16th March 2003, 2:34 PM
Now that's just silly.
I won't pretend I know everything on the subject either, because honestly, I've barely had any religious education.
Based on what you're saying, though, don't you think the notion that people will be given eternal life based on conformity to be a little silly? Doesn't it distress you that this Christian/Non-christian, black/white method is the determination for eternal life?
I feel that if the only way to achieve eternal life is to see things through one, uniform perspective and conform to one set of values and beliefs, then the pursuit is too big a sacrifice. All of these beliefs seem too idealistic for me to logically believe in the first place; why should I live my life and put my faith in such an uncertain future? Why should I throw my freedom in beliefs and values away for something so ambiguous? For faux security that everything will be alright? To purge my loneliness and convince myself that a supreme being is looking out for me, simply for selling my soul away to him?
I won't pretend I know everything on the subject either, because honestly, I've barely had any religious education.
Based on what you're saying, though, don't you think the notion that people will be given eternal life based on conformity to be a little silly? Doesn't it distress you that this Christian/Non-christian, black/white method is the determination for eternal life?
I feel that if the only way to achieve eternal life is to see things through one, uniform perspective and conform to one set of values and beliefs, then the pursuit is too big a sacrifice. All of these beliefs seem too idealistic for me to logically believe in the first place; why should I live my life and put my faith in such an uncertain future? Why should I throw my freedom in beliefs and values away for something so ambiguous? For faux security that everything will be alright? To purge my loneliness and convince myself that a supreme being is looking out for me, simply for selling my soul away to him?