A Creed for Modern Times

Here is a creed by Steve Turner about life in our modern humanistic/ atheistic world. It also helps to explain why I like Kansas' Dust in the Wind. Yes, I do believe that Nihilism is the end result of atheism.

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[TheKnightsOfCamelot]

I believe that we choose to be incarnated as a way of defining our spirit. Most souls came to earth with the best of intentions. There is no unforgivable sin for those of a penitant heart. There is no eternal hell to go howerver we can reap what we sow.

God is our friend and we knew of the risks because there is a struggle between good and evil. We must take great care of our natural world, create a strong criminal justice system, stop hording real-estate, and be regionally self-sufficient.

[littlemas2]

@TheKnightsOfCamelot You have an interesting philosophy of life. I am curious where you got it. In other words, do you beliefs come from somewhere or are they just personal to you. Also, where ever they come from, how sure are you that they match reality?

Thanks for watching.

[TheKnightsOfCamelot]

Hello! Yes by the way they are my own words and That was a just a brief summary of my philosophy in a broad sense. Being sure of yourself gives you a foundation; the wisdom of living gives you insight; knowing what is important gives you leverage; and passion gives you purpose. There are plenty of issues I'm sure we could cover but I would suggest you start with one rather than trying to cast doubt on my foundation. The truth is in the pudding and I have a purpose if you can discover it.

[littlemas2]

@MsCoralline Good term. I had to look it up, and I can see why skeptics like to use it. No doubt I have some confirmation bias at times, but so do you. If you think not then you are fooling yourself. In this case, I do not see how it applies to either me or Lewis though? What conclusions did I draw that showed my biases? I used the Lewis quote to help state that the Christian doctrine is that God doesn't just send people to hell, people also choose not to be with Him.

[MsCoralline]

@littlemas2

Nice. That's called 'confirmation bias', and Lewis was infamous for it. Sad.

[littlemas2]

@MsCoralline Thank you. You have given me the idea for my next video. I am going to make one about all the groveling I get to do before God, and how terrible it is.

As to hell here is a quote I like that talks about our choices.

There are only two kinds of people in the end:

those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’

And those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done’

All that are in Hell, choose it.”

-- C.S. Lewis

[littlemas2]

@MsCoralline You should understand that by saying this you show a tremendous bias that probably limits your ability to accept things that don't fit into your comfortable box.

You asked me for MY evidence about the mind of God. I do accept the Bible as evidence of God speaking, so I gave you a verse that helped to make my point.

Dismissing the evidence without argument is not an argument.

[MsCoralline]

@littlemas2

Fine, then we have the "choice" to grovel, or to get hideously tortured for eternity. You can call that "choice" if you'd like, but it's a sad, content-free definition of the word.

[littlemas2]

@MsCoralline The bus analogy was simply used to show how consequence does not take away choice. You stated that hell meant that God used compulsion, and I was simply responding that your argument did not mean God forced decision. I never addressed the question of the reality of hell versus buses.

[littlemas2]

@MsCoralline Or mother earth or science or money or success or anything else. From your perspective so what? If someone lives a contented life believing in that your invisible pink unicorn takes care of them, so what? How are you superior to them? Why would your subjective opinions about what is important in life be any be any better than theirs? What makes electrical firings in your brain better than someone else's?