Monday, June 2, 2008

religion and brian

I have had a radical shift on religion in the past few years, going from a former alter boy to an agnostic theist. When my parents go away to their bay-house, they ask me to take my brother to Catholic mass, which often leaves me disenchanted. The top qualm I leave with is that Judeo-Christian religion offers an "indisputable" meaning to life, if you only have faith. My disillusionment is with the intellectual stagnation and scared behavior if one "diverts off path". I do not necessarily discredit or disagree with prominent religion diverse philosophies and some of the guidelines toward striving for this meaning or the collective spirituality and believe all offer clear truths. However, life's meaning is to complex and unknowable to settle on a definite answer or meaning in once life span.
Therefore, if you do find a path that you believe suits you, you should still continue to be an independent-thinker and allow yourself to give thoughts to diverging perspectives toward life's meaning and not close yourself off to the narrow truth you have found, in say, Evangelical Christianity.