Hi Mary, I agree with you that I do not like being told what to feel. A direct connection to God? Yes you have that, you just have to define it in the right way. If you are talking about something that is benevolent to humans and all powerful in making decisions and like some kind of super brain when you speak of God, then I sure can't feel that. There seems to be this negation of a Christian God as he is portrayed in Hollywood. No wonder there is some kind of grudge here. If a god as you may want to feel it sounds trivial, then so be it. But it certainly is not wrong. If a belief in the power of science and logic is ones God, then that is fine too. You define it however you want. It makes you feel better, and part of everything, and perhaps insane, who knows. If you can't choose what it is, then where is free will?
Mark On Jan 18, 2010, at 9:33:59 PM, Mary <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mary <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MD] Confirming the existence of God? Date: January 18, 2010 9:33:59 PM PST To: [email protected] Hi Ant, [quote] My apologies if this question has already been asked recently but rather than confirming the existence of God, how do you know this "feeling" doesn't instead indicate that you've gone insane, been affected by drugs (legal or otherwise), been hypnotized through social conditioning, suffered a stroke, been subject to carbon monoxide poisoning or even some combination of these? ----- Thank you so much! In my reply to Mark I stuck to a patient rebuttal explaining the difference between having faith in something you can confirm if you chose to take the time to do so vs. having faith in something that can never be confirmed, but I was soooo wanting to jump all over this. I have a problem with telling me you believe something because you "feel" it when I don't also "feel" it. What are we to make of that? If I had a direct connection to God I'm sure I would have faith too. Seems kind of unfair, though, that only some of us can "feel" it. :( Mary - The most important thing you will ever make is a realization. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
