experience of him, then I would. I have prayed for that, I've prayed for faith. But nothing has happened. So for the time being I'm still a Buddhist. At its heart Buddhism is a method rather than a belief. Even it's beliefs are methods. A vehicle to get to enlightenment, to the complete end of suffering and the development of compassion. I know these methods work from experience... ... But I'm not saying that an experience of Christ isn't possible. If Christ is real then such a thing can happen. [/QUOTE]
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