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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
To add onto that, the human animal is designed to classify. We're just...built that way. So, we like to classify ourselves as well. We also like to be a part of something. So, someone may not fall under the most common description of Christian, but they may also feel it is one of the closest descriptions of their own belief. So, they call themselves Christian.
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Well, this is a very anthropological, culturally relative point of view... and from that point of view, I agree with it whole-heartedly. This is why I don't judge people necessarily for being religious, as I'm aware of the function that religion has for adaptation and evolution of the human species.
But personally, I judged myself for continuing to *want* to believe in something that I had (after so much seeking) unquestionably concluded was no more than a cultural construct... and that therefore, if I continued to call myself a "Christian," I would only be clinging on to a security blanket. Which may be enough for some people, but for my brain/sanity, it wasn't. I guess I'm not one for placebo effects... including a post-modern understanding of religion.
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
I think, overall, we probably agree more than we disagree...it's just that I have less of a problem merging the conclusions with some sort of post-modern spirituality.
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Most likely that's the issue, yes.
