Science, Religion, Politics and in the pursuit of truth – HappyPsychotic

I just finished reading another fantastic book.  It is entitled “On Wings of Song” by

Thomas M. Disch.
Now, without spoiling the book for those who actually want to read it, the best part of the book for me was the idea that in this reality, if a person is able to completely lose themselves in the [...]

I am introducing our newest blogger Barry by talking about opposing world views of a Christian and an Atheist. As regular readers know, I am no longer a full-blown, born again, radical, evangelical Christian, but I will be stating the case of Christianity from this point of view. Barry is an Atheist. We will be talking about our views of Death, Life and then throw a few arguments at each other. I will be letting Barry have the last word in each section. Enjoy.

I have now decided to allow myself to get really excited about anything that sounds fun. I let myself dream about how great it’s going to be. It’s like waiting for Christmas presents as a kid – it sometimes ends up being more fun than the actual presents you get.

The main reason is that my viewpoints on morality and religion have continued to evolve (some Creationists still have a hard time even hearing that word right?), and are now at the point where many of my old friends and family members would be hurt by my words.

I’ve really enjoyed reading this book “Comfortable with Uncertainty” by Pema Chodron. I see many similarities with Christian teachings here and for those who don’t have a hang-up in comparing other moral teachings with Christian ones, you might also enjoy this book.