TRUE BELIEVER
Are you a true believer or are you skeptical by nature?
I am Doubting Thomas' twin sister -- skeptical doesn't even begin to cover it. Mostly it's because I'm curious by nature, & want to know the how's & why's before I accept just any old thing somebody wants to tell me. Any trust I had was lost when I was a little kid.
17 days ago
Devil's Advocate here. When my friends want their ideas ventilated, they come to me. An idea that can survive me can probably survive anything.
17 days ago
For as long as I can remember I question and think about what I'm being told is even possible.
There are also at least one thing I choose to accept. For the majority of my life I lived close to the Pacific Ocean. For me, it just takes my breath away. It is so big and so much movement and sound, I am truly in awe. I have played in it, traveled in it, fished in it, swam in it, cried in it, made love in it. I believe in the ocean 100%,
There are also at least one thing I choose to accept. For the majority of my life I lived close to the Pacific Ocean. For me, it just takes my breath away. It is so big and so much movement and sound, I am truly in awe. I have played in it, traveled in it, fished in it, swam in it, cried in it, made love in it. I believe in the ocean 100%,
17 days ago
I subscribe to George Carlin's philosophy about spirituality. As believers we are promised heaven for all eternity and hellfire and damnation if we break God's commandments. Religion is a basis for moral structure. It is human nature to be curious and explore the forbidden, as in the story of Adam and Eve. There are scientific explanations for lots of things. The argument that children should be taught creationism rather than Darwin's theory--they should be taught both, then form their own conclusions rather than have dogma pummeled into their brains by subjective influences.
Personally, I am skeptical, and proof is a necessity before I accept anything as gospel.
Personally, I am skeptical, and proof is a necessity before I accept anything as gospel.
17 days ago
I am by nature a true believer - I believed what my parents told me was true and didn't question it until I was well into my 20's (including that my dad was a fat lady in the circus for a while, and that he played the piano in the marching band in high school).
However, as I grew older, I grew more skeptical and able to think critically, esp. during the college years (ages 30-34). I don't believe everything just anyone tells me, but know which people I can trust to tell me the truth.
I don't question everything to death, but realize that things are not always what they seem on first appearances and am inclined to investigate anything that doesn't seem right.
I pick my battles though and don't challenge everything.
However, as I grew older, I grew more skeptical and able to think critically, esp. during the college years (ages 30-34). I don't believe everything just anyone tells me, but know which people I can trust to tell me the truth.
I don't question everything to death, but realize that things are not always what they seem on first appearances and am inclined to investigate anything that doesn't seem right.
I pick my battles though and don't challenge everything.
17 days ago
I am skeptical by nature..I question a lot ...most things...but I do understand that there are things I will never understand. I am an agnostic because I just cannot accept dogma and it is everywhere. I tried Buddhism because they say they do not believe in a god...for me, I found Buddhism just as smothered in dogma as any other philosophy but I believe it was human kind that put it there,,,of course, dogma is in all institutions as a way to inculcate everyone
17 days ago
I am a simple person, and look for simple truths. If something touches my heart deeply then it is, at least for that moment, truth. If I find that I was mistaken then there will always come a new moment, and a new truth.
"Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Kahlil Gibran.
In my opinion, it is not so much a matter of being a skeptic as finding one's own path.
"Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Kahlil Gibran.
In my opinion, it is not so much a matter of being a skeptic as finding one's own path.
17 days ago
I am a 'true believer' in that which I know to be true and a skeptic, 'from Missouri' on everything else.
17 days ago
What i truly believe i came to thru investigation, study and personal experience. Like GG, i can be skeptical...i want to see the data, know the source. But i have some respects for others beliefs because i know we each walk our own path, and what is evidential for me, may not be for you (and vice versa).
17 days ago
Dubious dubious me.
17 days ago
