Comments on: What do you believe? http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/ the shape of daily life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Webfoot http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 Webfoot Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:46:48 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/#comment-6878 Okay, I don't usually do this, just so you know. But you did ask a very direct question and I have a direct answer. If your faith does not follow logic or common sense, then your faith is misplaced, or so I believe. I'm a Christian and questioned my faith severely as an eighteen year old. I tried it against logic, science, common sense and other religions expecting it to crumble. It didn't. It still hasn't, no matter how experienced I have become in my life. My faith in a nutshell: "The Apostle's Creed," The Laws of Thermodynamics, and Physics, and the measure of wisdom I have been granted through grace. Okay, I don’t usually do this, just so you know. But you did ask a very direct question and I have a direct answer.
If your faith does not follow logic or common sense, then your faith is misplaced, or so I believe. I’m a Christian and questioned my faith severely as an eighteen year old. I tried it against logic, science, common sense and other religions expecting it to crumble. It didn’t. It still hasn’t, no matter how experienced I have become in my life.
My faith in a nutshell: “The Apostle’s Creed,” The Laws of Thermodynamics, and Physics, and the measure of wisdom I have been granted through grace.

]]> By: wayfarer scientista http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-6877 wayfarer scientista Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:26:25 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/#comment-6877 I've been thinking about your post and whether I dare to even say it...but I don't believe. And I don't have sharp words to describe it either but it is deep and unwavering. Non-belief. Anyone who says it is easy to not believe has never been there. It's hard. I wish sometimes that I could have the comfort of belief but I cannot. It is beyond me. People think that because I am an aethist I must be a thief, a liar, and many worse things. But as someone who doesn't believe in an anything beyond this I find the moment very precious, the now an incredible opportunity - I act as if I will be judged in this life, not another. There are no second chances for me. There is no way things are meant to be, no grand plan, and anything that is worth doing takes work and passion and a lot of it. I don't usually tell people I'm an aethist because I've found that while people are often accepting about varying beliefs they flat out refuse to accept disbelief. But I have come to my stance through as much hard work and intangible emotion as those who believe. And I respect that we all might come to a different conclusion and that's okay because that is why it's faith. I’ve been thinking about your post and whether I dare to even say it…but I don’t believe. And I don’t have sharp words to describe it either but it is deep and unwavering. Non-belief. Anyone who says it is easy to not believe has never been there. It’s hard. I wish sometimes that I could have the comfort of belief but I cannot. It is beyond me. People think that because I am an aethist I must be a thief, a liar, and many worse things. But as someone who doesn’t believe in an anything beyond this I find the moment very precious, the now an incredible opportunity – I act as if I will be judged in this life, not another. There are no second chances for me. There is no way things are meant to be, no grand plan, and anything that is worth doing takes work and passion and a lot of it. I don’t usually tell people I’m an aethist because I’ve found that while people are often accepting about varying beliefs they flat out refuse to accept disbelief. But I have come to my stance through as much hard work and intangible emotion as those who believe. And I respect that we all might come to a different conclusion and that’s okay because that is why it’s faith.

]]> By: christina http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-6876 christina Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:09:01 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/#comment-6876 Thanks Nancy & Nicole (for the source) for that quote. Also rings true for me. I've loved reading these comments so much. Thanks Nancy & Nicole (for the source) for that quote. Also rings true for me. I’ve loved reading these comments so much.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-6875 Nicole Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:58:05 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/#comment-6875 I came back to read through the comments again, and am glad that I did. The quote from Nancy spoke to me deeply as well. A quick Google search attributes it to Gerry Spence, a famous trial lawyer. Yes, I'm a geek. I've stopped apologizing for it. Thanks again for this discussion, Christina. I came back to read through the comments again, and am glad that I did. The quote from Nancy spoke to me deeply as well. A quick Google search attributes it to Gerry Spence, a famous trial lawyer.

Yes, I’m a geek. I’ve stopped apologizing for it.

Thanks again for this discussion, Christina.

]]> By: steph http://www.mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/comment-page-1/#comment-6874 steph Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:37:18 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2007/09/30/what-do-you-believe/#comment-6874 I believe in the mind of a child. I wish I knew how to preserve that, for my own children. I believe in the mind of a child. I wish I knew how to preserve that, for my own children.

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