Would you be angry?

@SEOGUY (906)
United States
November 3, 2007 11:46pm CST
Would you be angry if someone were to explain to you the oragens of the worlds religions? Would you be angry if you were to understand the ages? Would it scare you to know what was about to be unleashed on this earth in the comming age that nobody is talking about?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
4 Nov 07
I wouldn't be angry or scared, but why would I be convinced either? How would someone just explaining something to me change my beliefs? How can any random person's words mean more to me than the things I have been told my by Gods? No matter how much is "explained" to me, everything has to go through the filter of my own experience, because that is how human beings work. And my experience tells me that my beliefs have value, that my Gods exist, and that my religion is therefore to some extent valid. So how could I be swayed from that by anything anyone said to me? Does that mean I would be angry? No. Scared? No. Convinced? Also no. Ultimately each human being's personal experiences carry more weight to them than anything else, don't they?
@SEOGUY (906)
• United States
4 Nov 07
You are corect in saying why would you be convenced. I am not saying it would change your beleifs, how ever it may change your understanding of your beleifs and strenbthen your beliefs. The question was asked to me by and athiest once after I explaned some of the stories of the bible inlight of there true meanings,times and place. Where as for me it stenghtened my beleif in God, to him it seemed to confuse him on how I could still beleive the bible when the stories were perposly told in a way to hide its true meaning by the scribes. And to him it stengthened his belief that God did not exist that how ever anciant man was much more advanced in science and astronimy than he thought. Now if someone believes they have been told something by GFod then nothing a man could say would ever penitrate their mind. Angry and scared though could happen becouse they understand theprosesion of Gods plan, and can see the clock on the wall.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
4 Nov 07
The thing is, you'd have to find someone who had actually researched my beliefs well enough to do that, and I really doubt you're going to. I'm a Celtic Reconstructionist Pagan... I've followed the Celtic Gods since I was a little girl, and most of my faith comes from actually speaking to the Gods and being answered. My growth in my faith and my relationship with my Gods, especially my primary Goddess, has had as much to do with direct interaction as with anything, though my study of Celtic lore has helped much. If you could find someone who knew enough about Celtic lore to intelligently discuss it with me, that would surprise me, because it's not something a lot of people have researched. I can see how it would be easy to investigate the Bible and Christianity, since those things are so widely known.
@SEOGUY (906)
• United States
5 Nov 07
Actualy the basis of all religions have a cardnel point in anciant times, The names of deities differ with dialect and languges but all come from a central true experiance in the past. I am intrested in wich Goddes you speak of, ofcourse my favorite celt goddess would be Achtland, or Oanuava. I guess it would realy depend on what part of the celtic realm you were speacking of, Briton-Welsh-Ireland-Gual-or frank. The Gods and Goddess of all religions can be traced back to a singularity. Although it is harder to grasp the celtic/druidic sprits of the trees as manifistations of the god and goddes essence, but not uncommon as many religions hold certain trees as sacred, and most of the older ones include a tree of life. The gods of the old religions and astrology play a more inportant role than most people realise. Even in Christianity and contemporary religions most poeple read things and never grasp the truth burried in the words.
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