@ theresident I'm OK knowing that when I die there will be nothing after, if I"m wrong great...but I have no evidence for anything else. This is coming from a guy who almost died....saw myself floating above my bed....and then talking to people on the other side....and later waking up on life support. It was nothing more than a dream...I believe...when we're dead...we're dead.
That's absurd. How could you "remember" anything from b4 "you" were born? Do you remember life in the womb? Or before you could speak? No. No one does. Why? Because your brain was still forming. "You" weren't "you" yet. You are a collection of your unique thoughts, feelings & memories. What is this fairy tale essence of "you" before u had any of those? It's nonsensical. If you could somehow remember before u were born (whatever that means), then you would remember your birth & infancy. Right?
I can live normally everyday knowing that when I die, I will rot in the ground, and I will never see my friends or family ever again. But all good things don't come to an end, my eternal deep sleep will last for all eternity.
well my friend, I'm afraid i cant agree with you.
religion, my friend, is something you feel - like happiness, love, etc - and you are born with. you can deny or refuse it, maybe because you were raised that way or maybe you are too attached to this life that you refuse to believe in another, but you'll always feel it inside of you. thats probably why you're replying to me, trying to prove to yourself that religion is a lie. stop lying to yourself.
@bahrainisoccer religion = brainwashing. you're not born with faith and religion, it's pounded into your head when you're still a child. of course I'm attached to this life, because it's the only one we get. I don't spend my life daydreaming about fairy tales, I live this one to the fullest until I become fertilizer.
of course religion is a lie. faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. you just accept it, without question and that's a sad thing, now wonder the world is so fucked up
@SuperboyConnerKent well, at least i tried to make you understand, but just like i told you, you may not understand.
i don't want to turn this into an argument because:
1. my English is not that great
2. I am not that intellectual and there are other people who are far more better than me.
3. This is actually not the place for an argument.
by the way, have you looked in all religions? perhaps you want to look into "terrorist" Islam. I mean really study it and do not fall for any haters. peace.
@bahrainisoccer 1. don't worry about your english, I can make it out, besides, it's pretty good
2. well base your arguments on what you know for certain
3. youtube is the EXACT place for an argument
yep, pretty much, I've focused mainly on the three abrahamic religions. my biggest beef with islam is it's intolerant nature and sharia law, which violates dozens of basic civil rights
I have no faith whatsoever and I'm incredibly happy all the time.
What can I say, humans are weak and primitive. They'll believe in anything as long as their little dreamland remains intact. For most humans reality is a scary thing. So they come up with imaginary friends. Pathetic, incredibly pathetic.
I don't have faith and is indeed just a coping mechanism, but also product of our brains ability to think ahead, to see intend and pattern that isn't there and to keep relationships over long distance. All these are evolutionary remnants. You can see them to a lesser degree in our cousins, we are just better at it and fait or religion is one expression of those abilities.
They are remnants, cultural remnants, which some people can't let go, even science minded people.
@bahrainisoccer I would say that because it's true, it's fact. all religions lie. nothing but lies. you can sugarcoat it all you want, but religion and faith is nothing more than primitive man's attempts to explain things that seemed magical at the time, things that science today explains with ease, and the things it can't, it probably will in the near future. religion is dangerous, because it allows humans that don't have all the answers to think that they do
faith does mean alot i remember i saw a movie of real story of italian group whose plane crashed on a mountaine & the person with faith in god is the one who rescude them so keep believing its not stupid its the smarteset thing ever , u should really see that movie its inspiring
The real issue that theresident is addressing is "the sense of spirituality". We all have this to some degree, even atheists. We all have it because it is a survival artifact, much like a sense of humor is a survival artifact--sensations that allow us to feel good about life, to see beyond the sometimes harsh and defeating here and now reality, help us to not drown in circumstantial and perhaps momentary misery to live on another day. "Faith", for some, is a projection that their spirit is real.
you don't believe in scientific evidence AT ALL if you even respect the word faith.
you can't "have" faith and still "be big on evidence" just like a ball can't be blue AND orange... I'm sorry but I get kind of a little bit offended you seriously say you have faith and care about reality and evidence at the same time...
@M0rganKane thats a bit harsh, I have mixed feelings about what she's saying. On the one hand I feel like you, but on the other I feel like this is as good as it gets for religous people. Ultimately people need something to get through their day, if that something is an illogical deity or a belief in a master-plan (note that she acknowledges that its silly, but still sticks with it), then so be it.
The only true faith is through God. Everything else stems from Satanism. You either follow one or the other. Hate to break it to ya but its that simple.
it's very romantic and poetic to speculate on the nature of faith and souls - and there's value in that. there's artistic value in that. art is how humans use their creativity to express emotions. art is a powerful human tool for expression and community. but when it comes to analyzing the nature of reality, i think it is absolutely imperative that we come to evidence-based conclusions. when faith is allowed to determine the nature of reality, we become prey to whatever is emotionally compelling
God for me is whatever makes gravity work, and gravity will always pull you down whether you believe in it or not. God is just the ultimate reality, the simple and brutal truth, and people have always tried to give it purpose and a human face when it has neither.
Going with reason is better than going on faith, just like being in touch with reality is better than living in a fantasy world. But a wise person also knows that the more things you know, the more things you realize that you don't understand yet. So when in doubt I just assume that the anthropomorphic creator that most people believe in would rather someone use the reason they were created with than just believe stories that other people made up and pass off as divine revelation.
i couldnt seem to find ur post. had to "view all comments" weird. dunno what happened.
anyway, no. if you believe that you do not understand what an atheist is or you are incredibly misinformed.
also blind faith there is, their is to indicate ownership.
would you enjoy explaining your position, obviously you dont have to if you wouldnt, rather than making a two line statement that means nothing and is incorrect.
My faith, religion is Islam and to me it's a way of life. More like guidelines to living life the correct way. My favorite part is, I know I have the freedom to interpret some of the things presented and question it by getting studying my religion in my own time.
Faith gets me through all my hardships, knowing that Allah/God is present everywhere prevents me from sinning. My faith teaches me that there is a greater purpose in life.
well its really easy .. why do we all feel faith ? because we were born before this life and we all took an oth to not worship or believe but in one god/allah and to have faith only in him , we actually live 5 lives ( the one we already did , the one we are living now , life in the grave , life during judgment day ( its called a life b/c its 50000y long day) , and the final one is immortality either in paradise or hell ) all are dependent on this life time deeds, know islam and get your answes .
What's wrong with faith? Even if we invented faith to cope with depression and senselessness XD We are what we are, are you from the church of scientology?
I think people should lay off criticising her. Theresident has already proved she is an intelligent and thoughtful person and I don't see how her "having faith" can change that.
