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Originally Posted by brookwest
I guess I'm ashamed about not believing completely in the divine daddy in the sky that wants me to live according to his rules as communicated by him to chosen people in history. I wish I could and I try very hard not to diminish this belief.
. . . I even go to sunday religious services regurally and am friendly with everyone there. I enjoy attending their services. Still, I think they politley don't believe, somewhere far away, deep inside themselves.
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I like going to church too, we have these fantastic churches over here in Europe and an amazing choral service tradition. I listen to them here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ancras_Church/
And honestly, I don't think there are any people who believe all of the Bible (or whatever religion) all of the time. There's a lot of stuff in religion that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and a lot of stuff that is just plain wrong.
Have you heard of John Newman? He spent his whole career trying to make a rational, empiricist argument for the existence of God. I don't think he succeeded, but a lot of people (Catholics) think he did. Maybe you could check out his work if you want some other perspective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Newman
A lot of the time, I don't believe it. And I don't think it makes one a hypocrite not to believe but to still attend church. There are other nice things there, like the community and pancakes/Sunday brunches
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