.craig said:: I must ask you, if you do not know why this stuff happens, and your religion doesn't answer these questions, and the disasters don't make sense in your christian thinking...Then why do you still follow that religion?
kath:
craig, actually the funny thing is that i don't follow any religion. i was raised catholic, but i claim that more as a family background more than anything. to keep my mom and grandma happy, you know?
from what i've seen going to catholic schools, when you organize religions like that, you tend to exclude the majority of the population, rather than bring all people together. i think that brings in a big hipocrisy factor, don't you?
so i don't look to religions for answers, to get back to your question.
i think that the basic teachings of christianity should be used as guidance on how to treat others, how to make choices during hard times in life.
it's not about knowing why this stuff happens, it's just one of those things that are beyond our range of understanding. there are many questions like that, such as why are we here in the first place?
there has to be an explaination for these things. we think that as humans we are so smart, but why can't we figure out the answer to a question as trivial as "why am i here?" we don't even know why we need to get up each morning. why do we need to keep breathing? what's the purpose of making sure that the species survives? there has to be answers to these questions, that's why i believe that there is more to our existance than just the superficial and the obvious.
we tend to think that the universe revolves around human beings. we fall into the mind set that people are at the top of the pile of all that exists. now, most of us believe that when you look up into the night sky, that the universe goes on forever. it's huge. now what sence does it make to have this vast expance of space, and believe that human beings, who don't even register as a fraction of a speck , are the most important pieces of this whole big picture?
what i'm trying to get at is that there are more things out there that we do not understand than there are things we do understand. so, while many people do this, i don't see how anyone could dismiss the possibility of other dementions, a spirtitual world if you will.
i think to say that there is no God is just as closed minded as being a die hard, by the book christian. in either case, you stop thinking. the only way to keep learning and growing is to admit that you don't know, and stay open to any possibilities, and\or explainations.
by the way, you never did really mention to me what your stand on the bible, God, etc. is. I just inferred from your 2 posts here that you were somewhat of an athiest, so fill me in if i'm mistaken.
later,
kath.
