From: Sondra Brasile (sbrasile@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 11:13:12 EST
I think you guys are being too hard on Jim. Although he sounds like he's
going more toward the atheist side than the agnostic. I think he has a right
to come to a conclusion based on his observations. You guys have a lot to do
with that, you know. You prove everything about the Bible wrong and then
claim to believe in the God that it touts. If the book is wrong on one
account, who's to say it's not wrong about them all? And what do you all
base your belief in the God of the Bible ON? I've been wondering this for,
OH, so long. Why DO you believe in the God of the fictitious book? Either
it's right or he's a figment of all of our imaginations....right? At least
it's probable; right?
Jim has taken the next step and lost his faith in it all. He keeps making it
sound like it's for selfish, self-serving reasons though, which I don't like
the sound of, but I can see his point. I can see all of your points too.
I wish I was better at explaining things like all of you, but what he has
lost is his "faith" which is the evidence of things unseen. It is a
"choice". For some reason you guys have chosen, against all of your evidence
against it, to believe, to have faith. He has chosen to go with the logical
explanation, that there is no God.
Really, the only place to find any description, explanation or rules about
God, is the Bible. If it's just a fairytale book then what makes any of
those things real or relavant to me or my life? If you throw out the book,
the who's to say that we have to even pay any attention at all to God or his
rules? Who's to say he even cares...or exists? If Jim believes there is no
God and therefore no real rules, no code of conduct. That doesn't
necesssarily mean he's gonna' go nuts and start killing, raping and
pillaging. He's gonna' make his stay here on earth as comfortable as
possible. That includes, getting along with others, conforming to society
(for the most part) and not breaking the law so he won't be thrown into a
very real slammer. Jim has lost his faith, not his senses.
Jim, for what it's worth, I'm sorry you've lost your faith. I haven't, but
it's a struggle. There have been times when it isn't a struggle though and I
have seen, heard or felt God in a tangible way. It's those times that give
me the strength to get through these times. It's the memories, it's their
'testimony' that I live by. I know it all seems like hocus pocus, but I have
seen things happen with my own eyes or in my own life that have no
scientific or logical explanation. If those things can happen and science
cannot explain them, then it's feasible for me to believe that the rest is
beyond scientific, historic and logical explanation also. Can science
explain everything that goes on in our brain? There are plenty of theories,
but they just don't know. But it happens, I think, you think; our brains
function without the explanation or understanding of modern science. Science
cannot explain your brain, your sexuality, your emotions. Do they exist?
Sorry if I sound like a blithering idiot guys, but thanks for giving me the
time of day.
Sincerely,
Sondra
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