/lit/ - Literature

>>16158523
>Are you American, by chance?
No, European and Roman Catholic by birth.

>What exactly would it mean to "Have faith" for you?
Conviction of belief, which I have of certain beliefs already (though historically I realize they are subject to change as I read and learn more). However, none of my beliefs adhere to the general standards of the traditional religions. I am closer to the understanding of Spinoza and Kant than (M) Buddha and Jesus. In this sense, acceptance of a religious figure is akin to studying and emulating a moral figure of the human, rather than outsourcing morality to an external supernatural authority. In this sense I wouldn't be accepted by the church - so I wonder how people can have the knowledge of the rationalists/empiricists but still turn to the acceptance of divine moral law/divine command theory.

TL;DR - I don't rationally understand how people can accept divine command theory given that there are plenty of valid criticisms against it. I wonder if I have missed some key persuading information that grounds other people to their beliefs - and I would like to know this information.