Religion
In reply to the discussion: what is the most important aspect of the interaction between belivers and non believers [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Ok, dropping sarcasm/annoyance for a second, because this seems worthwhile.
I don't do any of those things. I doubt myself most of all. My perceptions, my choices, my plans, my assumptions. For all the negativity you might perceive here, from me, I tear myself down the most, to find out what is true and right and in some cases, just, about myself.
It's how I keep myself out of trouble. For all the criticism I sling here, I'm a thousand times more self-critical. And that is comfortable to me. I've heard others describe such self-critical introspection to be limiting or confining. Even depressing. But it doesn't seem to inhibit me in any way.
Anyway, that's why I rejected your suggestion that we all aspire to faith. Sometimes I hope, but I don't see that as the same thing. Faith is hope plus confidence, if I had to quantify it in some way, yes? I don't seem to possess that. Not in the sense that you just described.