The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86829   Message #1619324
Posted By: Jeri
03-Dec-05 - 12:12 PM
Thread Name: No invisible means of support
Subject: RE: No invisible means of support
I had an interesting conversation with one of the Jehovah's Witness pair that came to invite me to convert. She said she'd joined the church because she'd asked a succession of religous leaders a question about something to do with what happens after death (I can't remember the exact question) and they couldn't answer, but when she got to the Witnesses, they had answers could.

I told her I was wary of anyone who claimed they had answers, especially ones others couldn't come up on their own and needed to be passed on by someone else, with no way to prove or disprove them. They just sounded good.

She needed answers that she liked and I'm happy with the questions. I was 13 when I figured out I wasn't likely to be satisfied with what other people told me was true and I'd better learn how to deal with uncertainty. Uncertainty really isn't all that bad. My beliefs, such as they are, are right for me whereas others work for other people.