« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3   Go Down

Author Topic: Beliefs  (Read 11768 times)

Rhiannon

  • Guest
Beliefs
« on: August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM »
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
Logged

Sriram

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8253
    • Spirituality & Science
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2015, 05:43:03 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?

Of course not...I don't think so. Belief is a way of understanding the world in relation to oneself and ones interactions with it. We don't need to prove it to anyone.

If proof was the criterion...most beliefs would be abandoned.


PS: Sorry...I just corrected the first sentence.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 05:44:48 AM by Sriram »
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2015, 06:57:04 PM »
Quote from: Sriram on August 01, 2015, 05:43:03 PM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?

Of course...I should think so, Belief is a way of understanding the world in relation to oneself and ones interactions with it. We don't need to prove it to anyone.

If proof was the criterion...most beliefs would be abandoned.

Precisely!
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2015, 09:49:02 PM »
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?

No !!! Not at all. Why should I care? My belief is exactly that. It's like trying to get people who would never watch Coronation St because they really don't like it, to sit & view it day after day for weeks !?!?!??!?

If people cared less then most of the world's crap would be flushed down the bog where it deserves to be. ;)

I've been playing - learning the Indian sitar for well over 30 years, most people find it fascinating but others have said stuff like, Oh it reminds me of Pakis !!!!?!?!?

I DID laugh when a guy said this but it didn't make me feel the need to explain about Indian music to him. If he'd have asked, then YES I would've.

Nick
« Last Edit: August 01, 2015, 09:51:16 PM by trippymonkey »
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2015, 10:26:29 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on August 01, 2015, 09:49:02 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?

No !!! Not at all. Why should I care? My belief is exactly that.

Nick

My way of thinking exactly.

I mean, some people believe that Russell Brand is funny!

Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2015, 10:49:41 PM »
Sometimes he IS. Not too often though.

Tell you what - I was having a great time watching that Morecambe & Wise thing on Beeb 2 a day or so ago. Must be about 40 years old that footage & as fresh today as it was then. I feel anyway. But WHO CARES ?!!?!? LOL
 ;) ;D
Nick
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2015, 10:58:06 PM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on August 01, 2015, 10:49:41 PM
Sometimes he IS. Not too often though.

Tell you what - I was having a great time watching that Morecambe & Wise thing on Beeb 2 a day or so ago. Must be about 40 years old that footage & as fresh today as it was then. I feel anyway. But WHO CARES ?!!?!? LOL
 ;) ;D
Nick

. . . and not one obscenity between them in all their years.

I miss that.
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2015, 10:59:34 PM »
A little naughty inuendo but still bloody hilarious, I was laughing out loud. 40 years old !?!?!?!?
Logged

Rhiannon

  • Guest
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2015, 11:08:05 PM »
I'm a Two Ronnies girl myself.  :)
Logged

Rhiannon

  • Guest
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2015, 11:17:28 PM »
Anyways, how about the Christians here? I posted here specifically as it seems important to Christians in a way that it doesn't to other faiths and paths. It was important to me back when I was a Christian too, but looking back I can't think why - except I suppose I thought 'true for me' was 'true for everyone'.  :-\
Logged

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2015, 11:25:38 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 11:08:05 PM
I'm a Two Ronnies girl myself.  :)

OH YES I do believe I've seen you on there ?!!!? LOL
Logged

Alan Burns

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10210
  • I lay it down of my own free will. John 10:18
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.
Logged
The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!

BashfulAnthony

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7520
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2015, 01:28:46 AM »
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.

 Jesus told Pilate at His trial that He had come into this world to bear witness to the truth,  and it is the Cross that is the supreme witness of the truth, and it is the way of life which that ultimately leads to: goodness, love and mercy, forgiveness, peace and living in accord with your fellow man.  That is the truth to me.  What then, is your truth?
Logged
BA.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

It is my commandment that you love one another."

Shaker

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15639
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2015, 01:53:09 AM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 11:08:05 PM
I'm a Two Ronnies girl myself.  :)
Hey, you're allowed to give them whatever nicknames you like.
Logged
Pain, or damage, don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man, and give some back. - Al Swearengen, Deadwood.

Rhiannon

  • Guest
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2015, 05:48:38 AM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

But why try to do that with pseudo-science and inaccuracies? Why not just demonstrate your truth through how you live your life?
Logged

Sriram

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8253
    • Spirituality & Science
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2015, 06:02:57 AM »
Having certain beliefs is one thing...but believing that we are superior to others and therefore need to force our beliefs on them... is another thing.

All humans have beliefs one way or the other. But only some groups believe that they are superior to other people and therefore need to eliminate their beliefs...even to the point of eliminating the people themselves. 
Logged

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2015, 08:27:49 AM »
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on August 02, 2015, 01:28:46 AM
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.

 Jesus told Pilate at His trial that He had come into this world to bear witness to the truth,  and it is the Cross that is the supreme witness of the truth, and it is the way of life which that ultimately leads to: goodness, love and mercy, forgiveness, peace and living in accord with your fellow man.  That is the truth to me.  What then, is your truth?

And it THIS very attitude of 'overriding' others' beliefs that has had Christianity commit the most appalling crimes against humanity in place like India - Asia & South America etc !!!
Logged

floo

  • Guest
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2015, 08:42:07 AM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

Sorry Alan but the deity is up the creek without a paddle where you are concerned, as your posts aren't convincing in the least. As for the 'truth' you might believe your POV is such, but cannot produce the tiniest bit of evidence to support your claim!
Logged

torridon

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10209
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2015, 08:46:16 AM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?

If we cannot justify our beliefs to others, that might be an indicator that the belief is unjustified.
Logged

trippymonkey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4550
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2015, 09:08:58 AM »
Justifying is not the same as proving a 'truth' though, is it???
Logged

Alan Burns

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10210
  • I lay it down of my own free will. John 10:18
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2015, 09:36:14 AM »
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.
There is only one truth
Logged
The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton

Leonard James

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12443
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2015, 09:49:17 AM »
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 09:36:14 AM
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.
There is only one truth

If you are talking about the cause of the universe and life, yes, there is only one truth. Sadly, NOBODY knows what it is yet.
Logged

torridon

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10209
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2015, 09:53:00 AM »
Quote from: trippymonkey on August 02, 2015, 09:08:58 AM
Justifying is not the same as proving a 'truth' though, is it???

Maybe that's right. Maybe it is in the nature of a belief, that it can be supported by some degree of justification, but not proof.
Logged

Owlswing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6945
Re: Beliefs
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2015, 09:54:57 AM »
Quote from: BashfulAnthony on August 02, 2015, 01:28:46 AM
Quote from: CMG KCMG GCMG on August 02, 2015, 01:01:29 AM
Quote from: Alan Burns on August 02, 2015, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Rhiannon on August 01, 2015, 05:38:01 PM
Does it matter to you if you can't prove what you believe to others?
God calls me to witness to the truth.  I obey His call to the best of my ability.

NO - to witness to what, FOR YOU, is the truth!

It is NOT the truth for me.

 Jesus told Pilate at His trial that He had come into this world to bear witness to the truth,  and it is the Cross that is the supreme witness of the truth, and it is the way of life which that ultimately leads to: goodness, love and mercy, forgiveness, peace and living in accord with your fellow man.  That is the truth to me.  What then, is your truth?

Simple - there is no "one truth fits all".
Logged
The Holy Bible, probably the most diabolical work of fiction ever to be visited upon mankind.

An it harm none, do what you will; an it harm some, do what you must!
Pages: [1] 2 3   Go Up
« previous next »