tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735502017925506886.post3481491696929476260..comments2023-06-19T04:06:44.023-04:00Comments on Citizen of Oa: Ghost Storytomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01323189067688202750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735502017925506886.post-89682051370093983242010-08-05T10:25:35.830-04:002010-08-05T10:25:35.830-04:00See the May entry "Atheism--My Path." I...See the May entry "Atheism--My Path." It's not a Road to Damascus story -- no big revelation moment or sudden epiphany. It was just a short hop from not being able to accept Hell to finding no need for a God to explain existence.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323189067688202750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735502017925506886.post-21536622251517481442010-08-01T19:37:15.738-04:002010-08-01T19:37:15.738-04:00I don't know if it is blog worthy. If it is al...I don't know if it is blog worthy. If it is already here point me to it, but I'd love to hear your path to atheism. A new term was introduced to me recently Ignostic with an "I" yes. I was raised Lutheran, but it never was a big deal. I went the obligatory teen atheistic, siting the weak traditional contradictions many people know. (those easily refuted by older wiser scholars) I realized I was more just anti Christian, pro anything that wasn't so doom heavy for all the fun stuff. sex drugs rock and roll. so my path to paganism was easy. Now I can not deny a sense of spirituality, nor the practical use of myth as outlined by Campbell. but as the debates for gay rights and Evolution rage in our streets and class rooms, i read deeper and while so far Paganism seems relatively dogma free, and willing to express it's weaknesses... atheism, or maybe Ignosticism looms on my practical horizon. As a magician there isn't much I've seen para-normally I can't explain. Nor with common sense science or psychology are many psychic events beyond practical sensibilities. And yet my nerd need for "fae magic" and my sci-fi need for wonder leave small doors of "what if" open that allow me to hold onto a smidge of but what about.... and so while keeping a firm grip on reality I tease the waters of the irrational, I like ceremony, I like ritual. I like that free falling sense of "magic"<br />maybe it's no more then positive self talk wrapped in smoke and candles, but wish-craft....hmmmEdwin Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876122926945629202noreply@blogger.com