God, in the Christian's case.
Yeah, I know. I respect your ability to think critically about philosophy and religion, and unlike what Korra was insinuating, I'm not trying to tell you what you should or shouldn't believe. It's just that I can't help but be disappointed that you're still struggling with this whole God thing--hence my comments--because it's an issue I was able to reconcile with years and years ago.
But whatever--as long as you don't start sacrificing bulls at the altar for God, I don't suppose I actually have any reason to be too concerned. It's good that you're soul-searching.
Shintoism? Also this thread got far more serious than I was expecting.
Why was I under the impression you were Christian?
Something like that, yeah. These tend to be life-denying, disempowering crap, though, and the atheist tends to be drawn into collectivist thought, which is crap.
I should clarify that I don't have a totally structured worldview at the moment, so if you're seeing holes right now, point them out. I'm building as much as you are. I just consider myself pretty good at tearing down things (values and ideas) that are already built up.
I don't have a religion tbh (and no that even excludes Atheism).
How exactly is "atheism" a religion? You cannot have a religion without a god, and atheism is that by definition.
One of the two answers I have was already posted in the previous page I think, just too lazy to go find it. The TL;DR answer is: I'm a fence sitter on the idea of a God/Gods existing. There's too much crazy shit in the world to be absolute in my view on it.
MAx Stirner wrote that atheists were pious people. This is true. Most, if not all, Atheists formulate their own arbitrary religions based on abstract, socially imposed gods, rather than personal ones. They may lack a belief in afterlife or things which are beyond their senses, but this is the only distinction. There is still the veneration of saints (thinkers, scientists, leaders, reformers), places of worship (various- the university is a popular one), and a myriad of value systems.
I'm not really interested in your religious views, to be blunt. Just why you believe that atheism is one.
Chief describes my calling it one:
And again, that doesn't make it a religion. Just because you serve "external" forces doesn't make you religious.
I will admit then that I used a poor choice of words (I'm not going to edit my posts because I'm just too lazy), my post wasn't meant to trigger people over the use of words, I was just wanting to be clear that I'm not religious but I'm also not without it as well. Once again, I apologize.
Christianity focuses on the relationship of an individual with God. This is especially apparent in comparison to its predecessor Judaism, which has an emphasis on the relationship between a people and God.The Old Covenant, between God and Israel, is collective through its exclusivity. There is an in-group and an out group.Christ's New Covenant is universal, destroying both in-groups and out-groups. The focus shifts to the individual and his relationship with God.
Good morals come from understanding, not from obeying.
Annoism, the cosmic belief in the lord director and screen writer Hideaki Anno.
Korra, it's okay. I value Verbatim's words.
ITT I'll tell you why your religion or worldview is shit.