The greatest religious freedom of all is the freedom to have no religious faith. My observation has been that the people who have religious "faith" seem to be those who need it. I have none, never have had and dont feel that I'm missing out on anything.
what a load of fcking garbage. Here I thought you were an intelligent person. So you believe in something despite there being absolutely no evidence? If you said that about anything other than religion and god, you'd be laughed at and ridiculed. Your reasoning is that we all have this feeling of wanting to be important and mattering. Brilliant. A lot of people are weak and need the crutch of religion as support. That says nothing to the truth of their beliefs however.
Nice theory but I think i stick to the notion that fait is a cultural construction to explain what we can't explain yet and as a mean to hold the "tribe" together, unite us and a way to form rules to coinside with eachother.
Religion and faith I am sure can work and did work for the life of stoneage-people, wich is rly where our developement still is genetically. However we live in 2010 and noadays it's mostly destructive due to the blindside it brings into certain areas of thinking.
Its really sad how some people can't handle the idea that someone else can believe differently than another person. These people are not satisfied with believing as they do and leaving others to believe something different but have to take it a step further and insult these people for the crime of 'thinking different' because most communist (such as yourself) must drive religion from public as well as private life so you set up your own political religion based around the state.
No what's sad is that some ppl like yourself can't imagine outside your box. I have no problem accepting ppl, who "belive" and practise their religion as long as they do it in their privacy and don't involve me. Not beliving is "no religion", it's not "a political religion". I am surpriced you actually know hopw to handle a computer when you doesn't sem to compute that simple thing.
You say you have no problem with people having their faith but yet characterize their beliefs as "stone age". You also say that they should practice it in their private lives well that sounds like every homophobic person that says he has not problem with gays as long as they practice that in their own lives. That does sound like you are accepting of other people who think different than yourself since, according to you, that can't practice their faith outside their home.
No I wrote that religion had it's purpose when we couldn't explain the world as good as we can today and also as a mean to keep the tribe together when we lived in a very unsifisticated world.
Why would I have a problem with ppl with faith evenif i thought it it belongs in stoneage?
You should really read what I wrote more throughly.
You can practise your belives in your fucking laugh if you like or walk the streets even I don't care. But you can't inforce me to share your belifs.
I keep hearing this that no one can't make you believe something but when has anyone used any christian ever forced you in any way to attend a church? It has never happened but somehow people think that the mere act of "preaching" is somehow synomomous with mandatory conversion of anyone who happens to be within earshot.
You are from USA right? You must be aware of the religious discrimination that ongoing in your country. USA is not an entirely secular nation and christianity has a huge inpact on how your nation is run, thus a lot of people that does not share your beliefs is affected by them. If you can't see the wrong in this then you have no respect for other people and is a fanatic.
The problem is is that a person's faith can affect what policies they think should be implemented but a person's faith can't actually hinder another person's ability to practice their faith since the act of practicing any faith usually revolves around an organization such as a church, mosque, or temple and the first amendment prevents the state from interfering with these organization which is where we get the slogan separation of church and state.
why do you keep the faith??? because of the guilt and predisposition as an american... no one has to feel guilty or cornered... faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america... allthough i do salute your ode to science... i dont get how the supernatural could still be possible to you??
"Faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america?" Your ignorance (or at least bias) is showing CrankyCactus.
'It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Henry
Far from a tool that plagues it, faith (Christian faith) is the stuff upon which America is built. If you don't like it - fine. Go to Cuba.
trust me i am out of here as soon as i can be... faith has no proof of anything, yet it holds political power??? keep your stars, stripes, and crosses... that shit is for sheep like you... notice how you have to be a christian to be elected to public office?? you find comfort in conformity, i see that.... but for those of us that are rational and can use logical deduction, we understand how the supernatural can be ruled out of reality... have you read the bible??? i doubt it... it is disgusting.
Yes, that's the last thing we need. We could do without 80 percent of the existing schools, hospitals, higher education, organizations that feed the poor, etc. If you don't understand my statement, you don't know how many of them were started by PEOPLE OF FAITH.
2) leave out the word "scientific" when you say "There's no scientific evidence" and it works just as well. There's no objective evidence of any kind. When you insert "scientific" into the statement, you make a false dichotomy between science and religion. There are many religious scientists
3) if you logically deconstruct the denotation of "faith", it comes down to self delusion. I do not even need to specify which dictionary that you use
the woman said the only evidence she has for the existence of god is her own faith.let's call that religious evidence,if you will.than she said she would like to have some scientific evidence for it.there's nothing wrong with her phrasing.the false dichotomy is only in your head..
ok,fair enough.still,"the woman" didn't "make a false dichotomy" of any kind.that was my point.also,I can defend whom ever's point of view I want.also,I don't know if the previous phrase is grammatically correct.also,I used the word also too much.
You may want to look up ALL of the definitions of "faith." I have confidence in my "faith" because there is overwhelming evidence....tangible evidence that it is real.
Any time eye listen to ewe eye simply fall deeper in God with you. If eye had a machine that could extract my actual memories of current and before flesh in life...ewe would see exactly where we are from. Eye love you and am constantly inspired by you! The reason is simply...God is...eternally!
Religion and God is a made up fairy tail that duped all of you believers. There is NO evidence of any of this crap. Before you believe in such shit, questioned it please...
me faith. there is a higher entity be it known as God, Jehovah or Ala to me they are different names for the same entity. I also see that life sucks from the view of I but is a blessing when seen as We. I had this thought one day. Question, what came 1st the laws of man or man? I believe it was man ... Question then being laws govern our universe how could we think that there is not some greater being?
From "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": The arguement goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't though of that" and promply vanishes in a puff of logic.
I personally, am my own physical and scientific proof that "spirit" exists. It is rather apparent. I do remember a pool of One from which I came and am now in as well. Countless wise scribes have related this experience through the ages. It is the loud materialism of our times that competes with the quiet truth within; we are one now and always. To prove it, stop eating, sleeping too much and doing anything for as long as you can, but drink water and just listen. You will see and hear what is.
Lori please read PD ouspensky. He speaks about the differences between essence and personality and how we can make the world a better place by being in touch with our essence which most people lose in adulthood.
Many have faith but there are over 1500 different religions. Over 1300 are christian based, so I don't go for the memory bit.
I feel that corporate organized religion is a scam, feeding on our hope that there is something more. The idea that when we die, it's like a light going off, and all we were is gone, is too harsh for most.
I agree, but your wording is a little wrong. Christmas (by definition of the word) is a Christian Holiday. However, the 'traditions' in Christmas- i.e. virgin birth, messiah, etc., is all borrowed from other prior religions and especially the 'pagan' religions that existed before it.
But this is nothing new. All religious celebrations borrow their lore from the religions and celebrations that came before.
If one can't see it's all man-made-up, you are seriously deluding yourself.
