tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post7094041422629431215..comments2023-11-03T06:26:00.486-07:00Comments on Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show: Prophetic AtheismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-48927898943079609582007-02-12T14:31:00.000-08:002007-02-12T14:31:00.000-08:00I completely agree, Joel! I was thrilled to see "...I completely agree, Joel! I was thrilled to see "alumna" used properly. You go, Miss Kitty.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-556790240879308012007-02-12T13:45:00.000-08:002007-02-12T13:45:00.000-08:00Miss Kitty, anybody who uses "alumna" correctly is...Miss Kitty, anybody who uses "alumna" correctly is all right in my book. It (you should pardon the expression) drives me to drink to hear somebody refer to himself as an "alumni" of somewhere. It's more irritating if the offender is a woman; at least a man could claim multiple personalities or something. :)Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238001380092215123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-80217777611167568842007-02-11T19:21:00.000-08:002007-02-11T19:21:00.000-08:00I really enjoyed this post; it reminds me of some ...I really enjoyed this post; it reminds me of some of my own thinking about God and wondering what he/she/it really is about. As I try to answer the "why?" questions in life, I keep walking down this path. And by the way: I'm an Al-Anon alumna, too. My experiences within that group helped shape and re-shape my experience of God.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this, Ms. K.Miss Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210249894351503887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-66331544950916903322007-02-10T20:09:00.000-08:002007-02-10T20:09:00.000-08:00Me? I believe in one God, the Father almighty, mak...Me? I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth... You can fill in the rest from memory, I expect. <BR/><BR/>But I guess you probably knew that. :)Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238001380092215123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-89190488628514054692007-02-10T15:50:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:50:00.000-08:00MHP, I appreciate your kind words. Seems like lif...MHP, I appreciate your kind words. Seems like life is sometimes one extended fitting together of contradictory and complementary ideas, isn't it? I wish you well in your journey. I can recommend the Unitarian Universalist congregations in the Denver area, having been a longtime member of Jefferson Unitarian in Golden. You might find companions on the path at one of them.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-42113850382573035142007-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:002007-02-10T13:12:00.000-08:00Ms. Kitty, what a glorious but brief way to discus...Ms. Kitty, what a glorious but brief way to discuss the wide and yet narrow understanding of the Divine! I can appreciate your insights while I toil through my own conflicted feelings about a Higher Power that simltaneously comforts me but "allows" horrible things to happen, both here with me and out there. I'm having a hard time coming back to Faith, and yet something still tells me that it's okay to simultaneously be pissed off and believe and challenge and accept all at the same time.Mile High Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276750909800945131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-326077299434807192007-02-09T18:01:00.000-08:002007-02-09T18:01:00.000-08:00Thank you for your thoughts, LF. I would add "pan...Thank you for your thoughts, LF. I would add "panentheistic" to your description. But I don't have a problem containing all these facets within my thinking about the power beyond human power (aka God). <BR/><BR/>I don't think I need to "re"think it; I think I need to continue to think about it, not in order to come up with a different definition but to add more clarity and substance to my understanding. <BR/><BR/>I am comfortable with all kinds of contradictions, at least in this area. <BR/><BR/>Oh well, what would you expect from a Gemini with a Myers-Briggs "J" rising?Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-43089477103983219102007-02-09T17:38:00.000-08:002007-02-09T17:38:00.000-08:00This appears to represent part of your thinking at...This appears to represent part of your thinking at a time which must have been terribly difficult. As I understand it, your passage implies two main aspects of God, one pantheistic, and the other very personal. This at first seems to be a problem, but in fact it is not unacceptable to observe aspects of a phenomenon which are mutually contradictory in terms of our present understanding. Such a contradiction tells us that we need to rethink our present understanding; it is a first step towards doing so.<BR/> My own present thinking overlaps your passage to some extent, in that it is partly pantheistic, and with a metaphorical component which is close to Einstein's comments about God, which often use traditional god-language but clearly refer to how the world works rather than to <BR/>someone who may respond to prayer. <BR/>I can respect and even envy your (at least then) more personal relationship to a deity indicated in the passage you quote, but I do not think that way. <BR/> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.com