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el_bryanto

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5. There is someone who is pushing this argument just now pretty relentlessly

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 07:35 PM

Oct 2014

The problem with it is that there is something unsatisfying in my answer - a bridge that can't actually be crossed. I believe what I believe because I had an experience with God. I prayed down, reached out, and felt his presence. I can't have that experience on behalf of anybody else, nor do I feel that my experience allows me to force others to think the way I do. But I also can't deny that I had it.

As for what specifically believe - I'm a Mormon - i went around with someone in the religion room about all the things I believe at one point (almost typed out his name).

Bryant

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Why are you a believer and what are your beliefs as a believer? [View all] hrmjustin Oct 2014 OP

I start with the Nicene Creed. We say it at every Mass. rug Oct 2014 #1

It is a great statement of faith. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #2

Yeah, but it's only a start. Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2014 #3

. hrmjustin Oct 2014 #4

There is someone who is pushing this argument just now pretty relentlessly el_bryanto Oct 2014 #5

I believe in the human potential for growth. Htom Sirveaux Oct 2014 #6