Walking Your Talk
The truthfulness (or not) of its claims aside, a worldview has integrity only to the degree that one lives as if one’s beliefs are true.
So, does your “faith” pass this simple test for authenticity?
(Assuming, of course, that your “faith” is not so far-fetched and divorced from reality that it requires no practice at all.)
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Frank J Peter View All →
A uniquely burdened and blessed citizen of the world thinking and acting out loud!
Let’s see…
When a True Believer™ dies, do his friends and family rejoice because they know that their loved one has gone to heaven? Or do they mourn, because deep down they realize that they will never see him again?
When someone says they are “born again” and are a “new creation”, do they actually stop being the asshole that they were before? Or are they still the same awful person, just more smug about it?
In the bible, Jesus prays that all his followers would be “one”. Are the “followers” actively trying to unite and work out their differences, so that there will only need to be one church denomination? Or are they as schismatic and argumentative as everybody else?
Yeah, at least for christians, I’m not seeing any that live as if their beliefs were true. Except maybe Westboro Baptist.
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I hear you, man.
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You are making me think. Are you saying my world view is what I do? Am I what I do? (deep sigh)
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Iimagine that! : )
So easy to talk, so hard to walk.. (deep sigh)
Alas, the talk of most believers does not seem to require much walking at all. (another deep sigh)
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I have been reading what some prominent and influential religious folks say about atheists. I need to copy it all down for when I am accused of being intolerant (or disrespectful) toward religions.
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Alas, no shortage of labeling non-believers… all part of the demonization playbook. : (
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