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Let's talk about fear

Discussion in 'Religion & Spirituality Forum' started by hasbeen99, May 4, 2004.

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    WOW. That's what I've thought all along about God and Christianity. Without Christianity, there would be no God. There are higher powers for sure, but I don't think it is a thinking, rational being of any sort or manner. More like electrical pulses of "good" and "evil" - names given by man to categorize things neatly.

    I don't fear not having the Christian God in my life any more than I fear not knowing Allah, Buddha, Zues, Poseidon, or Athena. I have my own inner being to handle my fears. Rational thinking is more opportunistic to me than the idea of something I can't see, touch, or experience is there to take care of everything if I speak to it on bent knees.
     
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    Men are driven by a need to worship something higher than themselves. When things get out of control, they want to point the finger at someone other than their brothers. Not all people need to feel a higher power and that's where atheism fits into the whole picture.

    You sound like an atheist. Believing in your own power over some fictional character. =)
     
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    I'm confused -- can you explain to me how your goddesses can be higher powers if they're dependent on you to exist? :thinking:
     
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    I never said they were higher powers.
     
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    Sorry -- my bad. So you believe in higher power other than your goddesses?
     
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    Absolutely.......NOT. =)
     
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    Then why did you say it was comforting to believe in a higher power? :thinking:
     
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    To some people it is comforting. To me, it's comforting, but I don't believe that a higher power exists and works the Wheel of Life (greek) for me. I believe in my own decisions.....in a way, I'm a pagan atheist.
     
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    please define your understanding of the word goddess.
     
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    Goddess = a female deity
     

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