Wow, awesome post, Kaeley - thank you! Only man could take something as simple and beautiful as the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fight over its details. And all the head knowledge in the world isn't worth beans if it doesn't get you closer to knowing the Lord. He wants our hearts, not our heads. Our little pea-brains can't even begin to appreciate the Creator of the universe, but we can sure love Him for all eternity and that's what He's after...
People call themselves "nones" as though they believe nothing, but nature abhors a vacuum, so in fact "something" fills the space left behind by the absent belief. As you've noticed, whole lotta "atheists" still believe too strongly in something, too. Alternately, I've noticed that many ex-Catholics for example never really replace the old belief with a new belief, they just make all the motions without "believing."
Wow, awesome post, Kaeley - thank you! Only man could take something as simple and beautiful as the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fight over its details. And all the head knowledge in the world isn't worth beans if it doesn't get you closer to knowing the Lord. He wants our hearts, not our heads. Our little pea-brains can't even begin to appreciate the Creator of the universe, but we can sure love Him for all eternity and that's what He's after...
People call themselves "nones" as though they believe nothing, but nature abhors a vacuum, so in fact "something" fills the space left behind by the absent belief. As you've noticed, whole lotta "atheists" still believe too strongly in something, too. Alternately, I've noticed that many ex-Catholics for example never really replace the old belief with a new belief, they just make all the motions without "believing."