Religion
In reply to the discussion: OR couple whose daughter died untreated wants faith-healing beliefs kept from jury [View all]trotsky
(49,533 posts)I simply don't understand. Maybe that's why I'm not a believer anymore - I realized that whatever it is you think you get from your relationship with your god, I get from other things.
Perhaps you mean a feeling of connectedness with the universe? I get that and more from the realization that every atom in my body, your body, every other human's body, and even our planet itself was forged together in ancient stars.
Or you know, taking another path, perhaps I realized that by believing in a god, I introduced more problems and questions than the alleged benefits were worth. A billion starving children needed far more help than I do, yet their calls go unanswered while I enjoy a relationship with the same entity who ignores them?
Kind of like my reaction to someone like the pope - it's very difficult, if not impossible, to embrace someone who is calling for many of the economic reforms I want but who treats half the planet like 2nd class citizens, and a fair percentage of them as being unworthy, sinful, and incapable of raising a family if they choose to love the person they want. I don't feel good cheering on someone like that.