We are all human so reasoning into believing of a higher being as a commonality across the broad spectra of culture and religion is not scientifically surprising. "Faith makes all things possible ... love makes all things easy" [ Moody, Dwight] - this is probably why we keep faith.
very interesting. if you dont have faith, how do you keep going. i only believe in personal faith. im not really religious.
it can definitely be a coping mechanism. if you don't have faith you're going to graduate university, why do you still attend. there has to be faith in there somewhere
I have faith in myself. I dont believe in God, I dont believe in destiny. You make a decision, you face the consequences or eventual prizes. That's it. Thank you.
I have often thought about this subject, and I wonder if these thoughts might not be reflected in this idea about time: Time is really a finite invention of man to identify in a linear way the passage of life and history. Perhaps time, as a line, does not really exist but all that has been, is and will be are existing simultaneously. This might be the beginning of an understanding of 'memories' of past lives, etc. and awareness by some of what is to be....
One more thing: I am not denying the existence of life after death or anything like this. I am just explaining why people have faith under my point of view
First thing: Everyone has faith on something, not necessarily on a higher being. Faith is to know as true something that can not be proved as true.
We do this automatically several times a day with things that are not religious, for example, I have faith that my wife does not betray me when I am not with her.
Second point: Why is it common to have faith in religious things?
I think that if most of people who have faith just can't live with the idea of a senseless existence, so we create faith
Infidels, inquisitors and chosen ones, very promising for the human kind, all what i know is that I like Chris Angel as my spiritual guidance, he walks on water, banishes in the air, I found my God and i got proof of greatness and he's still alive, he will be the Moses of the future, the Christ of the vikings and the Mohamed of the funny hat people.
It's not *that* difficult to get use to the thought that when we die our mind just disappears like the processing in a computer when you turn it off. If you keep repeating to yourself that it's SUCH a scary thought then you'll never get there. But why is eternity so desired? Why is God's love more appreciated than that of our loved ones? What can Heaven provide that a good society can't - other than eternity? When we die we'll live on as long as we are remembered by those we left.
yes, true to the vid and the comments... I just recently started to see it as very simple: if our 250 trillion cells (which are miniture versions of ourselves with consciousness and digestive, respiratory, immune and reproductive systems) in our body see a higher purpose and arranging themselves together and cooperate then besides our natural interest in survival, maybe we owe it to the cells in a way for they stay alive... Looking at cell structure, maybe our next step is to cooperate as one
Interesting ideas theresident. I'm personally an atheist, only because I'm convinced there is no evidence for the existence of a God.
Although I find the symbolism behind what life is interesting. I've also come to find the theories such as, 'quantum mechanics', and Buddhism amazing and really makes you question life can be.
I guess we're all human and instinctively try to make sense of the senseless :-)
PLATO? Your talking about the forms, stupid idea. stick with your initial idea about invention, and don't underestimate your imaginations influence on your "feelings"
Faith is trusting God. It is living in a relationship with God that is motivated and sustained by ones conviction that God does keep his word. Faith is believing that God keeps his promises and then accepting his grace from Jesus, his Son. Faith is living in this relationship of trust moment by moment in accord with Gods will. Both Gods grace and faith are his gifts to those who believe.
I think part of the "high" of faith is the unconditional love that people often feel for their particular deity/group/guru/etc. We don't just want faith, we want acceptance, to be part of something greater than ourselves. You're right; this is part of our basic anatomy, but neurological and psychological. The same way we want and need human relationships, the vast majority of us want and need divine relationships, even if that divinity is no more than the "truth" of scientific research.
No way, toilet roll is in aisle 9 at your supermarket too? *high five*
seriously though, its nice to hear your thoughts, its certainly the first time I've heard that concept as faith as a memory and its a very interesting one.
But what about all us confused agnostics? I'd love to believe and feel certain in something larger, would be a huge load off!
Yes :) we will never be certain. We are uncomfortable with being uncertain so we create certainty with our faith. As human or other who has the ability to rationalize between certainty and uncertainty we create certainty. There must be something higher above use or something after death as we are uncomfortable with there being nothing.
To align with the agnostics there is nothing wrong to having faith as it makes us feel good. Yet understanding comes not from blind faith, a symptom of ignorance, but from research and questioning the faith, which our Resident it doing :)
Infinitelycool im gonna track you down and beat the living shit out of you! you stupid fuck. and i'm bi-polar. so dont push me. And "I" WAS hit by a car when i was a child so i have an above normal pain tolerance and getting punched only makes me laugh. Bring It! FREAK
There may indeed be something after death but as an atheist I don't believe it's some guy wearing a white robe (maybe a hot chick... I'll buy that). I also don't believe a true God would want to be worshiped or pass judgment on people who followed the wrong brand of dogma.
I think the key is what you said "to keep trying to figure out what's going on." Nobody expects you to have an answer ready to present on-demand.
I wouldn't say I have faith in anything, but I have a worldview which has a spiritual element. The reason is that my experiences - and those of others whom I know personally - point in that direction.
Naturalistic atheism is safe, but incomplete IMHO.
I think religion has a core of spirituality, but it's suffocated with dogma and all sorts of stuff.
NOPE. Science is my higher power. I use to, but as I learned and saw more about the world around me, it became very apparent religion wasn't about what it's thought to be and was just an easy way out--a simple, same answer to any question that was hard.
The best way to explain religion is our species attempt at explaining the unexplained--particularly in the Western religions that all stemmed from the same origin. It was religion first, then philosophy and what we now call the sciences.
Oh, and that feeling--it's our mind trying to wrap itself around something we don't have all the pieces to. Our imagination and what we call senses fill in wholes with what we know already--sometimes they are right and sometimes they are completely off from the reality. This is one way UFO and Bigfoot sightings work. Some are trained over time by society to react a certain way and let their imagination and previous stories fill in the gaps, while others think more critically about it.
Prophet Muhammad taught us that "souls are like conscripted soldiers" meaning our spirits already knew each other in the past before we even lived in this world. In Islam, science & religion have always been one. It was Muslim scientists who laid down the very foundations of Western civilization. There are so many miracles before our very eyes that people have taken for granted and fail to realize. The Qur'an reminds mankind to reflect upon the meaning of life and everything Allah has created.
I don't believe in God. And I don't collapse in the aisles crying. I think the knowledge that I'm going to die, makes life all the more magical. I think that makes life all the more worth living.
people believe because they are taught to their whole life. they are like the dog in pawlows experiment about classical conditioning. knowledge kills belief.
This video just proved my theory of only the weak believe in an imaginary higher being, because they do not believe in themselves, so they need to latch on to something to keep themselves going everyday.
Atheists can have faith, they just don't have faith in a theistic entity. Your demarcation of faith falls short because you assume your meaning of it is understood by all.
The question you should be asking is: "Why do people believe in something outside of the material world" and/or "why do people feel the need to believe in an entity that survives death (soul)".
cont...What do you think about organized religion? I know alot of people who have "faith" but they despise organized religion. When I was younger and was in my rebel stage, I hated organized religion. Looking back though, I think that having a community around you sustains faith.
