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Originally Posted by smsmith40
This is I'm afraid where we diverge. I know I have an open mind and heart, and I neither have a need for or feel the presence of God.
Whereas your faith says that if you have an open heart and mind you will find God or God will find you.
I know thats not true.
I understand that in the end you don't know me and I don't know you. Your perspective is different and I respect that. Frankly, anybody that can have a strong faith in God, against all the evidence I see around me against his existence, gets my (grudging) admiration.
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I can live with that...and even take the off-hand compliment.
The only thing I would disagree with above is your statement "I know thats not true" It is an opinion, not truth. I can respect your opinion that you feel there is no God. I don't agree with it, but I can definitely respect that's how you feel. Just like it appears you respect me for my belief in God. Neither of us can prove or disprove the existence of God. So we both live by faith in our beliefs - though they differ.