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Thread #106685 Message #2208397
Posted By: Bill D
04-Dec-07 - 12:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: There aren't any Gods (not even Jesus)
Subject: RE: BS: There aren't any Gods (not even Jesus)
I 2nd Amos' & Susan's applause of Janie's post. That was coherent, meaningful and worthy of saving & re-reading....especially the last part.
therefore:
"Religion is not faith. Faith is not spirituality. Concepts of God or Not-God or No-God, are not religion, faith, or spirituality. Beliefs are anything one accepts as fact or as true without proof that it is. No man or woman operates in the world without beliefs. We all have beliefs about ourselves, others and the world that largely, and often unconsciously, determine how we interact with others and the rest of creation. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have yet to encounter any human being who moves through the world and interacts with other people in such a way as to suggest they are completely free of all cognitive distortions, or completely aware of all the ways their cognitive distortions interfere with their perceptions.
Thus the tenet, common in the social sciences, that what one believes to be true has real consequences.
I used to grade essays in a beginning Philosophy class, and I often prayed wished for someone to show that kind of insight. The value of it is, that she managed to clarify the description of how we DO function, without presuming any specific belief system to be 'better'.