tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post5635657278699226642..comments2023-10-25T11:26:59.760+01:00Comments on Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker): A small rant on the theist/non-theist continuumMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-77138509172300704902010-07-14T01:15:55.495+01:002010-07-14T01:15:55.495+01:00I'm not sure how this relates, but it startled...I'm not sure how this relates, but it startled me how quickly the conversation at the theaologies interest group turned into "to what extent I/my meeting is or isn't Christian," as if the defining quality of theaological (I like this spelling, thanks for teaching it!) thought and identity is the acceptance or rejection of Christianity. It works for me in a really limited, Kody Gabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06854767742535483301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-79975915253270459092010-07-14T08:11:37.292+01:002010-07-14T08:11:37.292+01:00Stasa, thank you for this - it spoke to my conditi...Stasa, thank you for this - it spoke to my condition. As a pantheist, I am also in the position of being 'somewhere along the theist/non-theist continuum' (I'd say 'the world' or 'the universe' rather than 'Earth' but we must be quite close on this point). I really agree that in the context of the Society of Friends, the distinction is often meaningless - when rhiannonproblematisinghttp://rhiannonproblematising.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-16829560300538648282010-07-14T12:16:35.344+01:002010-07-14T12:16:35.344+01:00Wow. All that's left, I think, is, "Frien...Wow. All that's left, I think, is, "Friend speaks my mind."<br><br>I love it that you're here, thinking and sharing your thoughts, Staṡa. Thank you!Weavre Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-37446215858639571802010-07-14T19:18:42.356+01:002010-07-14T19:18:42.356+01:00Spot on, Stasa. (I also love the comments.)Spot on, Stasa. (I also love the comments.)Hysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-33646809109774112972010-07-14T20:53:21.745+01:002010-07-14T20:53:21.745+01:00You have also spoken for me in this "rant&quo...You have also spoken for me in this "rant" :) I suspect I am closer to the theism side of the continuum than you are, but I am still very much in the middle. Sometimes, as I pray, my scientific brain freaks out and wonders who or what I think I am talking to. Do I really believe in a personal god who can listen, comfort or pave the way for me? Or am I just soothing my own self? Then IAlysshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820396354932192545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-53769030452680937592010-07-21T19:28:53.111+01:002010-07-21T19:28:53.111+01:00Kody, yes, we really wanted to stay in our heads a...Kody, yes, we really wanted to stay in our heads at first, didn't we? And then in our Meetings' / communities' experiences, rather than our own personal experiences? And yet at the same time, people were talking about our deep need and desire for space to talk about our own personal experience. I'm not so sure it's the fear of talking about that experience, as the fear to staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-34729319160759871252010-07-21T19:47:24.150+01:002010-07-21T19:47:24.150+01:00Rhiannon, that makes tons of sense to me. Part of...Rhiannon, that makes tons of sense to me. Part of my struggle is in getting people to see the frames in which they ask their questions, the set of assumptions from which they ask their questions, which prompt their questions. I often feel like that's the first step in answering their question -- or the five pre-steps before beginning to answer their question. (Right now, I'm feeling staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-52256991515409529302010-07-21T19:52:46.429+01:002010-07-21T19:52:46.429+01:00Weavre, Hystery, thanks. I appreciate the encoura...Weavre, Hystery, thanks. I appreciate the encouragement! <br><br>I know I'm very much enjoying the comment conversation! (I love it when people have good conversations in the comments.) <br><br>Alyss, my scientific brain often hiccups, and then sometimes sputters, over this stuff. Then going dancing or for a long walk in the woods is a good idea. Also, Einstein and Lucretia Mott are staśahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.com