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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:04 PM Original message |
Agnostic Awakening |
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corporatemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you also a humanist? |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes! |
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corporatemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I prefer to describe myself as humanist rather than agnostic because ... |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. agnostic of some years here. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Ehrman's book is about theodicy. What theologians call |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. well, I've read a lot of your posts |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I consider myself religious |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Thanks for sharing MrWiggles. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I consider myself an agnostic atheistic |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I did not know you could be both. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. You can be both because the terms measure different things |
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BeachBaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. I know how you feel, elshiva. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thank you. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. You might want to read _Job:The Victim of His People_ by Rene Girard |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Ehrman does deal with Job. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I'd recommend this essay by Girard on the Book of Job. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been agnostic for about eight years now. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. "How can someone not question everything?" |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Agnostic here. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's understandable. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is that a big change from what you thought/believed before? |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes. I used to be totally sure that there was a God. |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-11-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Personally, I'm still a believer |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
23. congrats. My wife and I consider ourselves "optimistic agnostics" |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm a diagnostic |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. my cat is not agnostic |
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