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Originally Posted by NightSpirit  By the way, respect for the sincerity of the beliefs of any person should extent to all people of any faith, even if it is felt they have placed their faith in the wrong concept of God. There is a truth about God and He is more than any of us know and we can only offer an explanation of what proved what we believe to us.
We don’t have an argument that your having faith in my faith or a belief in a belief system is not the same thing as faith in God. The account of our experiences with God are meant to encourage those who haven’t had or don’t know to seek an experience with God of their own. |
I think your first para above is great and you make an excellent point.
I would add that if you believe god is something unfathomable and we can never know "him" that makes you agnostic.
Your last paragraph has the tone that sets people off, especially on this forum and other places where there are the so-called new-age spirituality (buddhism is new?) people. You assume to know god and no one else does so it is your purpose to change that. This is the crux of the issue. I find it a violent intention for you to want to change me to your belief.