A video you may find interesting:
Type in search: Evolution of Life in the Universe.
Knowing how fucked up this world is, and how empty the universe seems, I would like to think there is some sort of god. Based on what I know, I'm going to say there is no god, but if there is, we certainly know nothing about it...
Then you believe in the Enlightenment god. The idea that God or gods are unknowable and that they've disappeared...*poof* off into outerspace, flung from Earth's orbit. That, I think is a bit of a cop out in taking the initiative to learn about a God that is alive and working among all people in this world.
/watch?v=BUZsLXjIo3A&feature=related
Brulluhman 1 week ago
@ theresident I'm OK knowing that when I die there will be nothing after, if I"m wrong great...but I have no evidence for anything else. This is coming from a guy who almost died....saw myself floating above my bed....and then talking to people on the other side....and later waking up on life support. It was nothing more than a dream...I believe...when we're dead...we're dead.
coldsteel122 2 weeks ago
Faith is nothing more but a psychological placebo, it gets to the point of delusion; Religion.
And when she got to the "Souls" part of the video I facepalmed.
The "Soul" is bullshit too. Our "soul" is nothing more but electronic signals in the brain.
If she really was for scientific evidence she'd not be leaning to faith at all, or at least no logical person would.
Yallniggasbetrollin 2 months ago
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Faith is the result of neural circuitry in the temporal part of the frontal lobe. With out that circuitry, you would have no faith.
The circuitry is an evolutionary mechanism that we, homo-sapien, evolved to help us deal with psychological trauma.
If you get cut, you bleed, a scab forms to protect you from airborne opportunistic bacteria.
The circuitry in your brain does the same thing for your mind.
msginca 4 months ago
Faith is the result of neural circuitry in the temporal part of the frontal lobe. With out that circuitry, you would have no faith.
The circuitry is an evolutionary mechanism that we, homo-sapien, evolved to help us deal with psychological trauma.
If you get cut, you bleed, a scab forms to protect you from airborne opportunistic bacteria.
The circuitry in your brain does the same thing for your mind.
msginca 4 months ago
Hey,, I liked your commentary. Faith as an entity. Not just to cope. Nice.
017baker 7 months ago
faith is a form of psychic power the more you want something the greater its manifestation in your life making it reality.
doctorw2 11 months ago
i think this sucks.
supportheavymusic 11 months ago
That's absurd. How could you "remember" anything from b4 "you" were born? Do you remember life in the womb? Or before you could speak? No. No one does. Why? Because your brain was still forming. "You" weren't "you" yet. You are a collection of your unique thoughts, feelings & memories. What is this fairy tale essence of "you" before u had any of those? It's nonsensical. If you could somehow remember before u were born (whatever that means), then you would remember your birth & infancy. Right?
TomPage1 1 year ago
I can live normally everyday knowing that when I die, I will rot in the ground, and I will never see my friends or family ever again. But all good things don't come to an end, my eternal deep sleep will last for all eternity.
knowthetruth1492 1 year ago
well my friend, I'm afraid i cant agree with you.
religion, my friend, is something you feel - like happiness, love, etc - and you are born with. you can deny or refuse it, maybe because you were raised that way or maybe you are too attached to this life that you refuse to believe in another, but you'll always feel it inside of you. thats probably why you're replying to me, trying to prove to yourself that religion is a lie. stop lying to yourself.
you may not understand, and i don't blame you.
bahrainisoccer 1 year ago
@bahrainisoccer religion = brainwashing. you're not born with faith and religion, it's pounded into your head when you're still a child. of course I'm attached to this life, because it's the only one we get. I don't spend my life daydreaming about fairy tales, I live this one to the fullest until I become fertilizer.
of course religion is a lie. faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. you just accept it, without question and that's a sad thing, now wonder the world is so fucked up
SuperboyConnerKent 1 year ago
@SuperboyConnerKent well, at least i tried to make you understand, but just like i told you, you may not understand.
i don't want to turn this into an argument because:
1. my English is not that great
2. I am not that intellectual and there are other people who are far more better than me.
3. This is actually not the place for an argument.
by the way, have you looked in all religions? perhaps you want to look into "terrorist" Islam. I mean really study it and do not fall for any haters. peace.
bahrainisoccer 1 year ago
@bahrainisoccer 1. don't worry about your english, I can make it out, besides, it's pretty good
2. well base your arguments on what you know for certain
3. youtube is the EXACT place for an argument
yep, pretty much, I've focused mainly on the three abrahamic religions. my biggest beef with islam is it's intolerant nature and sharia law, which violates dozens of basic civil rights
SuperboyConnerKent 1 year ago
I have no faith whatsoever and I'm incredibly happy all the time.
What can I say, humans are weak and primitive. They'll believe in anything as long as their little dreamland remains intact. For most humans reality is a scary thing. So they come up with imaginary friends. Pathetic, incredibly pathetic.
SuperboyConnerKent 1 year ago
I don't have faith and is indeed just a coping mechanism, but also product of our brains ability to think ahead, to see intend and pattern that isn't there and to keep relationships over long distance. All these are evolutionary remnants. You can see them to a lesser degree in our cousins, we are just better at it and fait or religion is one expression of those abilities.
They are remnants, cultural remnants, which some people can't let go, even science minded people.
annata12 1 year ago
first time I seen bags under her eyes.
MrTabby5000 1 year ago
to all people who are saying religion and science can't blend together, why not?
please tell me, I would like to know
bahrainisoccer 1 year ago
@bahrainisoccer Einstein: Religion without science is lame; science without religion is blind.
^___^
FiloJuan 1 year ago
@bahrainisoccer simple, religion lies, science is based on fact
SuperboyConnerKent 1 year ago
@SuperboyConnerKent why would you say that?
I don't no what experience or religion you're talking about, but trust me, the true religion never lies.
bahrainisoccer 1 year ago
@bahrainisoccer I would say that because it's true, it's fact. all religions lie. nothing but lies. you can sugarcoat it all you want, but religion and faith is nothing more than primitive man's attempts to explain things that seemed magical at the time, things that science today explains with ease, and the things it can't, it probably will in the near future. religion is dangerous, because it allows humans that don't have all the answers to think that they do
SuperboyConnerKent 1 year ago
Your spiritual salvation come from your own inner reflection with your own conscience and not from your outer reflection with society
timbosforporn 1 year ago
I think you will come to the conclusion that your faith is irrational and illogical.
adobePC 1 year ago
I like The Resident, but come on. Religion is bullshit, and there is no higher being. Use your head.
DisappearingBoy88 1 year ago
faith does mean alot i remember i saw a movie of real story of italian group whose plane crashed on a mountaine & the person with faith in god is the one who rescude them so keep believing its not stupid its the smarteset thing ever , u should really see that movie its inspiring
mangogurl91 1 year ago
The real issue that theresident is addressing is "the sense of spirituality". We all have this to some degree, even atheists. We all have it because it is a survival artifact, much like a sense of humor is a survival artifact--sensations that allow us to feel good about life, to see beyond the sometimes harsh and defeating here and now reality, help us to not drown in circumstantial and perhaps momentary misery to live on another day. "Faith", for some, is a projection that their spirit is real.
