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Below, you'll find a very brief introduction to the
three fundamental human beliefs. Every one
of us functions within one of these beliefs.
Even agnostics (those who say that they don't know
which one is correct) live within the context of one of
the three beliefs.
Faith -- Belief Without
Evidence:
There is no absolute irrefutable proof that one or
another of these beliefs is correct. A
person who accepts one of these beliefs as true, must
reject the other two and he or she must do
so by what is referred to as "A Leap of Faith."
In other words, his/her belief is based upon something
other than provable evidence. Some believe
things because they are written a book that is
considered to be sacred. Others believe
because that's what they were told to believe when they
were young children.
Each of the three basic beliefs is a powerful
context --
a context that dominates all of the geliever's activities.
We'll expand on these beliefs later. For
now, here are the definitions:
Reincarnation:
Those who believe in Reincarnation say that you and I and everybody else are all non-physical,
multidimensional beings who always were and always will
be. Each of us is temporarily living in a
human body. When our body dies, we simply
shift our consciousness into a non physical reality.
As multidimensional being we may choose to come back to
Earth again in another human body.
Atheism:
Atheists believe that humans are their physical bodies
-- bodies that
somehow magically acquired consciousness.
Before the person was conceived/born, he or she did not
exist. When the body dies, he or she will
cease to exist.
Although atheism is the antithesis of what we call
religion, it is included in this discussion because it's
a core belief about the nature of what a human is, his
origin, and his after-death fate/destination.
Christian One-life-ism:
According to this belief, every human was
created by God
at conception/birth.
Before the person was conceived/born, he or she did
not exist. When the body dies, he or she
will go to heaven or hell forever.
Additional Reference:
http://www.choice101.com/17-conception-magic.html#08
The Unknowable:
The only other possibility is that there is something
else -- something that is unknown and unknowable to
human consciousness This is very unlikely, but
non-the-less, we include it here as a possibility.
Mutual Exclusivity:
If the Christian beliefs are correct , then Atheism and
Reincarnation must be false. If Atheism is
correct, then Christian one-life-ism and Reincarnation
must be wrong. If Reincarnation is correct,
then, Atheism and Christian one-life-ism must both
contain major errors.
You may think that their mutual
exclusivity is unimportant to you, but are you correct?
You may be surprised when you find out what the evidence
tells us.
First, consider the fact that
hundreds of millions of humans have been murdered by
people who adamantly believed in one of these three
religious beliefs and strongly object to those who
believe in either of the other two. The murder's victims
simply believed in a different religion.
Because at least two of the three, core/basic beliefs
contain major errors, that means that hundreds of
millions of people have died because the people who
murdered them believed in un-provable fairytales about
whatever it is we call "God."
"OK, that's history," you say.
Yes, it is history, but it's also present day reality.
Religious extremists are still engaging in mass murder,
today. Although the number of violent
conflicts over limited amounts of land, water, and other
resources is rapidly growing, disagreements based upon
un-provable religious beliefs are still the major cause
of violent deaths all over the world. And
where violence is committed over limited resources, the
major division between the sides is very often based on
religious beliefs.
For Additional information on these
topics, please go to:
Basic Religious Assumptions - A Comparative Analysis
Major Religious Distinctions Chart
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