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Originally Posted by CFrance
Are you saying that you don't think people change their beliefs, either toward or away from faith, or just that you don't know any that have and so therefore you don't know what caused it? I know many people who have changed their convictions. Some have said why; others have not. It's a private matter and none of my business unless they want to discuss it.
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It has been suggested more than once on TOTV that it's possible to become faithful. I'm not sure I know the right way to say it because I don't remember the exact words. It was said that there's a certain way to go about it but not with intellect. You have to be open to it in some way. So I think if people are suggesting that it's possible, I would like to know how it's done.
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And I don't think people want to keep their lifestyle choices private so much as they don't want other people constantly lecturing them and shoving their own lifestyle choices down their throats.
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I believe someone said on one of the religious threads, "If you don't like the topic of religion, you don't have to read it. You can just pass it up." If you don't read something it can't be shoved down your throat. But it seems like there's more to it than that. They actually want to join in and trash the topic. In other words, if they don't like the subject of health, they don't want anyone else to have it either. So they try to destroy the thread and/or get it shut down. Why can't they just pass it by? Are you suggesting that they can't help themselves?
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And so they keep those choices private and turn a deaf ear to the lecturer. Every single darn thing in life does not have to be about food.
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The lecturer? Do you think this thread is lecturing about religion? And so what if it is, you don't have to be here if you don't want to. I wouldn't mind if there would be a new thread on religion every day. I wouldn't mind if they started a separate board for religion, and I'm not a religious person. In no way would I ever accuse them of forcing religion down my throat. If I were to lose interest in it, I could just stop reading. Why don't you do the same with whatever displeases you?