Gypsy said "Correct VB, but you dont' need religion to do that. Infact in my experience most athiests are more moral and have a higher sense of accountablity then most "believers"
- That's cos some "believers" are nominal - they go by blind "faith", just because someone else said it was a good idea. Different for the ones who questioned and sought answers from reading coupled with advice from people who were more mature than they were. The reading being the primary source of information because cannot really rely on people totally. A person who appears to be spiritually mature, may not be but rather biased in some way or has some ulterior motives or an ego the size of Africa but is not self aware, etc. etc.
By the way, there is such a thing as spiritual pride as well. There is a very fine line between pride/arrogance and confidence. Being human, can fall / fail at any time. And that's why studying, prayers, congregating together to support each other are important. Having said that, still have to be careful, some will be ever so domineering and insist they are right, etc. some will pretend to be accepting initially and then when they think they have you under their control or think you owe them and thus would be willing to follow meekly,they start with their nonsense. While the meek shall inherit the earth but being meek does not mean being weak and easily bulldozed.
Thank God that I have met so many kind and genuine people all my life. ... But then again, it could be because I ditched the problematic ones...
Btw, I'm not saying there aren't hypocrites - there are many but we are answerable to our Maker for our own lives. To anyone who judges me, have a nice day! ;0)
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Don't want no drama,
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Nice song, tallg.
Gypsy said "Correct VB, but you dont' need religion to do that. Infact in my experience most athiests are more moral and have a higher sense of accountablity then most "believers"
- That's cos some "believers" are nominal - they go by blind "faith", just because someone else said it was a good idea. Different for the ones who questioned and sought answers from reading coupled with advice from people who were more mature than they were. The reading being the primary source of information because cannot really rely on people totally. A person who appears to be spiritually mature, may not be but rather biased in some way or has some ulterior motives or an ego the size of Africa but is not self aware, etc. etc.
By the way, there is such a thing as spiritual pride as well. There is a very fine line between pride/arrogance and confidence. Being human, can fall / fail at any time. And that's why studying, prayers, congregating together to support each other are important. Having said that, still have to be careful, some will be ever so domineering and insist they are right, etc. some will pretend to be accepting initially and then when they think they have you under their control or think you owe them and thus would be willing to follow meekly,they start with their nonsense. While the meek shall inherit the earth but being meek does not mean being weak and easily bulldozed.
Thank God that I have met so many kind and genuine people all my life. ... But then again, it could be because I ditched the problematic ones...
Btw, I'm not saying there aren't hypocrites - there are many but we are answerable to our Maker for our own lives. To anyone who judges me, have a nice day! ;0)
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Don't want no drama,
No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama