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No it's not that again. This is for those who once believed in Christ and the resurrection, but now do not believe or are skeptical.
This past semester my faith has been tested. I'm not sure if I believe in Christ or God or Heaven. I feel like I should because it was ingrained in mefrom birth, but having an education changed my outlook. Now, I look to those who still believe like they are crazy for believing in something that can not beproven empirically. We can't observe God or Christ, we can only go on what is said in the Bible and other readings, but even that is said to be written byman, "inspired" by God. I don't know. I just don't want to go about it haphazardly any longer.
You see, I have a psychology course in behavior analysis, which attempts to use only observed behavior to control and improve behavior. It does not go insidethe body. There are no spirits or feelings or thoughts. They all are hypothetical constructs that we as a society put in there, but they aren't needed.We can talk about what is being observed and get the same results. Hence, a theory called Determinism. In Determinism given the events of the world,one's behavior can be predicted. Their learning history up until this point, will predict how they will behave next. Behavior which has been punished inthe past, will become extinguished; that behavior which has been reinforced, will continue to occur. There is no Christ in BA. There is just behavior. Andif you look at it from that standpoint, our behavior is being controlled continuously at every wakening hour. So those who were brought up that there was aman who came to the world to die for their sins, died for their sins, which would allow for them to live a life in which they are not indebted to their sins,will believe that there is such a man. It has been reinforced in their life. They will hoot and holler and praise this man because that behavior has beenmodeled to them in the past and hasn't been punished. Society and academia attempts to punish this behavior. I believe that is what I am going through.
I just feel that there is more out there. One question BA or Determinism can not answer is how we got here. Who was the first man? Who started the big bang? That uncertainty keep me agnostic, for the time being. I hope to one day become a believer again.
What made you a skeptic?
This past semester my faith has been tested. I'm not sure if I believe in Christ or God or Heaven. I feel like I should because it was ingrained in mefrom birth, but having an education changed my outlook. Now, I look to those who still believe like they are crazy for believing in something that can not beproven empirically. We can't observe God or Christ, we can only go on what is said in the Bible and other readings, but even that is said to be written byman, "inspired" by God. I don't know. I just don't want to go about it haphazardly any longer.
You see, I have a psychology course in behavior analysis, which attempts to use only observed behavior to control and improve behavior. It does not go insidethe body. There are no spirits or feelings or thoughts. They all are hypothetical constructs that we as a society put in there, but they aren't needed.We can talk about what is being observed and get the same results. Hence, a theory called Determinism. In Determinism given the events of the world,one's behavior can be predicted. Their learning history up until this point, will predict how they will behave next. Behavior which has been punished inthe past, will become extinguished; that behavior which has been reinforced, will continue to occur. There is no Christ in BA. There is just behavior. Andif you look at it from that standpoint, our behavior is being controlled continuously at every wakening hour. So those who were brought up that there was aman who came to the world to die for their sins, died for their sins, which would allow for them to live a life in which they are not indebted to their sins,will believe that there is such a man. It has been reinforced in their life. They will hoot and holler and praise this man because that behavior has beenmodeled to them in the past and hasn't been punished. Society and academia attempts to punish this behavior. I believe that is what I am going through.
I just feel that there is more out there. One question BA or Determinism can not answer is how we got here. Who was the first man? Who started the big bang? That uncertainty keep me agnostic, for the time being. I hope to one day become a believer again.
What made you a skeptic?
