I came here, if I'm honest with myself, because no matter how long ago it was that I departed from organized religion, it remains a central part of who I am. After all, you don't try to force fit your life to an ideal for 40+ years and then, despite all the logical reasons, make a completely clean break.
My religious training still plays out on my thinking. And since I'm aware that it does, I have to make sure I'm conscious of what's driving my thought processes, and demand of myself that I accept nothing that doesn't make sense to me.
All that may sound pretty simple, but it's actually pretty complex. The point-counter-point I engage in here, because it challenges my thinking, helps me to gauge how closely I'm adhering to my ideal of being driven solely by logic and reason.
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"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."
Clarence Darrow |