Do you believe in a higher power?
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I already stated I was atheist. I raised by a Christian (not a bible thumper, doesn't go to church,etc). She is actually more agnostic I suppose, but she does call herself christian, and my grandmother is very christian and goes to church. She raised us to have a mind of our own, and believe what we want to believe. She taught ua about many religions, and let us make up our own minds.
I live in California. Most of my friends are also atheists...except a close friend of mine who is Catholic..and raised by a very catholic family. (She doesn't go to church..and doesn't really do anything religious, or talk about it).
I live in California. Most of my friends are also atheists...except a close friend of mine who is Catholic..and raised by a very catholic family. (She doesn't go to church..and doesn't really do anything religious, or talk about it).
i like puting the word energy to it because i think it explains it better, i dont belive theres some big being in the sky watching us in everything we do and guiding us...
but i do feel theres this "life force", this energy that is the same in everyone and everything and surrounds us. for those that want to feel it they can/do and call it what they will, god, buddah, the flying spghettie monster...
i belive this energy can be mildly manipulated by those more attuned to it...not in the holiwood kind of way but more a subtle "magic"
i also belive that this energy is never ending (electricity never dies it just moves on) and was here before the universe will be hear after the universe and was the spark that started life...that life being minute microscopic organisms which eventually eevoled into life as we know it...
i belive there was a man named jesus with some very wonderfull ideas, do i belive he was the only offspring of some great and powerfull creator being? no...
I do belive however we all have that "energy" within us...
I like how rufus put it in dogma...about having IDEAS because ideas are easy to change
i do call myself an eclectic pagan. beyond that...labels dont work for what i feel.
all i know is that when im surrounded by trees i feel a peek in a special kind of energy, the sound of the ocean fills me with a feeling of power ect.I voted that i do belive because i belive in SOMETHING...whether that something fits into anyones traditional veiw of god...*shrugs* lol
but i do feel theres this "life force", this energy that is the same in everyone and everything and surrounds us. for those that want to feel it they can/do and call it what they will, god, buddah, the flying spghettie monster...
i belive this energy can be mildly manipulated by those more attuned to it...not in the holiwood kind of way but more a subtle "magic"
i also belive that this energy is never ending (electricity never dies it just moves on) and was here before the universe will be hear after the universe and was the spark that started life...that life being minute microscopic organisms which eventually eevoled into life as we know it...
i belive there was a man named jesus with some very wonderfull ideas, do i belive he was the only offspring of some great and powerfull creator being? no...
I do belive however we all have that "energy" within us...
I like how rufus put it in dogma...about having IDEAS because ideas are easy to change
i do call myself an eclectic pagan. beyond that...labels dont work for what i feel.
all i know is that when im surrounded by trees i feel a peek in a special kind of energy, the sound of the ocean fills me with a feeling of power ect.I voted that i do belive because i belive in SOMETHING...whether that something fits into anyones traditional veiw of god...*shrugs* lol
(Maybe that "energy" is what Cesar Milan is talking about...?) :rofl1:
im the same way dekka, and yes personally woudl also consider that "at peace" feeling a spiritual thing.
ive personally talked to alot of people who are so concerned with the mainstream version of "religion" and "spirituality" that they dont realize that that wonderfull feeling they get when they sit outside under the sun and connect with themselves or the world around them...THAT is also a form of spirituality.
and paige, dont worry bout being thought of as a quack, theres enough "alternative spitituality" (as i think anyone that said i dunno but theres something should be called lol) people on this board that we could start our own little club
ive personally talked to alot of people who are so concerned with the mainstream version of "religion" and "spirituality" that they dont realize that that wonderfull feeling they get when they sit outside under the sun and connect with themselves or the world around them...THAT is also a form of spirituality.
and paige, dont worry bout being thought of as a quack, theres enough "alternative spitituality" (as i think anyone that said i dunno but theres something should be called lol) people on this board that we could start our own little club
All I can say is that I was at death's door when I was nine . I slept in my Dad's twin bed ( he was overseas ) when I heard my Mom on the phone crying as she was trying to arrange trying to get me to either Montreal or New york for some cure . My fever was over 104 and I prayed my heart out !!! The next morning it was normal ! I hadn't spoken for weeks and my Mom almost fainted when I said " Hi Mom ! I'm hungry " . I haven't doubted since then !!! Don't tell me prayer doesn't help !!! Look at Ali with cyber prayers !!
