: About Me

My passion is ...

Philosophy

I know too much about ...

Everything, just ask me.

My parents always told me ...

'Don't get your hopes up.'

My childhood ambition ...

To slip into a coma and wake up in a fantasy world.

Why I write ...

I have a lot to say.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading Mission Earth 2 - Black Genesis by L.Ron Hubbard.

My first job ...

I inspected green beans as they came down a conveyor belt 60 hours a week when I was 15.

My best moment ...

Winning the 'Pine Wood Derby' in cub scouts.

My inspiration ...

The pursuit of deeper understanding.

Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms Why questioning is essential to faith: Why belief is not enough

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Every religious text has been translated and interpreted hundreds if not thousands of times; by men and women no smarter or well informed than you or I. So why is it that most people are willing to accept what they are told without question? The majority of the time I feel that it is because they are afraid to dig any deeper than the surface. They are willing to accept what is given to them because they fear that if they were to question it they would be punished in some way. This is an understandable way to feel as most religions are quite overt in their opposition to questions and theori...

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