I feel that looking for God is spiritual but saying you've already found Him, know Him, know His kids, etc - that is religious

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jazzyjackson a day ago | parent [-]

There are finders and seekers. I’m always impressed with people who ardently believe they know the truth, they can act without doubt, an interesting skill.

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psd1 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm also impressed, but not in a good way. I consider certainty to be the biggest tell of falsehood, and I wish to deny the vote to people with certainty.

Certainty of opinion on a complex topic reveals a belief that organic brains can, in practice, judge the correctness of their own reasoning - a conceit that borders on the psychotic, and at minimum a complete failure of self-awareness. These people don't need agency, they need thorazine.

	▲	jazzyjackson 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You sound awfully sure of yourself!
	▲	stringfood 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		yea it's like when someone is a really good liar - some skills you shouldn't want to have. Being insanely sure of the history of the universe when you have incredibly scant information, is surely not a good thing, unless you need to use it to survive through an illogical and chaotic world

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Loughla a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm with you. It's not for me but it's absolutely fascinating. There's something nice about letting go and just knowing that it's part of someone's plan. Again, not for me but I understand that appeal.