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Originally Posted by Castout
Well for one I didn't consider anyone to have to believe in what I'm saying nor do I make the claim to be more righteous than anyone. Sure I can keep it private but I'm compelled to give my testimony in the hope of able to help anybody out there with hope. But more often than not I'm aware that many people would feel threatened with these kind of testimonies and reacted negatively or even in some cases violently because they consider their belief was under threat. I know I can't control how people would react but that didn't deter me from telling my testimonies and insight in the hope to reach those who would read, think and hopefully gain hope.
It was never my intention to tell other people they are wrong while I'm the most right because I'm not God who knows everything perfectly so I wouldn't be able to judge another person belief. I only meant to offer insight. That of which most people just don't or haven't realized yet. And it's not a belief it ceases to be a belief for me a long time ago when I was a kid, well it's a belief to you but the truth for me.
Edit: I'm sorry if it angered you but never in my intention that I was shouting or implying that anyone's belief is wrong.
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Your self-rightousness shows in that with the greatest naturalness you think and claim people being nerved by your missionary testimony feel, in your words, "threatend", where the simple truth is that they are simply be annoyed by missionary tone and getting fed religious hear-say in return when arguing with reason and reference to science themselves on an issue that has little to do with magic and deities.
Your rightousness also shows in that at one point you admit you are not God and thus do not know it perfectly as he does, nevertheless at another point you admit that you feel compelled to give testionay of your belied - although an uncomfortable implication of what you said is that you cannot be certain of your belief. Why then be so eager to bring it amongst the people?
I dispise religious missionising, no matter whether it is directly or indirectly or is transported by implications of statements, always, no matter what ideology. Like oyu and many others do not like to be told at every opportunity how silly your b elief is and how reasonable an atheistic attitude is or how great xyz-ism is. You take it once, and mabye you take it twice, but then you would have enough of getting it delivered - and friendliness can be a weapon here. Psycho-sects lure their victims by friendliness, and ripping them off their self-responsibility by not leaviong them alone one momnent and not lettin g them do anything themselves, but doing it for them, so that the victim, when it protests, gets asked "We only mean it well, we treat you helpful and friendly, and this is how you give back to us?" It is the classical double-bind situation, meant to undermine defence, and when intentionally used it is the most underhanded a tactical tool of abusive communication. And when a person tells me/you, after you critised his belief, that he forgives you and nevertheless his god loves you still, a divine embrace you cannot escape and that you do not get asked about, then this again is a mixture of double-bind tactis, and arrogance.
Spirituality is about learning to know oneself, and about modesty. And it is best dealt with like you should deal with wild animals: do not try to touch them, do not try to make them approach you, do not lure them. Only stroke them with your hand when they come to you all by themselves and seek your nearness all by themselves. Anything else is - aggression. What you say you think god is or is not, and what you feel like when doing or not doijung soemthing, is not interesting for anyone. Actually what you decide to do and carry out, and what you decide not to do, defines what you are and what your motivation is worth. But even then, the deed still speaks louder than your words.