"I went to a card game and a religious discussion broke out."
I've come to the point in my life where I despise debating. It probably
kicked in about half way through the 2004 Presidential election. I came
to the conclusion that I don't really care. When I say I don't care
it's not that I don't care about what's going on, but I don't care
about trying to change another persons mind.
I realized this with my faith in God probably about 4-5 years ago. 95% of the time I'm not going to be able to change someone's opinion of the Almighty. That's fine by me. It's not up to me to change someones mind about God. I use to get all bent out of shape about it and worry about people. I came to the realization though that if I could single handedly change someone's opinion of spiritual matters with one conversation then they probably hadn't ever really thought about it begin with and someone else will probably change their mind tomorrow. On top of that I'm not the Holy Spirit. I don't want to be the Holy Spirit. I'd be a horrible Holy Spirit. One, I'm not Holy. Two, I'm not in spirit form at this moment in time and I really don't want to be a spirit out of a body for quite some time.
I like having "agree to disagree" conversations. If someone engages me in conversation about spiritual matters most likely we're not going to see eye to eye. You might be of the same religion/sect/spirituality/cult as I am, but we're probably going to disagree about something. My favorite part about this is, that it's OK to disagree. I've probably learned just as much from people that I disagree with opposed to those who I do agree with. If I agree with someone I'm probably just kissing there ass anyway so I can get something from them. (I agree with Daniel Stabler just so he'll let me stand in the same room that his G5 sits in.)
According to Biblical History, I'm probably wrong about all of this and The God of Israel himself is going to come down and remove my existence from this universe. I don't really want to be erased right now, but if it keeps me away from spiritual banter and debate then I might be OK with it.
"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you."
C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
I realized this with my faith in God probably about 4-5 years ago. 95% of the time I'm not going to be able to change someone's opinion of the Almighty. That's fine by me. It's not up to me to change someones mind about God. I use to get all bent out of shape about it and worry about people. I came to the realization though that if I could single handedly change someone's opinion of spiritual matters with one conversation then they probably hadn't ever really thought about it begin with and someone else will probably change their mind tomorrow. On top of that I'm not the Holy Spirit. I don't want to be the Holy Spirit. I'd be a horrible Holy Spirit. One, I'm not Holy. Two, I'm not in spirit form at this moment in time and I really don't want to be a spirit out of a body for quite some time.
I like having "agree to disagree" conversations. If someone engages me in conversation about spiritual matters most likely we're not going to see eye to eye. You might be of the same religion/sect/spirituality/cult as I am, but we're probably going to disagree about something. My favorite part about this is, that it's OK to disagree. I've probably learned just as much from people that I disagree with opposed to those who I do agree with. If I agree with someone I'm probably just kissing there ass anyway so I can get something from them. (I agree with Daniel Stabler just so he'll let me stand in the same room that his G5 sits in.)
According to Biblical History, I'm probably wrong about all of this and The God of Israel himself is going to come down and remove my existence from this universe. I don't really want to be erased right now, but if it keeps me away from spiritual banter and debate then I might be OK with it.
"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you."
C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed