gdp's Comments

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:48:39 +0000

Hmmm...I don't know about that. You're welcome to try now though.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:47:51 +0000

Thanks. I actually went from conservative evangelical Christian, to Charismatic Christian, to toying around with buddhism, zen, pantheism, then agnostic/atheist.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:44:50 +0000

Hi Detger, I've explored pantheism, mainly as a result of reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. I am actually still open to it. However, since there is no concrete evidence for it either, I just default to withholding belief until something about it convinces me. But yes, if I were a theist, I'd probably be a pantheist.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:13:47 +0000

Well, I personally want to draw my own conclusions and not rely on what others think -- not to say that yours is not a valid position -- I mean, if that works for you, sure go ahead -- but it's not for me, not anymore.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:45:12 +0000

An interesting read...however, this seems to be a simple deist position. As I understand it, in that view, I may or may not believe in god, and it doesn't really matter to him/her/it.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:14:03 +0000

Not a trap. I thought the way you did. Sometimes, I still do, but now am challenging that position :)

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:42:55 +0000

"It is not my approval, though. It is God's." And I suppose he whispered that in your ear?

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:40:36 +0000

thanks. i do my best.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:40:02 +0000

I'm galactically overjoyed to have your approval.

Filipino Freethinkers : Unraveling My Faith

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:39:19 +0000

I am where I have always been, here, flowing with the river of my life.

Filipino Freethinkers : Holy Hubris: Vatican Makes it Impossible for Jesus to Change the Church

Mon, 4 Jun 2012 04:04:51 +0000

Not only the Vatican, but the protestant church has similar teachings to this effect - just take out the pope/priests and substitute it with the Bible - i.e. miracles/personal revelation have to be consistent with the Bible, otherwise they're fake.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:52 +0000

Nevertheless, I made it clear in the article that that's what I was referring to. A rebuttal to my statements using a different definition than the one I said I was reacting to hardly seems fair.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:29:19 +0000

On the days that I believe in god, I tend more to a panentheistic view. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panentheism)

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:14:10 +0000

What they said. :D

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Wed, 16 May 2012 07:54:15 +0000

If you guys scroll up, I think you'll already see that I said " I'm really more of an agnostic..." I don't see why you keep pointing out something I already know.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:16 +0000

This is a very valid point. By already pre-judging others' beliefs as ridiculous, what makes you different from the fundamentalist who pre-judges your unbelief as equally ridiculous? All I'm saying is to suspend pre-judgment and listen, REALLY listen to the other side, and draw your own conclusions afterwards.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:58 +0000

Exactly Mr. Li. Please read carefully before claiming I said things I never did.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:44:25 +0000

I was about to comment on the moon, finger and god, but Miguel seems to have done a pretty good job of it. All analogies break down at some point, which is why they are analogies and not the real thing.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:50 +0000

Hmmm, perhaps you should read what I wrote again without muttering BS to yourself while doing so. Maybe you will understand what I'm driving at.

Filipino Freethinkers : False Balance: A Rebuttal to "Middle Ground"

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:07 +0000

By respect, I meant to respect the other as a person, to respect the other person's humanity - not necessarily to respect his belief -- but to give him the benefit of the doubt, to listen to his point of view. Re: atheism - I was referring to the definition set out by wikipedia which I linked to in the article. So if you have a different definition for it, then that's not what I was referring to. From wikipedia's definition of agnosticism: "In some senses, agnosticism is a stance about the difference between belief and knowledge, rather than about any specific claim or belief. In the popular sense, an agnostic is someone who is undecided about the existence of a deity or deities, whereas a theist and an atheist believe and disbelieve, respectively." Those are the definitions I'm operating on.