Atheism (or Materialism) is just another religion. Probably one of the worst because at its core is nihilism and the denial of any kind of hope in a future for the individual. All that is ahead of one is obliteration of the Self. Nothing that anyone who loves life could possibly look forward to.
I think there does need to be a respect for all spirital/religious beliefs - which many of today's Skeptic Atheists - are as arrogant as the fundamentalists they piss upon with their intellectual superiority bullshit. I can tell you one thing, we sure as hell don't know (yet) how reality even exists or how life even begins. We don't have a clue what consciousness actually is - or how it comes into being. So when an Atheist Skeptic comes along and pisses all over your spiritual beliefs - tell them they can go to hell.
I agree and better to be open minded. I've had experiences which science cannot just explain away, and sometimes they try by saying you imagined it. Science can get very dogmatic.
Yes that is my own belief "faith" or however you would like to define it. And I could be wrong as well. Sure.
I think what is more important is tolerance. Tolerance for people's religious/spiritual beliefs. Which is severely lacking with today's rationalists/skeptics who think themselves enlightened just like the fanatical fundamentalists of old.
Tolerance is joystick in the hands of the Capitalists for their exploitation of all others. Skeptics/Rationalists are armchair ego massagers not worthy of one's time of day. Time is too short for that.
One does have to wake up each morning and conduct oneself with some set of beliefs. And willing to make decisions based on those beliefs. On the other hand, a lack of tolerance is drinking the poison of one's own unconscious projections without sufficient self realization.
See, you didn’t answer my question(s). You don’t answer a question with a question. That’s just basic avoidance. I determine when I am being lied to or not through my experience and the data I have acquired while mucking about on this little blue-green marble.
You are heading into an area where truth and lies don’t exist with the questions you posed and how you framed them. Not only that, but you are suggesting that truth is subjective. Try that reasoning with your bank or on a mathematical test.
As for tolerance, there is a saturation point as with anything else.
There are still many open questions regarding reality and the nature of what we are and why even reality exists. Open ontological and metaphysical questions. To assume you have it all figured out and are intolerant of other's beliefs, when the questions are still open questions - is the height of arrogance and ignorance. Religious (and I include Atheism in that category) intolerance is despicable and often behind the most heinous acts against humanity.
Atheism (or Materialism) is just another religion. Probably one of the worst because at its core is nihilism and the denial of any kind of hope in a future for the individual. All that is ahead of one is obliteration of the Self. Nothing that anyone who loves life could possibly look forward to.
I think there does need to be a respect for all spirital/religious beliefs - which many of today's Skeptic Atheists - are as arrogant as the fundamentalists they piss upon with their intellectual superiority bullshit. I can tell you one thing, we sure as hell don't know (yet) how reality even exists or how life even begins. We don't have a clue what consciousness actually is - or how it comes into being. So when an Atheist Skeptic comes along and pisses all over your spiritual beliefs - tell them they can go to hell.
I agree and better to be open minded. I've had experiences which science cannot just explain away, and sometimes they try by saying you imagined it. Science can get very dogmatic.
"We don't have a fucking clue what consciousness actually is..."
Certainly, yours is a clear case that you don't. - No offense.
Yes that is my own belief "faith" or however you would like to define it. And I could be wrong as well. Sure.
I think what is more important is tolerance. Tolerance for people's religious/spiritual beliefs. Which is severely lacking with today's rationalists/skeptics who think themselves enlightened just like the fanatical fundamentalists of old.
Tolerance is joystick in the hands of the Capitalists for their exploitation of all others. Skeptics/Rationalists are armchair ego massagers not worthy of one's time of day. Time is too short for that.
One does have to wake up each morning and conduct oneself with some set of beliefs. And willing to make decisions based on those beliefs. On the other hand, a lack of tolerance is drinking the poison of one's own unconscious projections without sufficient self realization.
So, as I’ve tried to illustrate that the pattern is consistent with a lie how or why should I tolerate being lied to? Do you enjoy being lied to?
Who determines who or what is being lied to? Certainly Atheists/Materialists don't have a corner on "the truth". Nor do Christians or Hindus.
On some subjects, tolerance is rational and acceptable; intolerance is cruel and controlling.
See, you didn’t answer my question(s). You don’t answer a question with a question. That’s just basic avoidance. I determine when I am being lied to or not through my experience and the data I have acquired while mucking about on this little blue-green marble.
You are heading into an area where truth and lies don’t exist with the questions you posed and how you framed them. Not only that, but you are suggesting that truth is subjective. Try that reasoning with your bank or on a mathematical test.
As for tolerance, there is a saturation point as with anything else.
There are still many open questions regarding reality and the nature of what we are and why even reality exists. Open ontological and metaphysical questions. To assume you have it all figured out and are intolerant of other's beliefs, when the questions are still open questions - is the height of arrogance and ignorance. Religious (and I include Atheism in that category) intolerance is despicable and often behind the most heinous acts against humanity.