[MD] Confirming the existence of God?

[markhsmit]

Hi Mary,
I agree with you that I do not like being told what to feel.

A direct connection to God?  Yes you have that, you just have
to define it in the right way.  If you are talking about something
that is benevolent to humans and all powerful in making
decisions and like some kind of super brain when you speak
of God, then I sure can't feel that.  There seems to be this
negation of a Christian God as he is portrayed in Hollywood.
No wonder there is some kind of grudge here.  If a god as
you may want to feel it sounds trivial, then so be it.  But it
certainly is not wrong.  If a belief in the power of science
and logic is ones God, then that is fine too.  You define it
however you want.  It makes you feel better, and part of
everything, and perhaps insane, who knows.  If you can't
choose what it is, then where is free will?

Mark

On Jan 18, 2010, at 9:33:59 PM, Mary <marysonthego at gmail.com> wrote:
From:   Mary <marysonthego at gmail.com>
Subject:    Re: [MD] Confirming the existence of God?
Date:   January 18, 2010 9:33:59 PM PST
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Hi Ant,

[quote]
My apologies if this question has already been asked recently but rather
than
confirming the existence of God, how do you know this "feeling" doesn't
instead
indicate that you've gone insane, been affected by drugs (legal or
otherwise),
been hypnotized through social conditioning, suffered a stroke, been subject
to
carbon monoxide poisoning or even some combination of these?
-----

Thank you so much! In my reply to Mark I stuck to a patient rebuttal
explaining the difference between having faith in something you can confirm
if you chose to take the time to do so vs. having faith in something that
can never be confirmed, but I was soooo wanting to jump all over this. 

I have a problem with telling me you believe something because you "feel" it
when I don't also "feel" it. What are we to make of that? If I had a
direct connection to God I'm sure I would have faith too. Seems kind of
unfair, though, that only some of us can "feel" it. :(

Mary

- The most important thing you will ever make is a realization.

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