
adwilk
Audioholic Ninja
Reading this thread or similar language gets me thinking.
Take this with a grain of salt.
I suppose you could say I'm religious... But I really don't like the connotations that that word contains.
Religion is simply a motivation to aspire to something, anything.. usually to please a higher power than our own.
My religious beliefs are very specific. I'm amazed that God, in his infinite wisdom, gave man the intellectual wherewithal to actually question his existence. Ultimately, free will. The ghastly reality of God's gift of free will to mankind is that we can do nothing to change other peoples thinking even when they affect us very profoundly. This surrender of choice leaves a real opportunity create our own ideals, beliefs, and understandings provided that our dependence on Him and interdependence on man remains in tact.
I hate the rules. I was "programmed" to believe so many things in Sunday School that I realize now were never a product of the wonderful gift of free will thinking.
Science and Religion can coexist. But, I cling to some truth that God created science and gave us the capacity to understand it so that we ultimately might love Him more.
I say that because I do get sick of the the stereotypical "church" guy that shuns all science. I believe that the wonders of science were created to further magnify the Creator and those scientific principals should be embraced to further understand His love for mankind greater.
So, theres a religious POV. I agree that it seems that people rarely "switch" teams, but at least I'm confident that I created my own beliefs because I CAN and not because somebody told me to.
Take this with a grain of salt.
I suppose you could say I'm religious... But I really don't like the connotations that that word contains.
Religion is simply a motivation to aspire to something, anything.. usually to please a higher power than our own.
My religious beliefs are very specific. I'm amazed that God, in his infinite wisdom, gave man the intellectual wherewithal to actually question his existence. Ultimately, free will. The ghastly reality of God's gift of free will to mankind is that we can do nothing to change other peoples thinking even when they affect us very profoundly. This surrender of choice leaves a real opportunity create our own ideals, beliefs, and understandings provided that our dependence on Him and interdependence on man remains in tact.
I hate the rules. I was "programmed" to believe so many things in Sunday School that I realize now were never a product of the wonderful gift of free will thinking.
Science and Religion can coexist. But, I cling to some truth that God created science and gave us the capacity to understand it so that we ultimately might love Him more.
I say that because I do get sick of the the stereotypical "church" guy that shuns all science. I believe that the wonders of science were created to further magnify the Creator and those scientific principals should be embraced to further understand His love for mankind greater.
So, theres a religious POV. I agree that it seems that people rarely "switch" teams, but at least I'm confident that I created my own beliefs because I CAN and not because somebody told me to.