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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  I suspect bright is trying to determine whether or not to label me as "saved" or "unsaved." |
Absolutely not, I'm an agnostic, I don't believe in any religion. Believe it or not I'm simply curious about your beliefs.
Because you keep referring a higher power of some sort in your posts, I wanted to know your thoughts about what that higher power is, whether it is the abrahamic god, the universe itself, a diest sort of god, etc. That's what I wanted to know.
But then you said that you 'sometimes believe in god, and sometimes you don't, which makes me curious about you're mindset and that you're not being truthful in your reply. Do you sometimes believe in gravity and sometimes you disbelieve in it too?
I understand that you think beliefs are like gloves, you put them on when they empower you, and you take them off when they disempower you.
But there are some things which are a fact and which you accept in all situations: E.g gravity, obama being president of the U.S, your name being steve pavlina, etc. These are all facts you always accept.
If we were talking about such a factual context in which there are no beliefs - only facts - would you consider the existence of god to be a fact or not?
How come you're avoiding answering this question so much?
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina It's similar to asking a virgin, "Did you enjoy your last sex partner?" It may be a yes/no question, but it has no meaning because the frame makes an invalid assumption. |
The virgin would simply say 'I'm a virgin, i haven't had sex yet'. Its a simple response to a simple question. In the same way that I'm asking a simple question you can answer with a simple response: Do you consider the existence of god to be a fact or not like gravity being a fact?
Btw, we're just having a friendly discussion about your beliefs and I'm just curious about them - I don't mean any sort of disrespect. I'm an ex muslim so I'm curious about the beliefs of everyone in the same way!