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My loss of faith
Posted Aug 12, 2006
A conversation was started in a forum I frequent by a person who was a very devote Christian until he came upon some rough times and now he's doubting everything and lost his faith.
I use to have faith, when I was younger. Here is what I wrote in the thread:
I was raised by very Christian parents. Taught to believe that everything in the Bible is 100% true (except for Revelation, for some reason). And I did believe it for a while.
Nothing particularly drastic happened to make me lose faith. I think maybe I questioned everything too much, and I like to read about various theologies, and the history of the Bible.
It seemed to me that the creation story in Genesis was just like any other creation story. And it turns out the Bible isn't as directly inspired by God as I was led to believe. And as I began to form my own opinion on things, I disagreed with some of the Bible's teachings. It doesn't seem very fair to women, for one.
So now I don't really believe in Heaven or Hell. I'm not entirely convinced that there is a god. And I'm very cynical about pretty much everything.
Am I better off?
I dunno.
I can draw naked pictures without fear of God smiting me.
I had something else I was going to write about, but I guess it can wait.
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GO
Posted Jul 7, 2006
Recently I've been learning how to play GO. I bought the Book of Go, by William S. Cobb, which was very helpful. It came with plastic go pieces and two different sized boards. 9X9 and 13X13. Good for beginners.
I also downloaded a Go computer game called EZ GO. I can sometimes win against the computer if I play with a high handicap setting. So I'm still very much a beginner. Like they say, you can learn how to play the game in a few minutes but take a lifetime to master.
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Feed
Posted Jul 1, 2006
I recently finished a novel called Feed, by M. T. Anderson. Written for young adults but still a good read. It's a futuristic story about people who have a transmitter implanted in their head called the feed. It's like having the Internet in your brain. Everyone can find any information they want just by thinking about it. They can also chat to each other in their heads, and buy things.
The problem is that the feed is mostly used for advertising. Companies keep track of what everyone searches for and what they buy and what their interests are. Then the company can send personalized ads to each person based on their customer personality type.
The book is written from the standpoint of a not-very-bright young male named Titus. So his speech habits can be a bit annoying through the book. I suppose if you are a young person who talks like that anyway then it won't bother you.
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Feed
Posted Jul 1, 2006
I recently finished a novel called Feed, by M. T. Anderson. Written for young adults but still a good read. It's a futuristic story about people who have a transmitter inplanted in their head. It's like having the internet in your brain. The problem is that it's mostly used for advertising. The book is written from the standpoint of a not-very-bright young male named Titus. So his speach habits can be a bit anoying throught the book. I suppose if you are a young person who talks like that anyway then it won't bother you.
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Posted Jun 29, 2006
I'm back again, or just visiting. We'll find out which.
I think I should update my homepage.
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