So today I celebrated Passover at a Jewish friend's house near where I used to live when I attended high school. Now, I am not Jewish, or religious in any respect for that matter. In fact, in the last two years of my life I have become agnostic and nearly atheist. However, I think you would have to be rather cocky in order to proclaim a 100% confidence in atheism.
So far I have asked 2 very religious friends, and one of them even asked a priest...
and nobody has a very good answer.
The Catholic priest stated the following:
Hi Everyone, thanks for all of your responses! I enjoy reading what everyone has to say, even if I don’t agree with it. One thing I can say about myself is that I am really open to others opinions and like to hear what you think!
In other news, here’s some individualized responses to different questions and comments….
HRH- On the topic of….
I marvel time and again at the intense fear in which some Christians live. For a people with the hope of salvation, they don't seem all that happy. I suppose, though, that I would be pretty miserable if I had been trained to believe that the devil lurks everywhere, and that every worldly person or thing is a tool he uses to lure us into eternal damnation.
Lately, I have been really contemplating the arenas of religion and philosophy and I think I am able to break it down into 3 different categories:
1) The assumption
2) The question of there being a god is more important than the answer
3) Agnositicism at the deepest level
I was brought up as a Lutheran,
baptized at birth, Sunday school every week as well as church, went through the
process of communion as well as confirmation. My mom found religion on her own
accord as a child, she tells me she saw an angel when she was younger; her
