I have always accepted absurd religious convictions. If something in my– or any– religion does n’t make sense, I do n’t accept it. That’s why my five-volume commentary on the Torah ( the first five books of the Bible ) is titled” The Rational Bible”.
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Since some religious people thrive on absurd ideas, this poses a problem for more than a few people. There is a famous Latin word, Credo quia absurdum,” I believe because it is absurd”, which has long been attributed to the Church scholar Tertullian ( early second century ). Tertullian did not in fact state that. But he said something somewhat analogous:” The Son of God died, it is credible, because it is ( foolish, absurd, unfitting ), and he was buried and rose again, it is certain, because it is impossible”.
I do n’t raise the objection of my desire to believe in the absurd. Purpose may be my path to God and religion, but I respect the fact that it is not one’s.
I mention it only to describe my religion. Because reason is my path to faith, I am spiritual. For instance, believing in a Creator is far more logical than believing that whatever created itself.
Which brings me to atheism.
My faith is supported by the social and natural absurdities that the secular world advocates.
The statement made by the British thinker G. K. Chesterton, who is likely to have said it,” When people stop believing in God, they do n’t believe in nothing, they believe in anything,” has come to the attention of me as I understand the truth.
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It is, increasingly, enlightenment people who say that “men give birth”. Not all liberal people agree with this, but essentially everyone who does is. And I do n’t know any Jews or Christians who practice it.
In a prior row,” Who’s more absurd– the religious or the secular”? I provided a long list of absurd, and risky, views held almost entirely by liberal individuals. Therefore, I will only list a few below.
It is, increasingly, enlightenment people who believe that men who say they are females may be allowed to engage in women’s sports.  ,
It is, increasingly, liberal people who believe that a younger girl who says she is a child or a young boy who says he is a woman should be given puberty-blocking hormone.
Who was more likely to support keeping kids out of universities for two years, violently masking 2-year-olds on helicopters, and firing uninsured police officers, flight aircraft and members of the military– secular or religious Americans?
How many American backers of Josef Stalin– the despot who murdered about 30 million individuals– were secular, and how many were spiritual?
I will point out here that atheism not only breeds foolish and dangerous posts, but it also breeds foolish and dangerous behavior.
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According to popular belief, wealth is the main factor in the West’s decision not to have kids. That is clearly wrong. Affluence is a issue, but it is a little one compared to a much bigger factor: atheism. Much more children are born to wealthy spiritual individuals than wealthy liberal people. If you meet a couple that has four or more children, whether you are religious or secular, you will immediately assume that the couple is either Catholic, Evangelical ( Protestant ), Mormon or Orthodox Jewish.
The same holds true for wedding. The union rate in America is the lowest it has ever been. In all of past, there have been more Americans over the age of 40 who have never married.
This, also, is related to church. Although the number of enlightenment people getting married is declining, almost everyone getting married.
Religious people are happier than liberal people are.
All of these liberal attitudes and behaviors support a Judeo-Christian view with all of them. The only logical reaction is to choose theory B if theory A produces much more nonsense, unhappiness, and support for cruel than does doctrine B.
The school is perhaps the strongest justification for Bible-based faith and against secularism. The institutions are the most illogical institutions in America, and they are the most liberal. In reality, there are no sensible liberal institutions. There are clever liberal individuals and there are foolish spiritual individuals, but there are no smart secular institutions. Our colleges, starting in preschool, are profoundly secular and generally teach nonsense.
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It makes sense that the majority of colleges support Hamas more than Israel. The moral map of secularism is broken.
These are all powerful arguments for taking church really, or, as in my situation, remaining religious. I want intelligence, a area, enjoyment, a household life and, most significant, to understand the difference between men and women and between good and evil.