Subject: Re: Choice of religion
From: Robbie (shok@netcom.com)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 17:21:46 EST
jim said:
<< Prior to adopting any particular belief system, I had rejected
Catholicism outright, and (like you) started reading everything I could
get my hands on. Including some versions of eastern philosophy and
Gestalt. Cultural beliefs - -- the ones handed to me, anyways -- I had
rejected outright.
So I don't know where I fit in to your paradigm. >>
So you were brought up Catholic and you eventually settled on some other
brand of Christianity? And you don't see where you fit into the
paradigm?
Of all the religions in the world, of all the religious leaders in the
world, you ended up making yours that of your parents' (presumably) and
that of the dominant religious portion of your country. The specifics
are different (from Catholicism to some other variety) but not VERY
different. If you wanted to prove me wrong, you should have chosen one
much further removed.
<< Robbie -- I don't think you're doing this deliberately, but the
atheist rhetoric I'm reading tells me atheists understand my beliefs and
experiences better than I do. >>
Tell me how I should take the beliefs and experiences of Theists more
seriously than the beliefs and experiences of UFO abductees and
schizophrenics while remaining logically consistent and I will.
-robbie
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