I am new here, for about a week now? Something like that. I came here searching for some answes dealing with absurd and controversial topics, and I was graciously approached by one of your members regarding this. They have offered their help, and patience, and I am eternally grateful.
The other reason I am here, is because I think at this point in my journey, I am back (again), and Christianity's doorstep, as-it-were. I have been on this road in the past, and was an active, and very much involved in it. But that was long ago, I learned much, and as such, I eventually left that path. However, in part, that decision was based on immature and childlike ego and thinking, and I admit that. The other part of it, however, was based on reason, as I got older and looking into things for myself, as opposed to simply being told what to believe, what the 'truth' is, etc.
It is that second part, that I want to try and work through. To a point, I believe religion, ANY religion, will always and unequivocally come down to belief. Even if I wholeheartedly believed in someone or something creating us, I would also have to believe that they created it this way for a reason. It is for a reason, that the 'Creator' cannot be proved empirically. I believe it was meant that way. Proof destroys faith, at least in my estimation. I do not believe it would be by sheer accident, but by direct design. I want to go back through it all, what I learned as a child, as a young person, and redefine. At the end, if there is one, I may or may not come to a different conclusion that I am at right now. I do not know. If I do not, then I will have go through the process myself, and can say with certainty that I really did make an 'informed decision'. If I DO change it, then I will be able to say the same, but with a certainty that someone, something, not only created us, but is also there, waiting.
I realize there is much that I've said that some will take issue with, maybe even offense. I mean none at all, and I wan to be sure anyone who reads this understands that this is applicable ONLY to my world, my sphere of life. It is not meant to apply to anyone or anything else, except for me. We all are on our own paths, and every path means something to one who walks it.
Thanks for your patience, your time, your understanding. I do not mean to offend anyone at all, that is not why I am here, and I will do my very best to make sure I do not do so even accidentally. If you will have me, and would be patient with me, I am here to stay, until I find my answers, wherever they may lead me, or to Whomever they lead to. I am committed.
(One more thing, why would a post tell me at the top that it is 'submitted for approval', when I have not yet seen that previously? Have I broken some rule to which my posts need be curated first?)
The other reason I am here, is because I think at this point in my journey, I am back (again), and Christianity's doorstep, as-it-were. I have been on this road in the past, and was an active, and very much involved in it. But that was long ago, I learned much, and as such, I eventually left that path. However, in part, that decision was based on immature and childlike ego and thinking, and I admit that. The other part of it, however, was based on reason, as I got older and looking into things for myself, as opposed to simply being told what to believe, what the 'truth' is, etc.
It is that second part, that I want to try and work through. To a point, I believe religion, ANY religion, will always and unequivocally come down to belief. Even if I wholeheartedly believed in someone or something creating us, I would also have to believe that they created it this way for a reason. It is for a reason, that the 'Creator' cannot be proved empirically. I believe it was meant that way. Proof destroys faith, at least in my estimation. I do not believe it would be by sheer accident, but by direct design. I want to go back through it all, what I learned as a child, as a young person, and redefine. At the end, if there is one, I may or may not come to a different conclusion that I am at right now. I do not know. If I do not, then I will have go through the process myself, and can say with certainty that I really did make an 'informed decision'. If I DO change it, then I will be able to say the same, but with a certainty that someone, something, not only created us, but is also there, waiting.
I realize there is much that I've said that some will take issue with, maybe even offense. I mean none at all, and I wan to be sure anyone who reads this understands that this is applicable ONLY to my world, my sphere of life. It is not meant to apply to anyone or anything else, except for me. We all are on our own paths, and every path means something to one who walks it.
Thanks for your patience, your time, your understanding. I do not mean to offend anyone at all, that is not why I am here, and I will do my very best to make sure I do not do so even accidentally. If you will have me, and would be patient with me, I am here to stay, until I find my answers, wherever they may lead me, or to Whomever they lead to. I am committed.
(One more thing, why would a post tell me at the top that it is 'submitted for approval', when I have not yet seen that previously? Have I broken some rule to which my posts need be curated first?)
