No offense to anyone who is trying to direct his life by the evident. But evidently we dont have the complete knowledge of reality so some sort of faith will always be necessary. E.g. we dont know the future and do not have "full evidence" for whatever will happen to us yet that is no reason for us to stop living. That said great caution and discretion is recommended. Evidently.
I should have never started this tangent, but whatever, I have to deal with it now.
By "not fully evident" I meant that a lot of religions ask of you to use something other than your 5 senses. There is usually a promise of eternal life in a nice place, but it hinges of your acceptance of something that is mostly or only accessible that way.
That seems sketchy to me because I know my 5 senses relatively well. I have read the wikipedia article on senses. There are a couple more than the 5, depending on your definition. From what I've been taught in school, it's pretty much a solid summary of what we know about human senses, so it's not just some jackass editing out the sixth sense on wikipedia or whatever.
I readily admit that there could be a bunch of senses we don't know about. Who knows, right?? We don't know everything.. Who knows how much we know.
But when someone offers you something incredible and it hinges on something we don't know about, it makes me think it's suspicious. Life is full of decisions you have to make, and if someone comes to the table with not enough information and offers you the world.. it will always seem sketchy to me.
Btw. when are you going to Bankok?
Just over a month and a half from now! I'm pretty excited.. still working on the exact itinerary, if there's going to be one in the first place, and doing a lot of research. The "to do before the flight" list is growing too, not to mention work. It's going to be a hectic next couple weeks, but the payoff is going to be amazing.
Edit: You dont need to accept eternal life. Becouse of your soul you are immortal. Whoever tries to conditionaly offer it to you is only selling you something you already have.
I figure that if any of the afterlife is true, it will all revealed to me then. And if I'm told that I should have accepted this religion or that, all I can really say is: "Sorry dude, life is short, your representatives back on Earth did a really crappy job recruiting me to your organization. I was not even convinced of your existence
at all. Do you know how many people try to get you to join this or that? There is so much spam in the world that you have to be very selective about what information you accept into your consciousness. Unfortunately you ended up in the discard pile and I feel horrible about it, because from what I've heard you do some nasty crap to people who are in my position... I hope that's not true, because you seem like a good guy, and by the way thank you for creating the Universe and giving me a lifetime in it, I can't find the words to express my gratitude at having experienced all that - even my ex-wife. Heh heh, I hope you have a sense of humour.. Errr.. Please don't torture me for the rest of eternity"
I have faith in God! He is probably a swell guy, if he exists. The kind of deity you'd want to have a respectful beer with. Not someone who makes sure that you get molten lava up your butt for breakfast for all eternity due to a technicality.
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