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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2002-11-01 11:10 am

Religious leanings

Seen in [livejournal.com profile] firecat's journal:

If asked to label my religious/spiritual leanings, I call myself:

A rational agnostic

I have not seen proof of any deity, or deities. Nothing has touched me with a revelation, even when I was most open to one. I see an amazing universe that seems to follow the laws of science. What was once miraculous is now explained.. how long until the remaining questions are answered?

When I discuss this with the religious, the inevitable question is "then where does moral behavior come from?" with the unspoken idea that with this belief I should be out looting and raping. I act the way I do because it is the way I would like to be treated myself. The Golden Rule is a simple one, and if all of humanity followed it, the world would be a much nicer place.

After death? I have no frickking idea. But I'm in no hurry to learn. The idea that I just cease disturbs me. But I've yet to see any concept of an afterlife that makes sense. Perhaps resurrection.. after this life, I deserve another chance.

[identity profile] lizw.livejournal.com 2002-11-02 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
I tend to that view myself. It was the unspoken thought behind my a href="http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=lizw&itemid=86471">answer to the fifth question in my last-but-one entry.