Josiah Brooks is a full time YouTuber/Artist who likes music, beer, beef jerky, and writing profile summaries in the third person.
Age 35, Male
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victoria, australia
Joined on 10/31/03
It's stupid to think you'd go to hell for critical thinking, I am a catholic, but I believe in a God that is intelligent and understands, not in a god that goes blindly by stupid rules made by stupid humans and just punishes people around.
Is it to personal or may I ask, what made you change your mind?
Since sometimes I do think that dying it's just like before you were born, you don't remember anything, didn't feel anything, you're just not concius.
(after reading through some comments)
Yeah, I've never liked that idea either about how people who are good but never believed go to hell, so I actually don't believe that, if God is all about Justice and Love, he'd never let that, it's like, over here there is some stupid belief that babies who aren't baptized go to limbo if they die, why would God let a poor baby go to limbo just because their parents never baptized them? I think that was more from the church to scare the people in order to baptize them.
I do believe in a God, but not one with a human form, that is just humans egocentrism thinking he made us "his image" or whatever, its just God, but I do consider myself a catholic because (even tho most of the church doensn't repect them) I do believe on the stuff Jesus said, like forgiving and being good, etc. Also since I'm from a catholic country and go to a catholic school I've indeed recieved really satisfying explanations from the priests and brothers and stuff, who do accept science and don't see the bible as something literal.
Still I need to get along with some people who do believe everything blindly, or go to church only to say they do. But still, I'm pretty ok on the belief side lately.
What I do hate is overly-fanatic people (like those who appear on the US news) who just use God's name to do hateful things and think they know everything.
And yeah you dont't care about this, I just felt like posting it.
People tailor their god to their needs. Most Christians today believe in a loving merciful god. Read the bible and you'll find that god lives in less then 10% of the bible. Not that believing in such a god is a bad thing, its just not as present in the Christian faith as some think
p.d. I respect your decision dude, don't think I'm trying to convice you of anything, it's actually more logical (and safe, contrary to popular belief, I must say) to just think logical.
werent you Mormon or something? Man I've been living a lie!
Well...here's the truth about Religion.
It is a FACT that all meaning is constructed.
That all myth is perceived by the individual of the past and therefore interprets it his/her own way.
It's not to say that being agnostic is an appropriate lifestyle for you. But rather you've come to some speculation as to the absence of what your previous interpretation of God is suppose to be.
I myself believe in Creation. I don't necessarily believe in the same God as Jerusalem, but rather it is a strong possibility.
Infinitely there is a strong chance that anything is possible.
But I think you may be acting out of frustration, exhaustion, and possibly depression rather than coming to terms with a revelation.
Think of all the good things Religion has done for people. It leaves explanation to the unexplained beliefs.
Beliefs cannot be proven nor disproven.
But it has thus formed the morality that many still live by.
It's often in accordance of how we feel and how logical each thing sounds.
Sure, many things in the Bible don't make a lick of sense. But you don't have to take as a cataclysm of disapproval of Christianity as a whole.
I personally love Jesus' teachings of public relations with your fellow man.
The ten commandments to a certain extent.
And even Revelations of how the meek shall be first.
However...if you wish to seek other 'Perspectives' to the answers of the unanswerable...then I would also look towards Buddhism. A religion that has existed 500 years before Jesus.
Is it better to persist with a belief if it causes you frustration? Or a pattern of thought that is illogical but popular by culture? Christianity is popular because of the time we are in, but you or I are in such a scenario because of chance, and would have been just as likely to have been born believing in Zeus or Thor as we are to be Christian. The difference? One is popular at one time, and not in another.
Doesn't change a thing, man. You're still awesome at what you do.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK (you know, for good measure)
Where do I stand personally?
Well...I haven't accepted Jesus Christ as my lord and savior because technically that expression reefers to mainly the demographic of his era. Namely the Jews.
What allows Salvation is all but different in many cultures that give concept to dualism of right and wrong.
It's like...for me...I strongly apply the teachings of both Christianity and Buddhism because both just sound right to me. I don't think Religion is something where you pick and choose just one.
I think it is IMPORTANT to gain 'perspective' in life. That is what I call 'personal responsibility.'
I'm currently reading into other Religions as a personal interest.
I have hopes and dreams to visit both the sacred temples in Israel and Tibet.
Even tribal cultures have their reasons for how they developed.
Perspective man...it's all about Perspective.
Don't just give up. Go out there and learn.
I'm a bit different.
I don't believe in any God. And I don't really care if he exists - I just believe the power is in the people and if there were a God, he wasn't meant to be relied upon or inspired upon - not more so than anything else.
Welcome to the club.
So you do not believe there is any god or higher powers in the universe?
I believe some things cant be answered or proven.
I though you were aways a athiest.
You're an atheist now? When I just stopped being one?
Goddammit, I'm always ahead of the times.
JESUS WILL FUCK YOU
JESUS WILL RAPE YOU
YOU ARE JESUS
If Jesus will fuck and rape me and I'm Jesus, that means I touch myself? Pff, who doesn't
there is a happy medium you know... spirituality is not a 2 party system with the fundamental fucktard christian team and the super skeptical defeatist pessimistic atheist team, and nothing in between. There is such a thing as thinking for yourself and forming your own individual beliefs.
all religion means is a group of people with the same mindset. you've just changed churches thats all. but by all means believe what you like...
So there's a way of believing in superstition without giving it a face?
good... keep up the good work been a athiest... if people want to belive something crazy... let them... as long as everyone is happy at the end of the day :3... just dont try to convert anyone else...
Nice part about being athiest, worst part your wrong and you go to one of many hells of sorts, but hey, you win because your experience didnt end at your death and you get to do something anyways, I say an enternity in hell is better than absolute nothingness after you die. Anyways, rock on brother, nice to some straight forwardness in the world.
The concept of he'll bugs me so much, that an apparently loving omniscient god would create someone knowing i they will go to hell when they die for eternity. Explain the logic in that.
SamGreen
You know... The most exciting part about this is WE CAN NOW GET FUCKING BLIND TOGETHER NEXT TIME WE HANG.
I'm very proud of you for standing up in what YOU believe in. Time to meet my chimp brothers. :)
Jazza
Hehe i drank last week for the first time and I'm not sure I enjoyed it but I'm still open hehe