tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post3259223912816346309..comments2023-08-08T04:19:26.974-07:00Comments on THE CALLADUS BLOG: How do atheists deal with grief?Calladushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-4637065319523767622013-04-02T13:44:54.199-07:002013-04-02T13:44:54.199-07:00I see that Thesauros has kindly responded with wor...I see that Thesauros has kindly responded with words without meaning. <br /><br />As you well know, Calladus, the "expectation of His presence" has created many atheists and agnostics over the years, when tragedy reveals God's absence, and the explanation is always a fault of the believer. A cruel philosophy to be sure. <br /><br />The introspection that follows a tragedy can be a great way to get to the "truth".R. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827657170197625528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-91396133711098430632013-03-16T11:42:56.854-07:002013-03-16T11:42:56.854-07:00Thesauros, I congratulate you on your ability to s...Thesauros, I congratulate you on your ability to split hairs.<br /><br />Of course you don't get comfort from religion, instead you get comfort from knowing that you are beloved by your creator.<br /><br />But I have to ask you, WHERE did you come up with this notion? <br /><br />Did your creator come down and speak to you? Did you see him in a vision, or did you just feel him in some mysterious, uplifting way - <a href="http://calladus.blogspot.com/2006/09/mind-hacking-god.html" rel="nofollow">as I did when I was a believer?</a><br /><br />The details of the belief system that you have been taught, in order to worship your creator, is called, "religion". <br /><br />When you pray, or whatever you were taught to do to talk to your creator, is by definition the practice of religion.<br /><br />Maybe you happen to be a prophet whose creator speaks to him in hallelujah chorus. If that creator says, "Call me when you need me" - that is a form of religious instruction.<br /><br />So, you see, the religion you were taught, or made up on your own, does give you the rules to seek comfort in your creator.<br /><br />As for suffering in life, that is a completely different problem with a creator, one that Epicurus is somewhat familiar.Calladushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17620879847877868166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736821.post-63727992132643946542013-03-15T18:26:38.120-07:002013-03-15T18:26:38.120-07:00Many Christians find solice in their religion when...Many Christians find solice in their religion when it comes to tragedy"<br /><br />I'm not sure what other religions do but a "Christian" does not receive comfort from "religion." <br /><br />Our comfort comes from the very presence of our Creator's Spirit Who lives within us, guides us, counsels us, comforts and gives us His peace. We are not promised nor do we expect freedom from the suffering that comes with life. We do expect and do receive His presence in times of suffering.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com