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To: Cronos; caww; Dr. Eckleburg
Faith is a grace

Which means no man can cause another man to lose it. Therefore, opinions expressed by me on this forum are incapable of causing anyone to lose his or her faith.

2,019 posted on 01/30/2011 1:23:34 AM PST by kosta50 (Pagan prayer to Mithra: "give me over to immortal birth so that I may be born again")
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To: kosta50; caww
Which means no man can cause another man to lose it

Not completely. You can lose it on your own :-)

Therefore, opinions expressed by me on this forum are incapable of causing anyone to lose his or her faith. -- if by "cause" on includes "influence", then yes, opinions expressed by you could cause it. An indirect cause, but a 'cause' nonetheless
2,021 posted on 01/30/2011 1:27:16 AM PST by Cronos
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To: kosta50
Which means no man can cause another man to lose it. Therefore, opinions expressed by me on this forum are incapable of causing anyone to lose his or her faith.

The opinions you've expressed here have quite often actually helped strengthen my faith.

I believe we all have doubts - whether we wish to accept it or not. If we had no doubts, we wouldn't mourn for loved ones that have died. We'd all be a little jealous and mostly happy that our newly dead relative is a little closer to Jesus.

What I most appreciate about your postings is the eloquent and rational way you make sense of our doubts without pulling a punch.

I'm really adverse to fooling myself, but others seem to embrace self deception as if it were a life sustaining substance. I suppose I can relate. I know I have my own extreme intolerance to ambiguity on a few subjects, and it's a constant struggle on my part to reject my 'black and white' views on some issues.

I believe we all have our own limits to just how much ambiguity we can tolerate from the world. This intolerance to ambiguity manifests itself in many ways on many different subjects of life. For many this intolerance for ambiguity is centered on their religion. I believe this is where religious fundamentalism is formed - be it in atheism or faith.

You may not be able to cause someone to loose faith with your postings, but it seems you make many very uncomfortable with the notion all they believe is not so cut and dried.

2,103 posted on 01/30/2011 10:16:58 AM PST by getoffmylawn (Greg Dulli will steal your girlfriend.)
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