> On 20-Apr-2014, at 9:24 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 20 April 2014 16:01, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:34 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 20 April 2014 15:15, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Chris, I was replying to Spudboy100 who refuses to consider the Quran >>>> because of the 'jihadis' 'behavoir' . The point I was trying to make is >>>> that some people, from all religious persuasions, do strange and at times >>>> horrible things. We need to look past people and their behaviours, and >>>> examine the religious texts to evaluate for ourselves what it is. We are >>>> all responsible for our own beliefs and actions. We come to this world >>>> alone, we will leave it alone. What religious label we are born in, which >>>> religious label or not we choose, eventually we all must face death alone, >>>> and whatever's beyond that. Wishing it away because some people are poor >>>> ambassadors or poor communicators of the message, won't change things >>>> according to our wishes. We humans have intelligence and a vast wondrous >>>> world full of thoughts and ideas and science and signs... we must explore >>>> everything we can for its own merit before discarding it. >>>> On this Everything list, I see earnest seekers exploring almost >>>> everything, but somehow they stop short of scripture, especially Quran. I >>>> understand much of this has to do with a filtered view of history, >>>> long-held prejudices, popular media, as well as the actions of people who >>>> poorly understand or use the religion, etc. >>> >>> This is, at least in my case, due to a distrust of taking the authority of >>> centuries-old texts when there is little to no evidence that any of them >>> contain more than - at best - a slight grain of truth, and when from a >>> present day perspective it is clear they were created for reasons well >>> understood by psychologists (in particular, for social control). >>> >>>> The thing is, to understand everything, we must be willing to explore >>>> everything. >>> >>> Including Uri Geller, UFOs, a thousand people who want to "prove Einstein >>> wrong", Borley Rectory, the people trying to sell me something from >>> Nigeria, the Loch Ness monster, Ouija boards, Thor, Zeus, Odin and so on - >>> yes, no doubt one shouldn't dismiss anything, but life's too short not to >>> prioritise. >> >> Too short, yes! Prioritize, yes! Especially because if there is a purpose >> to this life, and especially if there is more to life after death, and if >> this short life is but a test, whose result is eternal, then we better study >> earnestly. Difficult, yes, impossible, no! > Hmm. Pascal's wager, no less. > > So which of the 1000s of Gods people have invented, I mean discovered through > divine revelation, should one bet on (and why) ?
The one that you truly believe in, based upon all the study and contemplation you can put in. Not bet upon any arbitrarily, rather search and find faith. > > :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
