Comments on: Spiritual Pathways

By: Banky

Banky — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:17:15 +0000

I let go of a belief in God a couple of years ago. I became serious about my spiritual path about 4 years ago and it was a fairly slow progression if you look at slow being a year or two. I just realized I didnt need God to explain the mysteries of life anymore and that its more important for religion to preach its centuries old dogma than to encourage its followers to continue along with a crooked, long and winding spiritual path.

Question whatever you’ve been taught and take delight in the different answers that await you.

By: WOOKIELUV

WOOKIELUV — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:19:29 +0000

Equation? When was it you came to point in your life that you didn’t believe in god? Was it a slow progression, media, friends, family or was it an instance? Did you ever believe in a god?

By: Donna W

Donna W — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:28:39 +0000

The search is important, and amazing. I was raised in the (rather narrow-minded) Church of Christ. No pianos, no instruments when we sang, and everybody else was going to hell. I was agnostic for awhile. Then amazingly became Pentecostal.

Now I attend various churches sporadically, but can’t really tell you WHAT kind of Christian I am. I’ve learned to love the rosary. I’ve also found that in my old age, I love some things about my previously abandoned Church of Christ.

Go figure.

By: Banky

Banky — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:40:09 +0000

Atheists can bring the same message of hope and love. The Dalai Lama is a wonderful example of that. I base much of my spirituality on the fact that we are all connected. I can respect that you work on the assumption that God may be the glue that binds us. For me God just doesn’t fit into the equation.

By: logtar

logtar — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:43:10 +0000

Logtar approves of emawkc’s message!

As for Banky… BLASPHEMY! StarWars is the end all path to the FORCE!

You are right Banky, it has a lot to do with were you grew up. My spiritual journey has actually been traveled and I actually came back to Catholicism because it feels not only familiar but part of who I am and became. That is not to say that I do not respect atheism, or any other choice… I can be as cynical about religion as the next guy, but I chose to once in a while try to bring a message of hope and love.

By: emawkc

emawkc — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:43:02 +0000

I agree that spirituality is a search for a larger truth (or “meaning” as I think Logtar put it). But I would submit that the actual discovery of truth/meaning is not as important as the search for same.

In fact, I’m not so sure that the discovery of the ultimate truth is even possible. It is the search, however, that leads to the kind of evolution you mention.

It is when we give up searching and trying that we are in danger of becoming nihilistic or falling into a kind of spiritual entropy.