tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post369010991284369224..comments2023-04-03T11:35:23.984-04:00Comments on Stryder's Dementia: The Origin of Divinity?Stryder Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112472515398868068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post-10316981028113581122012-03-31T17:04:37.375-04:002012-03-31T17:04:37.375-04:00Well for the record this is just an intellectual e...Well for the record this is just an intellectual exercise and not really indicative of my actual "beliefs" such as they are. If anything this may explain why we personify God to be so very "human". Or I could have it backwards and deifying adults is a result of an instinctual knowledge of God instead! Perhaps we just lose that knowledge as we grow...over-thinking really is the problem...who knows...<br /><br />Personally I don't think you have to worry about Hell. I have a VERY hard time believing in hell, even in the context of religion it only makes sense as a control mechanism. Although having been raised as a born-again Christian I suppose me NOT believing in it is probably a sin and will send me there...sigh :p<br /><br />You know Christianity is just Judaism with Jesus in it's purest form, and Jews don't believe in Hell either...it's largely been shown to be mistranslated in any biblical texts, usually referring to an actual place that was the equivalent of the dump or something...or so I understand...if you're really curious you can google it...<br /><br />anyway I *DO* think that there is some form of life after death and that there is a God. Other than that I KNOW nothing...I have a few decent ideas maybe, but who knows? We'll find out one day, or if not, we'll never know about it anyway, so what does it matter?<br /><br />oh that article was very interesting. Watermelon was just one of MANY examples of foods that I hate...although only melon and raw tomato induce nausea. I was also prone to throwing up A LOT as a kid...mostly due to motion sickness. Perhaps this is related! <br /><br />What else....hmmm...Anyone who's actually capable of being INSULTED by any of our conversations probably shouldn't be reading this blog anyway :D So no worries. And I agree that belief in God is a stepping stone in development of higher consciousness aka evolution...so there we're BOTH insulting :D<br /><br />If I have settle on BELIEVING, on BEING SURE...I believe that it's best to keep an open and inquisitive mind. Is there any religion that supports that? <br /><br />What if all of life is a test, with God authoring various conflicting religions to see what we do? And then what if only the ones who dare to question everything and think for themselves are "saved"...the ones who blindly follow their religions are damned!! Wouldn't that be ironic?Stryder Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112472515398868068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post-67002757573826918702012-03-31T08:50:39.635-04:002012-03-31T08:50:39.635-04:00Your god theory is interesting. I certainly deifi...Your god theory is interesting. I certainly deified adults as a young child and yet I haven't seemingly transferred that to a faith in god, but it's possible that I have transferred that it something else. I do fear death, which I think stems from a fear that maybe, just maybe all those Christians are right and I'm going to burn for eternity when I die. And I know that makes no logical sense, but I gotta think that, even though I was raised by atheist parents, being exposed to Christian ideas over my lifetime has had an effect. Repeat something enough and it becomes true. <br /><br />As for food aversions, I have a serious aversion to berries and I have to think I had a similar negative experience when I was young, but I don't remember it. According to <a href="http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/11/02/the-psychology-of-food-aversions/" rel="nofollow">this article</a> it is a primitive conditioned response and is a result of your brain protecting you from being poisoned. Maybe faith in god is our brain's way of ensuring that we persist, even in times of hardship. Maybe it is this belief has actually helped us evolve from our ape-like ancestors. <br /><br />Wow, I think I just managed to insult both creationists and atheist/Darwinists in one sentence. Neat! 8-DMarchijehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896225854108765753noreply@blogger.com