In some ways I would say that there is no such thing as "God" or any all-powerful type being - my life certainly has not suggested such. But there are so many who have a faith that is so... *real* and who do not appear in any way to be fools or deluded, that it is hard to know what is real. In a way I feel as though I am left out in the cold looking into a house filled with light and warmth and knowing I can never go in.
But is religion based on something real? Or is it a delusion created by humans to explain things they don't understand, to find reasons for the things that happen, or to give themselves a feeling that there *is* a meaning to life - that it's not all just hopelessness and futility? I don't know.
Perhaps I thought that I might come to some sort of deeper understanding while I'm here.
I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, but...
*Michael's voice trails off and he becomes quiet, looking a bit embarrassed at having spoken this way and perhaps exposed too much of himself and his doubts.*
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In some ways I would say that there is no such thing as "God" or any all-powerful type being - my life certainly has not suggested such. But there are so many who have a faith that is so... *real* and who do not appear in any way to be fools or deluded, that it is hard to know what is real. In a way I feel as though I am left out in the cold looking into a house filled with light and warmth and knowing I can never go in.
But is religion based on something real? Or is it a delusion created by humans to explain things they don't understand, to find reasons for the things that happen, or to give themselves a feeling that there *is* a meaning to life - that it's not all just hopelessness and futility? I don't know.
Perhaps I thought that I might come to some sort of deeper understanding while I'm here.
I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, but...
*Michael's voice trails off and he becomes quiet, looking a bit embarrassed at having spoken this way and perhaps exposed too much of himself and his doubts.*