by Zen Gardner
I find it amazing how people can’t see the simplicity of it all.
Honestly.
Is it a desire to hold on to their beliefs–religious, scientific, intellectual or otherwise–because they think that’s their identity?
If so, you can sure see how easily swayed humanity would be.
Which it is.
It’s true though. Try to tug at someone’s belief and watch their identity get yanked with it. How did we get to identify with our ideas and beliefs as if they are ourselves?
ht: Dennis
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this No2. When it comes down to it, we can't allow ourselves to get stuck in the WCG identity. I have to consciously practice not saying anymore "I used to be a minister..." That was not who I am. It is merely what I did.
If you want to test your own undestanding about false identity, just answer the question.."Without saying anything good or bad about yourself, tell me who you are."
The only answer you can give is "I am me." And that's a start out of the false identity we all had with the WCG and all its associated splinters and slivers.
Perhaps "I am" is who we all are.
On a side note...The great "I Am" teachings that sprang out of Moses and the burning bush conversation is really hilarious. It was not meant to be a great theological statement. It was a joke.
If a human could get the god to reveal its name, the human could have power over that god. When Moses asked the bush, "who shall I say sent me..?" Bush God said "Tell them I am that I am sent you." It simply means "Tell them its none of their business. You're not getting my name."
:)
Try to tug at someone’s belief and watch their identity get yanked with it.
That is certainly true with atheists.
I find that atheists are terribly hypocritical and the ones I've encountered are angry / nasty, especially when you ask them to consider ideas which may be contrary to their beliefs. Like Armstrongists, their minds are made up and set.
The atheists I encountered believe they are God and therefore, logically, can't be atheists.
Perhaps I am dealing with too small a sample, but so far, it's been really consistent -- and they have gotten really angry when their ideas proved to be wrong.
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