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Gomedome
Am I willing to give up my beliefs? Of course I am; I have demonstrated this willingness many times throughout my life, and I still remain willing, and expect to do so, many more times before my life is over, but never will I give up my beliefs simply to prove that willingness, or for some frivolous, unworthy, immature and ill-thought-out claims of others! "When I was a child, I thought as a child." (Some may think that I still do - and perhaps they are right to some extent or another, and I may still have some growing up to do!)
Furthermore, I, by no means, am so arrogant as to believe that other responsible people, including you, yourself, are not willing to do the same. Neither I, nor you, have any monopoly on intellectual responsibility. There are many, many other thinking men and women in this world. These thinking men and women have been changing the world from its beginning, and will continue to do so, and eventually these people will bring about a world which will increasingly become better and better for us all. I firmly believe this.
Of course, if no one ever tries (just throws up his hands and gives in to the naysayers), then this will never happen, and by the way, we would not now have so many things we commonly take for granted, such as jet air or space travel, ("If God had intended us to fly, He would have given us wings!"), to mention only two of a literal multitude of "unbelievable" real-life miracles. And, the accomplishment of all these "miracles"depended mostly on the faith of their creators! It was, by no means, necessary to convince every last person in the whole wide world, as you suggest about the subject of your post.
Yet, your negativism may, in fact, be "realistic."
As for me, I say "Damned the torpedoes; full steam ahead!"
At the least, I will be able to say, along with the protagonist of "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" :
"I tried; dammit, I TRIED!"
Gerald
posted by
GEPRUITT
on December 4, 2006 at 12:27 AM
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SoloWriter - your first comment sounds extremely embittered but I cannot
disagree with a single word you have written.
posted by
gomedome
on December 3, 2006 at 8:52 PM
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Blanche. - where to start to answer a question such as that is not an easy
decision.
There have been several people that have come to Blogit with this notion, a few of them are still kicking around. There are also a few around who think that they have a little messiah in them. But in a broader sense there have been countless folks expounding this message, including some famous prophets throughout history. Probably the most famous would be Bahá’u’lláh whom the Baha'i faith holds as its central icon. It is believed that he was sent by the one and only God, creator of all, to unify mankind in faith. Really, no kidding, talk about a bum rap. In other words; this poor sap from the middle east believed that the impossible was indeed possible through faith. They didn't string him up the same way as they did Jesus, they instead put him in a horrible dungeon, beyond our cruelest imaginations to die in his own waste. So, much like the story of the crucifixion; we have a central guy to be inspired or moved by in some way. The catch with this guy is that to be in his world religion, which is now nearly 150 years old, you must believe in a monotheist God. No room for non believers, no room for those who believe in multiple deities. Nice try buddy is all that comes to my mind when I think of someone attempting to live this ideal. I may add a "good luck with that one" if they attempt to hang onto such a notion.
posted by
gomedome
on December 3, 2006 at 8:48 PM
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Solo, I certainly hope so.
posted by
Ariala
on December 3, 2006 at 1:48 PM
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Is a pixie a dixie who's fallen over drunk?
posted by
Jenasis
on December 3, 2006 at 1:29 PM
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It's insanity to try to cause anyone to stop believing as they do to unite
the whole freakin' world under some hogwash one world religion. I value my own independent pixie faith, thank you very much. Good post.
posted by
Ariala
on December 3, 2006 at 1:23 PM
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I guess they get their feel goods illegally, because those God people have broken every rule in my book. They certainly didn't hand me a real leader.
posted by
Jenasis
on December 3, 2006 at 1:13 PM
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I have not heard of the One World church Gomedome, but I'm kind of out
of the church loop. What's this about?
posted by
Blanche.
on December 3, 2006 at 12:32 PM
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