BigMTBrain 1 year ago
by the way , the part were you talked about our past memory before we became human is identical to that of Islamic philosophy.
altwab 1 year ago
you don't believe in scientific evidence AT ALL if you even respect the word faith.
you can't "have" faith and still "be big on evidence" just like a ball can't be blue AND orange... I'm sorry but I get kind of a little bit offended you seriously say you have faith and care about reality and evidence at the same time...
M0rganKane 1 year ago
@M0rganKane thats a bit harsh, I have mixed feelings about what she's saying. On the one hand I feel like you, but on the other I feel like this is as good as it gets for religous people. Ultimately people need something to get through their day, if that something is an illogical deity or a belief in a master-plan (note that she acknowledges that its silly, but still sticks with it), then so be it.
halldbe 1 year ago
You believe both Science and Faith because you are illogical and/or it makes you feel good, take your pick.
originosity 1 year ago
The only true faith is through God. Everything else stems from Satanism. You either follow one or the other. Hate to break it to ya but its that simple.
psycofloyd 1 year ago
If only religious people thought like you.
questionsamson 1 year ago
or maybe it's just a bunch of bullshit
Quiestre 1 year ago
it's very romantic and poetic to speculate on the nature of faith and souls - and there's value in that. there's artistic value in that. art is how humans use their creativity to express emotions. art is a powerful human tool for expression and community. but when it comes to analyzing the nature of reality, i think it is absolutely imperative that we come to evidence-based conclusions. when faith is allowed to determine the nature of reality, we become prey to whatever is emotionally compelling
mortalstrain 1 year ago
God for me is whatever makes gravity work, and gravity will always pull you down whether you believe in it or not. God is just the ultimate reality, the simple and brutal truth, and people have always tried to give it purpose and a human face when it has neither.
sarahlajolietigresse 1 year ago
Going with reason is better than going on faith, just like being in touch with reality is better than living in a fantasy world. But a wise person also knows that the more things you know, the more things you realize that you don't understand yet. So when in doubt I just assume that the anthropomorphic creator that most people believe in would rather someone use the reason they were created with than just believe stories that other people made up and pass off as divine revelation.
sarahlajolietigresse 1 year ago 2
atheist and proud.
one does not need faith if they have reason.
Menla1 1 year ago
Not to get you all stirred up, but being an atheist takes some of the strongest blind faith their is.
StatenJM 1 year ago
i couldnt seem to find ur post. had to "view all comments" weird. dunno what happened.
anyway, no. if you believe that you do not understand what an atheist is or you are incredibly misinformed.
also blind faith there is, their is to indicate ownership.
would you enjoy explaining your position, obviously you dont have to if you wouldnt, rather than making a two line statement that means nothing and is incorrect.
Menla1 1 year ago
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Not to get you all stirred up Menla1, but being an atheist takes some of the strongest blind faith there is.
StatenJM 1 year ago
oh i jus found i couldnt see it because someone marked it as spam. it wasnt me and i do apologize. i pressed the not spam button anyway.
Menla1 1 year ago
My faith, religion is Islam and to me it's a way of life. More like guidelines to living life the correct way. My favorite part is, I know I have the freedom to interpret some of the things presented and question it by getting studying my religion in my own time.
Faith gets me through all my hardships, knowing that Allah/God is present everywhere prevents me from sinning. My faith teaches me that there is a greater purpose in life.
Faeriiie 1 year ago
Search on Youtube, CRYSTAL SKYRIFTER...
Zoza15 1 year ago
well its really easy .. why do we all feel faith ? because we were born before this life and we all took an oth to not worship or believe but in one god/allah and to have faith only in him , we actually live 5 lives ( the one we already did , the one we are living now , life in the grave , life during judgment day ( its called a life b/c its 50000y long day) , and the final one is immortality either in paradise or hell ) all are dependent on this life time deeds, know islam and get your answes .
SuperGoemon 1 year ago
wow your so wise
purpletangish 2 years ago
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People continue to believe (or have faith) in a higher power out of ignorance and or fear of the unknown!
Here's the secret so you no longer need faith..
You're born, you live, then you become worm food and life goes on without you!
See, no mystery about it at all!
Have a great day...
scorpionkings 2 years ago
What's wrong with faith? Even if we invented faith to cope with depression and senselessness XD We are what we are, are you from the church of scientology?
Zazilium 2 years ago
The lighting is just not right. You're washed out and it's distracting.
theloniousMac 2 years ago
Well said.
gizmo2084 2 years ago
Keep the faith, kid. :-))
Tomken8d2 2 years ago
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Did we invent God and faith as the only possible hope for our doom.. Or did God invent doom that he might be our only possible hope?
That's one thing we all seem to have in common.. Doom and Hope. Maybe we got it backwards. Most of us anyway.
mrbgnwo 2 years ago
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mrbgnwo 2 years ago
i dont think all atheists dont have faith, some of them just fight it.
dtadeo2006 2 years ago
I think people should lay off criticising her. Theresident has already proved she is an intelligent and thoughtful person and I don't see how her "having faith" can change that.
OtrosCorazones 2 years ago 10
The greatest religious freedom of all is the freedom to have no religious faith. My observation has been that the people who have religious "faith" seem to be those who need it. I have none, never have had and dont feel that I'm missing out on anything.
splintamike 2 years ago
what a load of fcking garbage. Here I thought you were an intelligent person. So you believe in something despite there being absolutely no evidence? If you said that about anything other than religion and god, you'd be laughed at and ridiculed. Your reasoning is that we all have this feeling of wanting to be important and mattering. Brilliant. A lot of people are weak and need the crutch of religion as support. That says nothing to the truth of their beliefs however.
simplyno 2 years ago
@simplyno I was thinking the same thing.
brettisrad 2 years ago 4
I like your aproach and open mind. Faith and science go together very well. First a scientist has to believe that he or she can discover something.
VictorScotland 2 years ago
Nice theory but I think i stick to the notion that fait is a cultural construction to explain what we can't explain yet and as a mean to hold the "tribe" together, unite us and a way to form rules to coinside with eachother.
