[lbo-talk] Question re: Religion vs "spirituality"

[boddi satva]

Oh sure, I invoke His name all the time. I was wondering why I do. I
know I don't believe in a Creator, but I think I would very much like
there to be a Narrator up there somewhere.

boddi

On 12/5/05, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> boddi satva wrote:
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> >I don't know, it seems to me most of the time people assert God into
> >their arguments without specifying the qualities of the God they
> >hypothesize. It's not enough to say, for example, "a creator". You
> >have to hypothesize how this God might have created. Most of the time
> >people seem to posit "a creator with all the powers He needed to do
> >whatever I think He did but in a way which is invisible" and that's
> >ridiculous.
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> But sometimes it's very useful. Like you're coming and you say "Oh God,
> Oh God, Oh God!!!"
> because that way there's no chance of getting anyone's name wrong and
> hurting feelings, and no one will get offended.
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> Joanna
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