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No harm no foul. There isn't really a right or wrong way for this to go, I was just surprised it went straight to the one belief most difficult to challenge, generally speaking.

Feel free to pick it up anythime it may strike you differently, or let it fade. Not the only thing we have to talk about, is it? lol.

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Hi sqrlb,

I couldn't resist popping over to your thread to do some philosophy. First off, it's interesting how quickly philosophy drains into religion. I think this might be because most of us haven't studied philosophy, so we link the word 'belief' with 'religion', which most of us do know about. That's understandable.

Philosophy is about questioning our own beliefs, and the grounding of our beliefs, and most people are not too comfortable in the process. People tend to think that beliefs are things that we stick up for, not question.

Some mental illnesses do drive us to wonder what the world is really about, just as you say, and that can be a very opening experience, but also very frightening. A lot of people say, "Why frighten ourselves?" and I can see the sense it that view. IMHO it's a matter of choice. I've had a go at Catholicism and Buddhism, but in the end my deep belief is that I just don't know, and that's where I have ended up. I have to go where my heart is.

Cheers, Myzen.