Religion and faith I am sure can work and did work for the life of stoneage-people, wich is rly where our developement still is genetically. However we live in 2010 and noadays it's mostly destructive due to the blindside it brings into certain areas of thinking.
freshhug 2 years ago 2
Its really sad how some people can't handle the idea that someone else can believe differently than another person. These people are not satisfied with believing as they do and leaving others to believe something different but have to take it a step further and insult these people for the crime of 'thinking different' because most communist (such as yourself) must drive religion from public as well as private life so you set up your own political religion based around the state.
timbosforporn 2 years ago
No what's sad is that some ppl like yourself can't imagine outside your box. I have no problem accepting ppl, who "belive" and practise their religion as long as they do it in their privacy and don't involve me. Not beliving is "no religion", it's not "a political religion". I am surpriced you actually know hopw to handle a computer when you doesn't sem to compute that simple thing.
freshhug 2 years ago
You say you have no problem with people having their faith but yet characterize their beliefs as "stone age". You also say that they should practice it in their private lives well that sounds like every homophobic person that says he has not problem with gays as long as they practice that in their own lives. That does sound like you are accepting of other people who think different than yourself since, according to you, that can't practice their faith outside their home.
timbosforporn 2 years ago
No I wrote that religion had it's purpose when we couldn't explain the world as good as we can today and also as a mean to keep the tribe together when we lived in a very unsifisticated world.
Why would I have a problem with ppl with faith evenif i thought it it belongs in stoneage?
You should really read what I wrote more throughly.
You can practise your belives in your fucking laugh if you like or walk the streets even I don't care. But you can't inforce me to share your belifs.
freshhug 2 years ago
I keep hearing this that no one can't make you believe something but when has anyone used any christian ever forced you in any way to attend a church? It has never happened but somehow people think that the mere act of "preaching" is somehow synomomous with mandatory conversion of anyone who happens to be within earshot.
timbosforporn 2 years ago
You are from USA right? You must be aware of the religious discrimination that ongoing in your country. USA is not an entirely secular nation and christianity has a huge inpact on how your nation is run, thus a lot of people that does not share your beliefs is affected by them. If you can't see the wrong in this then you have no respect for other people and is a fanatic.
freshhug 2 years ago
The problem is is that a person's faith can affect what policies they think should be implemented but a person's faith can't actually hinder another person's ability to practice their faith since the act of practicing any faith usually revolves around an organization such as a church, mosque, or temple and the first amendment prevents the state from interfering with these organization which is where we get the slogan separation of church and state.
timbosforporn 2 years ago
This actually means that one's faith is safe and legal to practice at all times no matter what the dominate religion happens to be.
I am an American and damn proud of our freedom of religion that we have in this country.
timbosforporn 2 years ago
It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -Carl Sagan
0HI0STATE18 2 years ago
when we go one step beyond this world. We go back to our true home. The twilight zone
johnt49 2 years ago
why do you keep the faith??? because of the guilt and predisposition as an american... no one has to feel guilty or cornered... faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america... allthough i do salute your ode to science... i dont get how the supernatural could still be possible to you??
crankycactus 2 years ago
"Faith is disgusting divisive tool that plagues america?" Your ignorance (or at least bias) is showing CrankyCactus.
'It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great Nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Henry
Far from a tool that plagues it, faith (Christian faith) is the stuff upon which America is built. If you don't like it - fine. Go to Cuba.
BullhornGuy 2 years ago
trust me i am out of here as soon as i can be... faith has no proof of anything, yet it holds political power??? keep your stars, stripes, and crosses... that shit is for sheep like you... notice how you have to be a christian to be elected to public office?? you find comfort in conformity, i see that.... but for those of us that are rational and can use logical deduction, we understand how the supernatural can be ruled out of reality... have you read the bible??? i doubt it... it is disgusting.
crankycactus 2 years ago
That's my struggle as well.
Metroid02099 2 years ago
im believe in no forms of deitys. there is one thing one needs to believe in to succeed in life that thing is yourself nothing else.
richdanks 2 years ago
no wiser words spoken.. the meaning of life is to have a good one...
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khronos365 2 years ago
Yes, that's the last thing we need. We could do without 80 percent of the existing schools, hospitals, higher education, organizations that feed the poor, etc. If you don't understand my statement, you don't know how many of them were started by PEOPLE OF FAITH.
tinycrack 2 years ago
Faith is the name of a really good album and song by The Cure.
thewanderingshrew 2 years ago 3
1) we don't all feel it
2) leave out the word "scientific" when you say "There's no scientific evidence" and it works just as well. There's no objective evidence of any kind. When you insert "scientific" into the statement, you make a false dichotomy between science and religion. There are many religious scientists
3) if you logically deconstruct the denotation of "faith", it comes down to self delusion. I do not even need to specify which dictionary that you use
Good luck with that faith thing
kencomer 2 years ago
the woman said the only evidence she has for the existence of god is her own faith.let's call that religious evidence,if you will.than she said she would like to have some scientific evidence for it.there's nothing wrong with her phrasing.the false dichotomy is only in your head..
iopih 2 years ago
a) "religious evidence"??? That's an oxymoron. If you have evidence for it, then it ceases to be "faith" and becomes "knowledge."
b) I think that "the woman" has "the hands" with "the fingers" and can defend her own point of view.
kencomer 2 years ago
ok,fair enough.still,"the woman" didn't "make a false dichotomy" of any kind.that was my point.also,I can defend whom ever's point of view I want.also,I don't know if the previous phrase is grammatically correct.also,I used the word also too much.
iopih 2 years ago
is it maybe "whose ever point of view"?damn,I need to improve my English!
iopih 2 years ago
You may want to look up ALL of the definitions of "faith." I have confidence in my "faith" because there is overwhelming evidence....tangible evidence that it is real.
tinycrack 2 years ago
No evidence? Then whats that shit they dug up man? is that yo mommas shit???
xechro77 2 years ago
Any time eye listen to ewe eye simply fall deeper in God with you. If eye had a machine that could extract my actual memories of current and before flesh in life...ewe would see exactly where we are from. Eye love you and am constantly inspired by you! The reason is simply...God is...eternally!
MistahsEweTube 2 years ago
faith is the thing that keeps me going in life
iceias 2 years ago
Faith is for the weak minded.
meloveanna 2 years ago
@meloveanna
umm your statements pretty harsh man..
DoniGuzzo 2 years ago
Religion and God is a made up fairy tail that duped all of you believers. There is NO evidence of any of this crap. Before you believe in such shit, questioned it please...
jrda128 2 years ago
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go die in a hole filled with rusty razzors.......whore,bitch,slut,cunt,and the result of anal cum
bmxking46 2 years ago
me faith. there is a higher entity be it known as God, Jehovah or Ala to me they are different names for the same entity. I also see that life sucks from the view of I but is a blessing when seen as We. I had this thought one day. Question, what came 1st the laws of man or man? I believe it was man ... Question then being laws govern our universe how could we think that there is not some greater being?
talonzhar 2 years ago
From "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": The arguement goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't though of that" and promply vanishes in a puff of logic.
Kindness6 2 years ago
Thought provoking! You are so smart, Rez.
