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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
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Originally Posted by Dee8go
What is "belief" if one does not act upon it. It's just mental ascent. ...
If one lives their life in a certain way because of things they believe to be true, they have faith in those things. ...
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A life long athiest friend of mine going through a bitter pre marital break up with his fiance (a born again religionist), proposed a relationship in the trinity to me one night over a drink.
He saw Jesus or 'love' as a necessary sanctifing process, that connected the spirit or 'consciousness' to the father which he saw as 'the material world'.
It seemed to be somthing he was able to grasp onto quite firmly in his despair (due to the tortured nature of his parting with his 'life love' the religionist). It also seemed a position he had siezed upon as a result of his relationship with his 'life love', who's view the world was inured with thoughts of Jesus and his message.
From the perspective of this friend of mine and of Girard's writings I can apreciate how religion might be a usefull tool for a consciouness to address the relationship gap between ego and other. But I less sure the process can be objective, unless 'scientific methods' are applied to the transaction. I tend to the opinion that religious practices, proprely applied, are invaluable to the human condition.