Yesterday I posted an article noting that people like Pat Robertson, through their stupid and insensitive remarks, are causing Christianity to decline.
While I stand by the remarks I made, it occurs to me that I may have come across as rather insensitive myself. I won't apologize for every time that I am insensitive, because sometimes I mean to be that way (as when I call Pat Robertson stupid).
But in looking over yesterday's post, I think I come across as almost gleeful that Christianity is dying. Well, sometimes I do feel that way, because religion has led to a lot of misery in many lives, plus it bothers me when anyone believes something that is wrong.
But today, as I have done many times before, I asked myself "What if I am wrong?" What if Christianity is more correct than other religions, or at least "as correct" (the "all paths to God" thinking). What if I am wrong to believe that the world is only governed by physics?
A lot of brilliant people are Christians (some of the world's smartest scientists are, just as some are atheists). A lot of brilliant people are Buddhists. And so on.
I've studied the arguments for and against Theism for several years, and I honestly have to conclude that there are not any hard-core knock-out arguments on either side, at least not if you truly try to keep an open mind. (There are arguments that come close to being that way.)
So, when I come out sounding critical of a religion, shame on me for not asking "what if I'm wrong?"
But, I do wish others would ask the same question more often. I know all too many people on both sides who seem to have their minds very made up, and are not willing to consider that they could be wrong.
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