how can you not see that being part of a certain religion that excludes others in your heaven, as theirs exludes you simply doesnt work in a rational world and leads only to arrongance and confusion.

 

"How can we expect to survive our religious diferences indefenitly" 

Sam harris

 

 it just cant be

 

Nice

 Are you christian???  If so how can this not apply to you, it applies immensly to you!!!

Well i could have written down all my beliefs, which i am trying to do one bit at a time on this forum but thats a long job, a well articulated speaker and presentation is a usefull tool.  

Dont have to tell me if your a christian, thats ok.  It was an honest question? 

Well thats refreshing!!!  Please tell me more about the gods you believe in.  If you are plural these ideas do not apply to you, and you are the first ive talked to on this site so far, i thank you for that.

 

 

 

Actually I thought you were a Christian because I was tired and blurry eyed (or could've been the doobie I smoked) and I thought that was a cross around your neck.  My mistake.

 

 

Heres a few quotes from the "Gods and Goddesses" section of the site that best describes your belief system.

"Helle
This enigmatic power rules the underworld, and the land of the dead. It is widely circulated in some circles that she might be the same entity as Holda, though this is quite wrong, and is not supported either mythologically or etymologically.

She appears as a powerful woman, half dead and monstrous, half living and beautiful, showing us a duplicity which often echoes our perceptions of death itself. She rules the Halls of the underworld, which wait to recieve the vast majority of heathen dead

Wealdburg
The goddess Walpurga, Waldburga, or Wealdburg, is an ancient goddess of fertility who was known and worshipped in Germany long before the saint. She is the original European “Queen of the May”, and possibly the sister of Eostre.

Seaxnēat
The god known as Seaxneat was the patron-ancestor god of the aetheling house of the East Saxons (i.e. Essex, England). He was also one of three gods, the others being Thunor and Woden, specifically mentioned in the baptismal denunciation the Old Saxons were forced to spew in the 8th century C.E"
 

 

Now i have to ask because you seem like such a nice and reasonable girl, do you actually believe these gods are real living entities accurately represented by these descriptions.  Or is this more like a fun thing you like to think and dont take very seriously.  Because if its the former, i cant help but be extremely concerned about your mental state.

 

 

 

 

 

I think Harris’s point in the video was that any belief not based in fact slows us down as a species from ever knowing the truths of the universe. Like holding the belief that you have a large diamond in your back yard. Just because a particular belief system hasn’t killed anybody doesn’t make it a good way of interpreting the world.

 

If its a belief not based in reality then in a sense it does. 

Not sure what you're looking for when you say evidence. I could throw a hypothetical at you if thats what you're looking for. Any preconceived idea of an afterlife is going to effect our behavior in this life. If you think a snake god might eat you after death, then you might stand in the way of medical research on snakes. (not saying that you do, or would, just an example)

I said all belief systems that aren't based in reality. throw me an example a belief system thats not based in reality, that you feel doesn't slow us down as a species and i might have more to work with.

I got this from your web site

"our gods give us protection, inspiration, and godly might in our aspirations. We honor our gods with gifts, freely given, and they do the same for us. This exchange of gifts is the proper way for heathens and heathen gods to show friendship and love for one another."

 

if a person believes that their aspirations are endowed with godly might then how in the world could their aspirations ever be wrong?  there is a similar belief  in Christianity " if God is with us, then who can be against us".  These ideas create an "us vs. them" mentality that slows us down as a species.

If your religion has the Maxim "i might be wrong" at its core, then its not really what Harris is talking about when he says a belief system. I hope I win the lottery, but I don't base my life around it because I know that every time i buy a ticket, that there is a really good chance that all I did was just waste a dollar. A belief sinks deeper into our psyche and lets loose a flood of emotions and wacky behaviors.