If an extra-demensional deity exists that interferes with our lives and knows all then life is cheapened. I refuse to see it that way. Life is beautiful, and the future is not written and not known. Life is beautiful by itself and that's all it needs. You are a slave to your fear and I truly feel sorry for you.
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It's not fear that seeks the source of love, hope, truth, beauty and goodness. You say you refuse to do a thing, so the problem isn't mine. I am seeking transcendence while your affection is for dirt. You have limited yourself, but without wanting to, you still live within the rules of the eternal principles. It's a fact that your worldview can't dispute.
The source doesn't matter at all. The only thing that matters is that it's there.
What is your basis for saying a source doesn't matter? What if someone else says it does matter? Who is right?
There is no right or wrong, just perspective. I just don't understand, as I said in the original post, the perspective of a theist. We can all agree live is beautiful and things matter, I guess I just wonder why that isn't enough for most people...especially people that go so far as to invent stories and fantasy to fill that void that they so desperately seek.
But see, one of point points is that all you can honestly say is that you don't understand. You can make no other judgements about what people do or don't related to a realm you don't acknowledge (or understand). You can't make truth claims because you don't have the means to substantiate them. You're better off just saying you don't understand and then stopping there. It's a better way to make friends.