I'm not sure what turq finds so annoying about "belief." Heck, if we didn't
have beliefs, we'd have to learn everything all over every single day. For
example, when I cross the busy intersection while walking to the post office, I
believe the cars will obey the red light. I don't know 100% for sure that they
will. But I think they will based on past experience. Except past experience
also includes seeing many a dingbat run the red light! I think belief is what
we do all day long simply because we can't know anything for sure until AFTER
it has happened. d even then, our perceptions are skewed by the state of our
nervous system.
From: "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A question for those who believe in God
From: "Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> If I were to find out, beyond a reasonable
doubt, that there was no God, I'd probably have a pretty good chuckle and move
on. Let it go and take it as it comes. I might even get a bit philisophical
about it and ponder what that belief did for me along the road to that
discovery. All in all... I'd forgive myself and move on. I guess that's what my
belief did for me.
Good for you. It would be easier for me because I skipped that annoying interim
"belief" step. :-)
From: "TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife <fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:00 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] A question for those who believe in God
If you were find out for sure that there is NO God, would you feel a sense
of loss, as if your life had been diminished in some way or wasted believing in
one?
We non-theists wouldn't. It would have no impact on our lives whatsoever.
If your answer to the question is "Yes," it seems to me that your faith in God
is based on habit, neediness and fear, not on any kind of positive belief.
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