Posted by
baseballdoc on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:13:43 PM
.....It was Socrates who said, ..."an unexamined life is not worth living" ...The philosophy of Socrates pre-dated Christianity and Christian morality but much of Socrates' wisdom is still relevant today ...
.....The examination of my own life began in my late teens ...I was raised as a Roman Catholic but the logic of my analytical mind began to uncover doubts ...my faith was being challenged by my reason ...
.....Was the Bible literally the word of God and therefore beyond dispute? ...Did Moses really part the Red Sea? ...and if so why? ...to believe this I had to assume that the Creator favored the children of Israel above all others ...was the fact that I was not a Jew mean that God rejected me? ...serious questions such as these raised doubts about my faith and began a long journey to find the truth ...
.....my journey brought me through a period of Atheism ...then to becoming an Agnostic ...and finally a long torturous route back to faith as I witnessed miracles and experienced the power of prayer in the middle of a war ...
.....Logic tells me that there is a Creator (God) because the Universe and life are far too complex to exist without an "Intelligent Designer" ...when I pray ...I pray to this Creator ...
.....By definition this makes me a Deist ...my faith is deism ..."The belief, based on reason, in a God who created the Universe and has since assumed no control over life, exerted no influence on nature, and given no supernatural revelation." ...I see the Bible as a collection of stories and parables ...part history part literature ...inspiring but not to be interpreted literally ...
....I see Religion as mans quest for God ...his need to know ...what is the meaning of life? ...is there an afterlife ...only religion offers to satisfy this thirst for most people ...
.....I do not need a religion to find God ...logic tells me the He exists ...that is enough for me .....COLOSSUS