Posted by Sigismund on December 8, 2007, at 19:43:51
In reply to Constantly overwhelmed with religious guilt., posted by Michael83 on December 8, 2007, at 4:10:13
>wish someone would stop me from thinking so much about everything, especially so pessimistically.
You've got the wrong bloke here. I'm no help with that at all.
There's a lot of stuff you mention. My first response is that these days we don't feel enough guilt. But some people do, and way too much.
The positive way of looking at this is to say that you are taking the demands of Christianity seriously, and that is to your credit.
>If I could comprehend and know for sure that there is a God and something after this, the choice wouldn't be hard.
Well, of course not.
But if your reason for acting well is eternal reward, that doesn't cut the mustard either, does it?Michael, what do you fear about death?
I remember when I first realised it applied to me and I was appalled.
But as I've gotten older I feel more and more that it is the temporary nature of life that gives me the capacity to appreciate it.
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