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June 2009 
If you had to pick another religion to practice, what would it be
Posted on Jan 12th, 2009
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tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for January 12, 2009:
I'm not capable of this. Sometimes I wish I were.
I don't really "believe" things, because then all things are equal and how would I choose? I sort of half believe, pretend believe, in lots of stuff - lucky underwear, knocking on wood, crossing my fingers, leprechauns, faeiries, elementals - but religion? No thank you. I was raised catholic and got over that quickly. I suppose in the broadest sense I'm agnostic - I hope that my consciousness is part of something bigger, maybe the god-blob theory I conceived when I was thirteen and doing acid for the first time, but if I'm part of something bigger then pretty much by definition I wouldn't be able to understand it, right? So either way, my job is to make the most out of this life, this consciousness, this experience, these connections, and not count on some unknowable something out there.
I'm sure god's got her arms crossed over her chest, rocking back on her heels and saying "gotcha!". Maybe we'll laugh about it later.
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those are my arms crossing her chest. Anyway, I think my mother named me Thomas because she knew I’d be the perfect doubter. I enjoyed reading this with my morning cup of joe.
god-blob theory? now I’m curious & thinking that wanting to make the most of it could likely have her giddy with joy. If not that, then the lucky underwear is bound to produce a lil giggle or two ;-)
giggling agnostic who wears lucky underwear and took acid in her youth – that’s me too. hi there tara/god-ess. :-)
I’ve talked about this before but am too lazy to look for it, so…god-blob theory = god needed some new input, broke off little bits which is us, we’re supposed to accumulate experience and new stuff and bring it back. Albert says this is gnosticism but I disagree, gnosticism is dualistic and this is decidedly not. By the time Debbie and I got the tent up we were both tripping wildly and of course I had a notebook. I always have a notebook. It was hard to read later though. It’s as close to religious belief as I can come.
Three years later I was starting college and Debbie, who is one of the smartest people ever, was working as a prostitute. Life is very strange.
omg Jeannie, that is soo far out! I think so too, I just wrote something yesterday about us being reference points for god to be able to marvel at her creation. I’m stunned!
Did you hear about the ad campaign on the buses in the UK called, “There’s probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Here’s the link http://www.humanism.org.uk/bus-campaign
omg! (oh my gaia!)
otter I love that link and the whole campaign. that’s absolutely fantastic.
jeannie – I have a very large tomb (oops - make that tome) bought on a whim sometime ago called the gnostic bible on my shelf. I have never read more than a page of it – right now I am going to the shelf and opening the book to a random page and setting my left pinkie finger on a random bit of stuff and here it is…..
from page 262, in the chapter called literature of gnostic wisdom
RULERS
The rulers [Archons] wanted to fool us,
since they saw we were connected with the good.
They took the names of the good
and gave them to the not good
so with names they could trick
and rope us to the not good.
As though doing us a favor,
they took names from the not good
and placed them on the good.
They knew what they were doing.
They wanted to grab those of us who were free
and make us eternal slaves.
hmmmmm. yes. seems somewhat dualistic and …… could Rumsfeld have written this?? hmmmm. no, it seems the book says this is from the Gospel of Philip. hmmmmm.
I like, “there’s probaby no god, so don’t worry and enjoy your life.” much better.
I think I am a sort of taoist, buddhist, humanist, atheist, agnostic – wannabe linguist. lol.
Dawn, I think you and I should start a church. I’m all those things too. Our Lady of Clever Words. Tara, are you in?
Otter, I passed that link along to my son - thank you for that! Maybe our imaginary church can start a bus campaign here.