Elphyrafire 2 years ago
have u got a daughter ;)
LeanOnUs 2 years ago
I personally, am my own physical and scientific proof that "spirit" exists. It is rather apparent. I do remember a pool of One from which I came and am now in as well. Countless wise scribes have related this experience through the ages. It is the loud materialism of our times that competes with the quiet truth within; we are one now and always. To prove it, stop eating, sleeping too much and doing anything for as long as you can, but drink water and just listen. You will see and hear what is.
bizguide 2 years ago
Lori please read PD ouspensky. He speaks about the differences between essence and personality and how we can make the world a better place by being in touch with our essence which most people lose in adulthood.
LittleEmoBoy001 2 years ago
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Jesus Christ has returned. I AM.
IAMJESUSmovie 2 years ago
Many have faith but there are over 1500 different religions. Over 1300 are christian based, so I don't go for the memory bit.
I feel that corporate organized religion is a scam, feeding on our hope that there is something more. The idea that when we die, it's like a light going off, and all we were is gone, is too harsh for most.
Pablosama64 2 years ago
Your thoughts remind me of Wordsworth's lines Ode: Intimations of Immortality:
"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!"
dadasopher 2 years ago
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lol. she getting ready for "christmas" (when jesus was born) but she doesn't have faith. What a lost bitch.
neo171171 2 years ago
neo , christmas is actually a pagan holiday ; no need to belive in jesus
KerickOrland 2 years ago
I agree, but your wording is a little wrong. Christmas (by definition of the word) is a Christian Holiday. However, the 'traditions' in Christmas- i.e. virgin birth, messiah, etc., is all borrowed from other prior religions and especially the 'pagan' religions that existed before it.
But this is nothing new. All religious celebrations borrow their lore from the religions and celebrations that came before.
If one can't see it's all man-made-up, you are seriously deluding yourself.
jgelhaar 2 years ago
We are all human so reasoning into believing of a higher being as a commonality across the broad spectra of culture and religion is not scientifically surprising. "Faith makes all things possible ... love makes all things easy" [ Moody, Dwight] - this is probably why we keep faith.
skinnym974 2 years ago
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
-Mark Twain
Why you keep the faith is compartmentalization.
mjr256 2 years ago
very interesting. if you dont have faith, how do you keep going. i only believe in personal faith. im not really religious.
it can definitely be a coping mechanism. if you don't have faith you're going to graduate university, why do you still attend. there has to be faith in there somewhere
tmblweed72157 2 years ago
i dont feel it cuz it isnt ther. and you just contridicted yourself.
bmxking46 2 years ago
prove it
bmxking46 2 years ago
No problem little guy...
InfinitelyCool 2 years ago
She's so fuckin dumb...
InfinitelyCool 2 years ago
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She is such a crooked mouth bitch...
InfinitelyCool 2 years ago
faith=foolishness
MANMADEDISEASE 2 years ago
I have faith in myself. I dont believe in God, I dont believe in destiny. You make a decision, you face the consequences or eventual prizes. That's it. Thank you.
friendofafriend187 2 years ago 2
GREAT, Lori !!!
I have often thought about this subject, and I wonder if these thoughts might not be reflected in this idea about time: Time is really a finite invention of man to identify in a linear way the passage of life and history. Perhaps time, as a line, does not really exist but all that has been, is and will be are existing simultaneously. This might be the beginning of an understanding of 'memories' of past lives, etc. and awareness by some of what is to be....
dragonlora 2 years ago
yes, yes, and more yes.
riotUP99 2 years ago
One more thing: I am not denying the existence of life after death or anything like this. I am just explaining why people have faith under my point of view
eddiedjunior 2 years ago
First thing: Everyone has faith on something, not necessarily on a higher being. Faith is to know as true something that can not be proved as true.
We do this automatically several times a day with things that are not religious, for example, I have faith that my wife does not betray me when I am not with her.
Second point: Why is it common to have faith in religious things?
I think that if most of people who have faith just can't live with the idea of a senseless existence, so we create faith
eddiedjunior 2 years ago
Thank you so much for this segment. That was a brieft but very thought provoking question.
scoza 2 years ago
Religions! dangerous field of exploration.
Infidels, inquisitors and chosen ones, very promising for the human kind, all what i know is that I like Chris Angel as my spiritual guidance, he walks on water, banishes in the air, I found my God and i got proof of greatness and he's still alive, he will be the Moses of the future, the Christ of the vikings and the Mohamed of the funny hat people.
robertdjwizard 2 years ago
u r looking for truth good luck.the more u resist the more u ll be in a dangeon
eulex10 2 years ago
yes
eulex10 2 years ago
We make our mark on the world whether it be good or evil. Hopefully good will prevail.
httprover 2 years ago
5 stars. Scientific evidence is what it's all about!
patricknelson 2 years ago 2
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lol @ atheists
jonnyQ2180 2 years ago
yeah, yeah, yeah, but do you do anal?
razerfish 2 years ago
It's not *that* difficult to get use to the thought that when we die our mind just disappears like the processing in a computer when you turn it off. If you keep repeating to yourself that it's SUCH a scary thought then you'll never get there. But why is eternity so desired? Why is God's love more appreciated than that of our loved ones? What can Heaven provide that a good society can't - other than eternity? When we die we'll live on as long as we are remembered by those we left.
jesperlett 2 years ago
the colour black brings out ur nice eyes. black is the new black.
CescBalboa 2 years ago
I believe in a shape shifting bird that controls the universe
earthshakingfart 2 years ago
Cool.
DANE842 2 years ago
Where does rain water go when it disintegrates?
Are we going to be judged in the courts of heaven?
Do they drink the river water of Earth in Heaven after it has disintegrated?
do our souls asend only to rain down again? , not by gravity , but by a random cosmic karma divination?
Some people have no soul. But Resident Woman you've got it all !
woodenthomas 2 years ago
yes, true to the vid and the comments... I just recently started to see it as very simple: if our 250 trillion cells (which are miniture versions of ourselves with consciousness and digestive, respiratory, immune and reproductive systems) in our body see a higher purpose and arranging themselves together and cooperate then besides our natural interest in survival, maybe we owe it to the cells in a way for they stay alive... Looking at cell structure, maybe our next step is to cooperate as one
Morley2k 2 years ago 3
Interesting ideas theresident. I'm personally an atheist, only because I'm convinced there is no evidence for the existence of a God.
Although I find the symbolism behind what life is interesting. I've also come to find the theories such as, 'quantum mechanics', and Buddhism amazing and really makes you question life can be.
I guess we're all human and instinctively try to make sense of the senseless :-)
Shrimpcakedessert 2 years ago
+ the idea that we are all just atoms and stardust quite comforting to me, in that sense I am immortal.
