Delicate_Catastrophe Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Okay, my real answer... I am Wiccan, but in an atheistic sense. I do not worship Gods or Goddesses. I don't even worship nature. I honor respect and care most about nature, even revere it, but I don't call anything that I do worship. I also have Taoistic tendancies, but from a philosophical standpoint, not a religious one. This meshes with my Pagan/Wiccan beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubilant Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 See avatar :-) I'm only comfortable calling myself an atheist on this site. My dh and children know that I'm an atheist but I don't make it a point or even feel the need to say "I am an atheist" to those around me. The only reason we even question god is because a belief in god has been around since ancient times. What if I'd never heard of god? What would I look up at the sky at night and think if I had never heard of god? What would I think about a beautiful field of green grass decorated with a various array of flowers, if I had never heard of god? A tree that stands tall, all the geometric shapes in nature? I'd probably just look up and think one of two things..."What an amazing earth on which I live, I haven't a clue how all of this happened but I think I'll try and find out how." Or "What an amazing planet I live in, I don't know how or why I am here but I'm going to enjoy the ride while I am." And no one would say that I was against god, or evil, or didn't have anything, or was a sinner, simply for stating either of those and that is how it should be now. As of now, choice two is where I stand. If no one on earth had ever heard of god, it wasn't even a question and someone asked "What are you?" I would say, "I'm a wife, mother, and home educator...and you?" No labels, no need to even have them, we would just simply be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroikaze Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I consider myself to be pretty much an Atheist, with leanings toward philosophical Taoism and Confucianism. I also like some Buddhist philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Wiccan Freemason. Sounds like a contradiction, but I believe in a divine source - about which I can say nothing intelligent. Because as soon as I say what it is then it is not then it can't be the source. When the source manifests as the Gods and Goddesses, then I can start hanging attributes on them. (So when asked if I believed in a Supreme Being, I can answer yes.) I guess it could be thought of as Qabbalist in the sense of Kether, Chochma, Binah. Sort of. Maybe. I make every effort to be kind, generous, noble, accepting and understanding. And of course I fall flat on my face regularly. Now that I am not a Christian, I feel as if I have permission to make mistakes without the fear of eternal punishment, and the responsibility to put right what I made go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyReligion Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I'm an Atheist, but I don't like that word. It has been so stigmatized that it almost sounds ugly. So I consider myself a non believer in the supernatural. Granted, I'm not absolutely certain that there is no God. And I'm secure in the fact that I might be wrong(pretty certain that it ain't the one in the Bible). However, there is more evidence against there being a God than there is for one. My big question is, why do we have all of these planets and ONE(that we know of)has life? If I were God I would have populated all of them. What I do believe in are dreams. I think after we die we go into an eternal dream state...like the Matrix or something. To me that explains near death experiences. I think human beings are so highly intelligent that we have to figure out a way to explain everything. I guess that is our big thing. Really, I no longer care what happens when I die because my need to live in the moment surpasses that. Me, I love the fact that I evolved from this world. We are natural fixtures of this planet...So, if anything, nature and the universe are my gods. I revere them highly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycorth Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 B for Beelzebub! Next time, try Allah. Or Abbadon. At the very least, it's a fun word to say. Abbadon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shana Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I am a druid, and a celtic shamanist(that term shamanist just means a shaman in training) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalidasa Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Atheist with a decidedly Wiccan bent. And once I'm out on my own, I'm becoming a fully-fledged Wiccan - it's what I feel most comfortable with. My only obstacle is my parents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnosis of Disbelief Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I'm more or less an atheist. While I can't absolutely prove that no higher power exists, I am convinced that if such a power does exist, it is either indifferent to the fate of human beings, or it is downright malevolent towards them. Either way, if it did exist, I would have no reason to worship it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Misanthrope Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am agnostic, but greatly attached to Buddhism (those who've read up on Buddhism will see the irony of that statement ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue elephant Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am an athiest, but I find some of the Buddhist and Hindu teachings are useful for developing a calmer state of mind. The "gods" in these traditions I see more as visualisations of personal qualities or psychological states... or whatever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Sort of agnostic pagan though I've been intersted in Wicca, Druidry, Heathenry, Taoism, Native American spirituality, LaVeyan Satanism and Chaos Magic at various stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartP Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I'm more or less an atheist. While I can't absolutely prove that no higher power exists, I am convinced that if such a power does exist, it is either indifferent to the fate of human beings, or it is downright malevolent towards them. Either way, if it did exist, I would have no reason to worship it. What he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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