Thread:GunjiBunny/@comment-24588058-20160720160118

I couldn't help but read the comments on the Sphinx's Nose, so I thought it might be a little more private to leave a message on your wall as opposed to the comments. I understand the value of religion, as I am religious myself (Catholic, to be precise). However, I try to be very careful involving religion in non-religious artifacts. The reason, of course, is as Per pointed out: the Bible isn't necessarily accurate.

I'm not saying the Bible is all myth, and I'm certainly not saying its all fact. I'd say most people of Catholic/Christian faith say the Bible has some myth and some fact. However, if you try to bring that out of religious artifacts (Sodom and Gommorrah Salt, Joshua's Trumpet, etc.), you may find that it may be subject to fact correction if it's wrong.

Researching the correct facts is important, and it doesn't necessarily go against your beliefs (most of the time). The Hebrew slaves may not have built the pyramids and sphinx, but it did happen. They were taken out of Egypt (although some scholars speculate that not all of them left with Moses). A different example: reading the book Killing Jesus, I got to see the factual side of the story. Although the Bible makes a few references the made it in, those events were supported by the Roman occupants at the time. Not only that, I learned some facts that the Bible didn't necessarily make clear to me (if you decide to read it, make sure you keep in mind that everything is fact-based, so anything that can't be confirmed with other sources is left out).

The nice thing to me is that I, partially out of self-protection, have made the mindset of my faith flexible. I avoid anything that is detrimental to my faith, but I'll hear out sources that may not necessarily be saying what lines up exactly with what I believe, but I'll also not count them out if they don't necessarily go against my core beliefs. I'll give you the best example that I have: God is an alien. On the surface, that seems to go against my belief. However, I look at it this way: God is not human, even if his son is. Clearly God has some amazing powers that we, and most likely other life in the universe (I doubt he'd create just us and leave us alone for all eternity) don't/can't possess. I believe he is an ascended alien, one with more powers than any other. He remains my God, and his power is without question. Whether he ends up being an alien or not makes no difference to me, since it doesn't interfere with my beliefs regardless of the outcome.

My point, if you've made it this far and I've been clear enough (happy to clarify anything confusing), is that your belief doesn't necessarily have to be one solid rock made of the hardest substance in the universe. It's okay to research facts, as long as you're not actively searching against your beliefs (researching slaves in Egypt, for example). And it's alright to hear other arguments or things from other denominations other than your own. What's most important is sticking to the core of your beliefs, even if your idea of how it all comes together changes. 