Shrimpcakedessert 2 years ago 5
PLATO? Your talking about the forms, stupid idea. stick with your initial idea about invention, and don't underestimate your imaginations influence on your "feelings"
KevinKurz 2 years ago
No and I don't believe in santa either...
johnatspray 2 years ago
Faith is trusting God. It is living in a relationship with God that is motivated and sustained by ones conviction that God does keep his word. Faith is believing that God keeps his promises and then accepting his grace from Jesus, his Son. Faith is living in this relationship of trust moment by moment in accord with Gods will. Both Gods grace and faith are his gifts to those who believe.
ebalida 2 years ago
I think part of the "high" of faith is the unconditional love that people often feel for their particular deity/group/guru/etc. We don't just want faith, we want acceptance, to be part of something greater than ourselves. You're right; this is part of our basic anatomy, but neurological and psychological. The same way we want and need human relationships, the vast majority of us want and need divine relationships, even if that divinity is no more than the "truth" of scientific research.
milesbennettdyson 2 years ago
not all of us feel it
instntlyurbiggestfan 2 years ago 2
I want to marry you!
Me quiero casar contigo y traete a Latinoamérica!
ARPEN72 2 years ago 3
No way, toilet roll is in aisle 9 at your supermarket too? *high five*
seriously though, its nice to hear your thoughts, its certainly the first time I've heard that concept as faith as a memory and its a very interesting one.
But what about all us confused agnostics? I'd love to believe and feel certain in something larger, would be a huge load off!
BretterThanRealLife 2 years ago
I guess the only thing we can feel certain of is that we'll never feel certain, right? :)
theresident 2 years ago
yup. we can have faith in uncertainty. oh and coffee. i believe in coffee. i just wish coffee believe in me too.
BretterThanRealLife 2 years ago
@theresident
Yes :) we will never be certain. We are uncomfortable with being uncertain so we create certainty with our faith. As human or other who has the ability to rationalize between certainty and uncertainty we create certainty. There must be something higher above use or something after death as we are uncomfortable with there being nothing.
kivancsi2 2 years ago
death and taxes :(
toocoolcat 2 years ago
True toocoolcat! hahaha
theresident 2 years ago
yep, thank god! how boring would life be if we were 100% certain!
ILLER121 2 years ago
@BretterThanRealLife
To align with the agnostics there is nothing wrong to having faith as it makes us feel good. Yet understanding comes not from blind faith, a symptom of ignorance, but from research and questioning the faith, which our Resident it doing :)
David
kivancsi2 2 years ago
We are not divine creatures you noob... and your not especially... lol...
InfinitelyCool 2 years ago
I like to believe in Youtube Hotties !
johnnyfnhollywood 2 years ago
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InfinitelyCool 2 years ago 2
There may indeed be something after death but as an atheist I don't believe it's some guy wearing a white robe (maybe a hot chick... I'll buy that). I also don't believe a true God would want to be worshiped or pass judgment on people who followed the wrong brand of dogma.
IronChefofPoon 2 years ago
Wow. I'm glad that you have faith. I hope you will find the truth. :-)
TrickyEmu 2 years ago
my thoughts exactly! cooL video
Preman777 2 years ago
BAH! The toilet paper breaks down around ME!!!
HabsRule92Remy92 2 years ago
I think the key is what you said "to keep trying to figure out what's going on." Nobody expects you to have an answer ready to present on-demand.
I wouldn't say I have faith in anything, but I have a worldview which has a spiritual element. The reason is that my experiences - and those of others whom I know personally - point in that direction.
Naturalistic atheism is safe, but incomplete IMHO.
I think religion has a core of spirituality, but it's suffocated with dogma and all sorts of stuff.
PikemannUrge 2 years ago
do you have the concept of God. The one God of Jews, Christans and Muslims.
stayyabali 2 years ago
NOPE. Science is my higher power. I use to, but as I learned and saw more about the world around me, it became very apparent religion wasn't about what it's thought to be and was just an easy way out--a simple, same answer to any question that was hard.
The best way to explain religion is our species attempt at explaining the unexplained--particularly in the Western religions that all stemmed from the same origin. It was religion first, then philosophy and what we now call the sciences.
WAKeele 2 years ago
Oh, and that feeling--it's our mind trying to wrap itself around something we don't have all the pieces to. Our imagination and what we call senses fill in wholes with what we know already--sometimes they are right and sometimes they are completely off from the reality. This is one way UFO and Bigfoot sightings work. Some are trained over time by society to react a certain way and let their imagination and previous stories fill in the gaps, while others think more critically about it.
WAKeele 2 years ago
Prophet Muhammad taught us that "souls are like conscripted soldiers" meaning our spirits already knew each other in the past before we even lived in this world. In Islam, science & religion have always been one. It was Muslim scientists who laid down the very foundations of Western civilization. There are so many miracles before our very eyes that people have taken for granted and fail to realize. The Qur'an reminds mankind to reflect upon the meaning of life and everything Allah has created.
eisuke90210 2 years ago
Ok totally didn't see that little blurb in the corner my bad.
dalailama83 2 years ago
I don't believe in God. And I don't collapse in the aisles crying. I think the knowledge that I'm going to die, makes life all the more magical. I think that makes life all the more worth living.
dalailama83 2 years ago
people believe because they are taught to their whole life. they are like the dog in pawlows experiment about classical conditioning. knowledge kills belief.
bennilasvegas 2 years ago
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I have faith in GOD
jonnnyclear 2 years ago
awesome.. some good knowledge.. and some great faith. God bless you....
dazzadidja 2 years ago
some people says that religions, politics and money are invented because of easier control of human..
for me its very obvious that we are someones technology but i dont believe in god presented in 'my' religion..
sashalekich 2 years ago
This video just proved my theory of only the weak believe in an imaginary higher being, because they do not believe in themselves, so they need to latch on to something to keep themselves going everyday.
wil4rnr 2 years ago
Atheists can have faith, they just don't have faith in a theistic entity. Your demarcation of faith falls short because you assume your meaning of it is understood by all.
The question you should be asking is: "Why do people believe in something outside of the material world" and/or "why do people feel the need to believe in an entity that survives death (soul)".
Best wishes from Iceland.
halldbe 2 years ago 2
We don't all fee it.
chillmonster 2 years ago 3
I believe in YouTube.
hoosierhiver 2 years ago
Nope, I don't have faith in a higher being. Thanks for asking!
DarkCylon 2 years ago
cont...What do you think about organized religion? I know alot of people who have "faith" but they despise organized religion. When I was younger and was in my rebel stage, I hated organized religion. Looking back though, I think that having a community around you sustains faith.
A video you may find interesting:
Type in search: Evolution of Life in the Universe.
It's a presentation by Father George Coyne.
Plissken07 2 years ago
Knowing how fucked up this world is, and how empty the universe seems, I would like to think there is some sort of god. Based on what I know, I'm going to say there is no god, but if there is, we certainly know nothing about it...
CombustTheChronic 2 years ago
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Then you believe in the Enlightenment god. The idea that God or gods are unknowable and that they've disappeared...*poof* off into outerspace, flung from Earth's orbit. That, I think is a bit of a cop out in taking the initiative to learn about a God that is alive and working among all people in this world.
Plissken07 2 years ago