Posted by Michael83 on October 2, 2006, at 2:05:46
In reply to Lou's reply to Michael83's reply to Lou-B » Michael83, posted by Lou Pilder on October 1, 2006, at 8:38:00
Response to: >>>>You wrote,[...I do not believe that (God) gave {them} an illogical belief system...there are too many holes in a belief system like that...]]<<<<<<<
A. I'm not here to say something is or isn't right or wrong.
I'm only saying it doesn't make sense to me, to the point where (at least in my mind), it makes absolutely 100% no sense. Others may think different.
B. In my mind, just from my understanding, the things I am confused with makes such a belief system an absolute cop-out. In my mind, others may think differently.
Could there be things that are unbeknowing to me you ask? That's not the nature of my confusion.
My confusion lies in the question, "How am I supposed to know what is and isn't right if I'm unable to get all the answers?" How am I supposed to know what's unbeknown to me?
My question is:
If I have different 10 people...
telling me 10 different belief systems...
all of them saying that they're right...
all 10 belief systems unable to prove absolutely that they're correct (no religion has proven they're correct 100%, I think everyone can agree on that)...
and all 10 beliefs telling me to believe based on "faith"...
and all 10 beliefs saying I will be punished if I'm wrong...How am I supposed to know who to believe?
How is that "just", if all 10 beliefs require me to believe on "faith", yet they are competing in a competitive market with other beliefs saying the same thing, yet none of them offering any amount of proof?
So really the logic ends there. Forget what I "don't know," it doesn't matter. It's not what I "don't know," it's "why should I be expected to knwo those things"? See my point?
Think about that.
And then I "could" go deeper (although I won't) about how human error (implying I could (or anyone really) get led into the wrong things, no one has perfect logic, not even me :p) and other common faults of the human mind play into this and how it all relates to the "justice" behind it.
I'd really be interested to hear your response to this.
NOTE: If this post went to far for anyone, I am very sorry. The whole point behind it is that no one should be blamed for what they believe in, because none of us are perfect. That's the whole point to all my questions. My point was meant to defend those who do believe by saying they shouldn't be blamed for believing what makes them happy or what makese sense to them. So don't feel like I'm blaming, no, I'm defending. I really defending diversity of opinion.
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