tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post3312222717174280839..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Dreams, wishful thinking, and religious beliefGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-65703201706931151602014-04-01T08:50:49.614-07:002014-04-01T08:50:49.614-07:00"Homosexuality is a meaningless exercise beca..."Homosexuality is a meaningless exercise because it doesn't go anywhere." (Pat Robertson) Hmm, I wonder if my children would agree with that. This IS the type of religion-bound statement that awakens my skepticism in spite of being raised within the bounds of christian fundamentalism.<br />What I WANT to believe conflicts with what I THINK is actually the truth.<br /><br />I WANT to believe in a supreme being that is holding the world together and that everything will turn out all right.<br />I WANT to believe that the supreme being knows just how many hairs I have on my head and cares about my every move.<br />I WANT to believe that the choices I make every day make little difference to that supreme being and so my laziness matters little. <br /><br />I THINK I am equally as special and non-special as every other being on earth - human and non-human.<br /><br />I THINK humans have individual and collective power to change things for both better or worse, and that we choose both ways on a daily basis.<br /><br />I THINK we are all responsible for taking care of each other.<br /><br />While I was raised to see these views as mutually exclusive, in general I don't think they are. Thanks for poking me along a little, Gordon. Maybe one day, I'll get it all figured out...and maybe not.<br />Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171995449233584181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-57956218934729124502014-04-01T05:35:03.141-07:002014-04-01T05:35:03.141-07:00The garden hose is your subconscious… the element ...The garden hose is your subconscious… the element of water gently fighting off your rabid rational mind!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496531258166731615noreply@blogger.com