Having The Courage Of One's Convictions

[poliphilo]

I was telling Keith about reincarnation and angels and ETs and so on- and clearly he thought it was nonsense so I was adopting an ironic, jokey tone and then I suddenly heard what I was doing and said, "I don't know why I'm laughing because this is what I actually  believe."

Comments

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Hah - I've been there a few times! Insidious, isn't it?

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

Good for you.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Good! It's so hard to keep up the inner fortitude to say, "I do actually believe this, no matter what you might think."

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

This happens to me, too. Maybe it will be better in our NEXT life. ;-)

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

It's hard, sometimes, isn't it? I can sympathize.

I find I've sadly gotten into the habit of simply not talking about such things with almost anyone, unless I get a feel that they are open to it - which is a shame, I think.

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Over here, because of the Catholic angle, they're absolutely obsessed, the atheists. It wearies me sometimes, this determination to erase any trace of all that might be numinous or beyond human understanding. I know about science, thank you very much. I am no fool.

Many people of calibre do not believe there is such thing as coincidence.

[matrixmann]

Find it hard to talk about these things when you're a totally non-believer. Because these days a lot of people carry beliefs around about supernatural powers protecting them from above.