That you make this statement shows that you do not and that you are not particularly interested in divesting yourself of your prejudice.
Though what I said seemed harsh it comes from a biblical doctrine. I am not prejudice, and/or no more than you are towards me. You have also made assumptions about me which is why I said pardon?
The hard of heart - those who God knows are unbelievers ( Christ made parables for these people )
Self -Righteouss - Though it sounds harsh (like an insult) it infact simply means what I was talking about - leaning on our own interpretation of life, and being the boss of it, saying things like "why did you do this that and the other God" and making your own laws to follow. So, I only say this with knowledge of what it means (filthy rags) etc.
We have different beliefs yet your brother is dead in both of them.
That's right, we both seem able to discern reality. But we don't decide it, as if I did he would still be alive.
Without having a good educational background you will never be able to distinguish completely irrational belief based on lies about the histories of the belief system you adhere to
Who says I have no educational background?
Though you rightly say "belief system" I independently came to conclusions without any religious input. So - when I believed, God then kind of proved himself to me. I don't think this is irrational though, because I wasn't seeing what I wanted to see, sometimes with logic, one must deduce that what is happening seems to be the truth. YET I understand if this is NOT scientific proof, though I have not came to my conclusions irrationally.
Good things happen to me and I don't pray. Bad things happen and I don't pray. Good things happen to you when you pray. Bad things happen to you when you pray. But more importantly, I find it more irrational to base one's life on a literal interpretation of a book written by men
You are confusing things. I know good and bad things happen to us both. However, when you pray for a specific thing and recieve it - well, what would you conclude Mammuthus?
I do not base my life on Creationism, I base my life on God.
I find the religious to be even more arbitrary and variable in their beliefs than non-believers.
I apologize if I seemed a bit harsh on the unbeliever, I love unbelievers probably more than believers in some cases. I am not religious and all of my relatives claim they are unbelievers - so, I live with them and understand them yet in all the gap between them and me is vast.
[This message has been edited by mike the wiz, 02-09-2004]