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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe in the supernatural? [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. Three questions.
Do you believe in the supernatural?
There are things I don't understand how they work, but I think everything could be explained scientifically eventually. There are a lot of things that all sides of these debates are unwilling to allow for. I won't be put in anyone's box.
Are all you believers in the christian god.
Not at this time, but after a lifetime of being about believers, I know better than to try to change others' views. So long as they aren't screwing with my right to believe or not as I do, fine. It will determine where they end in life. I can't make the decision for them, and I sure as hell am not going to let anyone tell me how to think, just because they got a lightbulb moment.
Do you ever wonder why?:
All the time. I'm not alive on Planet Earth to suspend learning. There are some things it does little good to wonder about, and many things that need to be questioned. That have nothing to do with the christian god or any other belief system, the supernatural or what others want to persuade others to think. I'll wonder up until I take my last breath, even it's a peaceful sort of wonderment.
I have a feeling those are not the answers you may want, but that's my answers, with too many words, as usual. If you intended for those answering to make a connection between the three questions to come to a preordained conclusion, that would take a much longer time to agree or refute.
There are things I don't understand how they work, but I think everything could be explained scientifically eventually. There are a lot of things that all sides of these debates are unwilling to allow for. I won't be put in anyone's box.
Are all you believers in the christian god.
Not at this time, but after a lifetime of being about believers, I know better than to try to change others' views. So long as they aren't screwing with my right to believe or not as I do, fine. It will determine where they end in life. I can't make the decision for them, and I sure as hell am not going to let anyone tell me how to think, just because they got a lightbulb moment.
Do you ever wonder why?:
All the time. I'm not alive on Planet Earth to suspend learning. There are some things it does little good to wonder about, and many things that need to be questioned. That have nothing to do with the christian god or any other belief system, the supernatural or what others want to persuade others to think. I'll wonder up until I take my last breath, even it's a peaceful sort of wonderment.
I have a feeling those are not the answers you may want, but that's my answers, with too many words, as usual. If you intended for those answering to make a connection between the three questions to come to a preordained conclusion, that would take a much longer time to agree or refute.
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By that I mean it seems some want the same conclusions as they hold. I can't do that.
freshwest
Oct 2012
#35
Supernatural as an adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2012
#6
I believe I don't have answers for everything...and am very comfy with that. n/t
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2012
#9