I believe in both God and ghosts. These ol' eyes have seen a lot, too much I can't explain.
I believe in both God and ghosts. These ol' eyes have seen a lot, too much I can't explain.
Do we have any nihilists here?
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Nihilism seems like a downer to me.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Oh yes, I'm glad you asked but I doubt we'll get any takers. Remember that guy Zakdeth? Maybe he was one, but he couldn't really put together a coherent argument. Actually scratch that, I think he was a Satanist.
Ha! I remember that kid. I think he was a young teenager. 16 tops. Lil' Libs elder but still a youngster.
It's food for thought. Obviously, there are moral atheists. Men can be moral without believing in God but one of the reasons I choose to believe is that it gives my trust in life and reality an ultimate justification. There is right and wrong and my life has meaning. We all live as if life means something even if we never think about it. I've taken to thinking about it quite a bit.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Conley (01-27-2012)
Haha, yes Lil' Lib's satanic brother.
Your statement makes sense. I think I would be moral, even if I were an atheist, simply because I function best that way. Generally speaking I believe moral behavior leads to the most positive outcome. There are some people who can plunder their way through life and are seemingly successful but I could never bring myself to do it. I suppose I could qualify as immoral if you count laziness.
I don’t know, you know most of the time I tried to find a reason or dismissed what I saw espically in my rebellious teenage years. I saw a lot growing up. One year after I was married my husband had to be out of town for a couple of weeks due to his job. Everything was fine, went to work came home, no problems. We were renting a house then. The second week, got home, warmed up some food I had made the day before. Took it to the bedroom, placed it on the table beside my bed, looked up and saw three elderly men and one woman in chairs in the bedroom. They were all staring at me. They started talking but I have no idea what they were saying. Didn’t know the language. I was frozen for don’t know how long. Started toward the door and the door slammed. That’s when I knew and started praying out-loud. They thought it was funny and I demanded them to leave in Jesus’ name. They disappeared and trust me it scared me but I knew where my Master was.
To this day, that has never happened again but I am not afraid of the dark and He was there to protect me.
These people didn’t look like I thought demons would look like. Looked like regular people but I felt their presence. To this day I can feel things sometimes. Even at the mall while shopping with my daughter 8 years ago I felt a presence, turned around and no this wasn’t a dead person but I knew who he worked for. Not afraid of these people and I think my experiences made me strong.
Many more things I can tell you and God does give signs just like He did with my Dad before and after he passed. I asked Him if he was ok and He answered. He answers questions in His own ways. A burning cross appeared on my door.
When you talk to people who don’t believe you can’t prove He exist. But for me, I know without a shadow of doubt that He does.
So this is my answer as to why I believe.
I think everyone has morals independent of religion. We have morals and values in society which are debated and agreed upon which have no bearing on theology. If moral absolutes became of religious text, then we would still stone people for working on the Sabbath and encourage slavery and abuse of women. Morality is flexible and should be.
Also, I like to think I behave morally because of empathy and kindness rather than fear of eternal punishment