I Am Not Religious

@hippyjoe1955 What?? No... I didn't investigate because I was a kid and was taught not to question my elders and trusted they knew what they were talking about.

If anything, that insinuated that I was foolish and ignorant. How did you get to 'me thinking I'm smarter than everyone else?'

I just liked mythology and history and science and started to realize the Bible didn't match up with anything except similar to myths of older, surrounding cultures. And actually reading the Bible convinced me it was wrong.

So you haven't bothered to investigate.

@hippyjoe1955 Uh, I just said I read the Bible and comparing it to other thing known about the world, I came to the conclusion that it was wrong.

Are you insinuating that because my conclusion that the Bible is wrong means that I didn't investigate correctly?

@Cease In other words you did no research. You don't have the skills to understand any of the writings.

@hippyjoe1955 Well that's assuming the conclusion.

Have you ever questioned your religion or have you always been a believer?

There is no skill needed to see how wrong it is. It take skill to not see the contradictions, hypocrisy, and impossibilities of it

@Cease Not much of a assumption. The words are spiritual and spiritually discerned. You 'read' the Bible which tells me you lack the Spirit to understand it let alone discern its Truth.

The "Spirit"??? The Spirit to not question claims, contradictions, hypocrisy and improbabilities? Fine. I lack the "Spirit" as much as I lack the Force.

But say for a minute I believed in God, and lack the "Spirit", maybe God never wanted me to be saved. Just another pawn. If that's the case why would waste your time insulting me (because you're obviously not trying to change my mind). I already know what's going to happen to me if there's a God. (You probably see it as me being stupid, brain washed, an excuse to be immoral, and taking the wrong side of Pascal's Wager, but don't) Wouldn't it be better for you to silently watch me blaspheme my way into hell?

Also you didn't answer: have you ever questioned your faith, or have you always been a believer?

@Cease A person born blind isn't very good at determining the existence of rainbows.

@hippyjoe1955 Seriously?? You started off by sarcastically "Yawning" and assumed that I thought I was smarter than everyone else. How is that helping me "determine the rainbow me"?? And if I was "blind" why would I trust your word that there are colors after your initial statement? I hope you're lying and really we're just trying to insult me because if that is that's how you help others the show anyone you're compelling to "blind" and not doing your God, messiah, or religion any favors. And just telling people they are wrong and blind is anymore compelling.

But I see you colloquialism and raise you this scenario: If there were a one blind person that had the instruments to measure the wavelength that read in Braille, they could tell that the light that bounced of certain objects have a different wavelength in the form of a number and that the "color" described to them by people have their own unique set; they would measure many different numbers when shining a light on something clear or crystal. And knowing how rain and the atmosphere work it becomes plausible and fair for them to say that a "rainbow" in the sky as described to them can happen even though they can't see it. (Plus If they were in one of those cultures where the word for "blue" and "green" are the same, they could then tell they are different as opposed to everyone's word. And that there are "colors" (like infared and ultraviolet) that people can see because they never mentioned them) So then, if there were a 3rd blind person, and I told them leaves are green because everyone tells me, and the other man said leaves are green because of its wavelength and everything people describe as green has a similar wavelength and you can "see for yourself. Only one of use has real demonstrable evidence. But I get the point your trying to make. But mine is if not relying on faith impossible the past, it certainly is possible to not rely on it today. And as time goes on, the more we know and the less anyone has to rely on faith.

I asked you have you ever questioned your faith or have you always been a believer because if you never questioned it then how would know how to research it? And in turn how would you know whether or not it is possible to come to a different conclusion that is not God?

And were my questions not valid of a child or any thinking person? If reading with the "Spirit" is looking past contradictions and impossibilities, then it's basically just reading with ignorance or without critical thinking.