What if I told you that all of the worlds religions have either been created or co-opted by the hidden hand.. what if I told you that most of us don’t practice the same mercy we wish to obtain for ourselves.. what if I told you that in order to obtain forgiveness, you first must learn to forgive and forgive.. what if I told you that Christianity has the most version and sects out of any religion, because it was Christianity that almost unified humanity, but the hidden hand caused the divisions and corrupted Christianity and its purpose… what if I told you that your churches are not there to shine light on the darkness, but to expand that darkness by separating the light… what if I told you that there is a straight path out of darkness in unity, the pyramid or prism divides the light into its many different colors, but the light remains one, even in its division light is still light… how long will you allow the prism/pyramid to divide you from the rest of you?
Where we go one, we go all.
Your belief is stated clearly above.
You believe that if you commit to a biased or absolute opinion that it will lead you to destructive ends therefore your belief compels you to just say I don’t know and don’t wish to search it out because I might be wrong in my conclusion and would rather stay in my safe space and remain ignorant and naive on the matter at hand.
Unexamined beliefs? They are unexamined to you due to your failure or lack of dedication or determination to examine them thoroughly.
Pure Unbiased skepticism? In all honesty this should lead to a thorough investigation of all sides possible not shut down and give up. If it was pure then it would seek truth and not settle for anything less, if it was unbiased then it would examine all sides, if you were truly a skeptic then you would seek out all known evidence and examine all sides and evidence concerning the matter.
How do gain any insight or understanding by not digging in and sorting the matter out.
Your belief system is a system of complacency and a shield for you to use to not have to discern truth from lies.
Why comment as if you know when everything that proceeds is you saying you don’t know and have in fact never sought the matter out?
"Pure Unbiased skepticism? In all honesty this should lead to a thorough investigation of all sides possible not shut down and give up. If it was pure then it would seek truth and not settle for anything less, if it was unbiased then it would examine all sides, if you were truly a skeptic then you would seek out all known evidence and examine all sides and evidence concerning the matter.
How do gain any insight or understanding by not digging in and sorting the matter out."
What makes you think I do not seek better understanding in all things or that I am particularly biased?
By the lack of pursuing your skepticism.
If you were truly unbiased, pure and skeptical, you would relentlessly pursue the evidence of all sides concerning, regardless of the topic or matter.
Me seeing your bias comes from your statement of intent which has self preservation at its forefront. So your bias is entwined in the judgment which determines whether the matter can be positively concluded on the front end before thorough investigation because it might be detrimental if you make a wrong conclusion. So it would seem your subconscious makes the decision for you to not pursue the matter because you have come to a biased conclusion that it can’t be known.
Why does my statement have self preservation at its forefront according to you? It sounds like you think it is necessary to come to a conclusion about a given matter or else you must not have considered it very deeply. Why not keep thinking forever about everything instead of getting stuck in a belief system that is probably not entirely correct?
The self preservation is all over the place.
It’s your doubt and fear of being wrong. Therefore you said you would rather just say I don’t know and because you don’t know, nobody could possibly know and even if they did know your fear of being wrong prevents you from pursuing that truth to begin with.
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“why not keep thinking forever about everything instead of getting stuck in a belief system that is probably not entirely correct?
What if it is your doubt and skepticism that leads you to complacency and inaction which brings peril upon your life because you failed to act and pursue the truth?
You said Jesus was a fictional story and there was no objective evidence and I suggested that there was indeed evidence in the form of all the people who were tortured to death and would not recant his name. Testimony is extremely powerful evidence and in a court of law can condemn you to death. Does your pure unbiased skepticism pull at you to seek that out and test whether it bears any truth.
Would you stand there and let your wife and children be tortured and slaughtered in front of you for a phony who you didn’t even know and all you have to say is yeah your right he’s not the son of God, my apologies?
You said he was fictional, I say he was not and there is evidence to support that. You said the stories were too paranormally wild to be true and I say those paranormal events are true based upon the fact that they are still taking place to this day among his people and children and that his name holds power, authority and dominion over this earth and those that dwell in it.
A little hint for you. God said I hold my word above my name. If his name holds dominion and power over this earth how much can his word do for you if you read it with a sincere and contrite heart?
Where is this lack in evidence? You are merely repeating that claim without any supporting information.
You believe that if you commit to a biased or absolute opinion that it will lead you to destructive ends
That's not what I mean. Maybe I am not a good enough writer to explain it properly. I am deliberate about the words I choose but it is still not clear enough for everyone to understand.
I do enjoy philosophy so please do explain if possible and clarify if you can.
This is what I get, it seems to me that you are trying to explain that your belief system is intellectual and therefore is not a belief system or a religion of the self and that it can not be compared to someone who’s belief is based upon a religion because religions are just unproven and unverified stories and yours is based upon your self and you believe that if you merely remain neutral on matters it will inherently result in a better outcome for you compared to someone who has excepted the belief system of a religious text and drawn a line in the sand for what he believes to be truth and what is not?
If you don’t believe in the system or methodology you use to judge matters then you would not use it? But you do believe that it has merit to you so you choose to believe in its process, so in conclusion it is belief system and your religion and it governs your action and what merit you see in the matters before you. Correct?
All I can say is go back and read what I actually wrote. I am trying not to succumb to the folly of taking it for granted that things are how I think they are and not how they actually are.
I understand what you wrote.
What I’m trying to show you is that within what you wrote are a few things I’m trying to bring to your own awareness whether you accept and continue in those trains of thought is up to you but they are there all the same.
One would be your skepticism of an individual (yourself included) being capable of searching out truth and coming to truthful conclusions.
Your doubt and skepticism limits your quest because your afraid of being wrong.
Second that statement makes it appear that you are waiting for some authority to come out with a grand reveal and dictate to you all things truthful. Dwell on that for a moment and compare it to your skepticism of religion and control which is at the heart of this post.
Discernment is not given or inherited it’s earned and if you don’t have your machete out hacking through the thick jungle of lies and deceit and sometimes failing and coming to wrong conclusions you will never have the discernment to be a self governed individual free from the manipulation of others.
"...belief is so powerful believers can experience or know something as absolute truth that is not real. It affects everyone to varying degrees. I think it will be shocking to find out just how much of the world we think has objective characteristics is actually a projection of a synthesized reality created by our own mind. That is why I say I try not to believe anything if I can help it."