In biblical terms, faith is a certainty, not a custom.
In my life, I think I’d be a christian in a foxhole, but a skeptic normally. Days I think God exists, other days I think he may not.
I know that if I made the choice to believe in God, I’d soon have more certainty… right? But it was a choice, therefore it wasn’t a certainty out of ignorance… does it have to be? I feel like I’d be purposefully deluding myself to believe what would be a better custom in my life, and what I’d like to believe. If those are my pre-reasons, than is my later certainty true? If not, how is parent foisted god believing certainty true? Or is it parent forced…?
Is atheism a delusion, or theism? Or is there no delusion?
You see I bring this up, because I advocate people being understanding of others beliefs. I feel I can understand why someone believes the way they do…
But how can I be sincere. If I say I know where someones coming from, I have got to agree somewhat. I cannot however bash someone who is utterly certain, because I also understand when being certain you feel you’re right and so you must believe others are wrong for you to be truly convinced in your heart.
I want to think, if I was utterly certain of God again, I wouldn’t even have this conversation. And I would not understand where atheists come from, only I would believe that they haven’t learned what I have and progressed, or they have some issue or problem.
So please discuss. It seems I have a grip on mild skepticism, of course I believe in undeniable logical truths, but I want to believe I can understand where people come from in their beliefs… .However, me doing this makes me not have a true belief myself. Only the belief that our beliefs are chosen. Therefore, while I feel I defend others belief systems and have all the cake and ice cream I want, I also at the same time call them all worthless without knowing it.
Someone help me, thanks.