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Originally Posted by WilsonSo13
Christian but have doubts so.....but LOL on these
Woman created from mans rib?
Talking snake?
Dinosaurs?
Noahs Ark all the animals in 1 boat?
Virgin Mary?
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i think the idea is that when you are believing that there is an "almighty being", you are believing that anything is possible.
which is not too far from the truth, IMO.
whether you believe the answer to be yes, or believe it to be no. you are basing your answer on a feeling or sense or instinct rather than fact. if that sense or instinct is believed to be true by yourself 100%, then you are right. in our incredible being, who's to say that fact is more damning than that instinct. facts have been proven to be disproved over time. it's hard to explain, but there is no right or wrong answer. everyone is equally right and wrong. there can be no answer when there is no question. before you can even ASK the question: do you believe in god?, you have to answer the question: what is god?
because there will never be a definitive answer to that first question, the second can not exist, respectfully.
here's my best stab at an answer to the first question, though of course, it will be no more right or wrong than anybody else:
god is not an entity. god is infinitely everything and everywhere, yet can still be contained in the cup of coffee i'm drinking. the cigarette i'm smoking. the keyboard i'm using to type this with. we are all god. everyone and everything around us. it means nothing yet means everything at the same time. it's all connected yet separated.
my answer was not corrupted by a teaching yet it was, as we are all naturally teachers and students from birth. my answer is not based on fact, but it is one that i can still say i hold to be true to myself 100%. it explains a lot in my mind, and gives me a sense of mental freedom and appreciation for everything around me. yet it still explains nothing because it is only based on imagination rather than fact. but who's to say that that isn't more credible than any fact ever uncovered
once you have an answer yourself and you genuinely feel it to be 100% true in your mind, you will know how i feel.
the beautiful thing about it is that it can not be proven or disproved. as i'd stated prior, as long as it is 100% true to yourself, it is the "right" answer