tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post5215932234793990259..comments2023-11-26T03:12:41.128-05:00Comments on C.R.A.P.: Faithnotanillusionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11950738178858717020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post-87062300064209007422009-05-24T15:11:23.771-05:002009-05-24T15:11:23.771-05:00Well written Ang. As Kathy's converting to Judiasm...Well written Ang. As Kathy's converting to Judiasm, it's caused me to reflect much in that same way you have.<br /><br />Spirituality is a forever shaping journey with no end. Sometimes we need it, other times we don't. Whatever makes our world go round, so long as it doesn't hurt another is what it's all about.<br /><br />Kudos.Fish-mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post-77767255124614560062009-04-01T15:35:00.000-05:002009-04-01T15:35:00.000-05:00This is something we've touched on before in our c...This is something we've touched on before in our conversations, darling, but I wanted to comment anyway. <BR/><BR/>First of all, don't mix up organized religion and spirituality. I truly feel like my spirituality has diminished not in the least since I stopped going to church 2 years ago. And it's not exactly something I advertise to my family. But God is still in my heart, even if going to church seems as useful to that part of me as playing the radio for a deaf kid. I just don't <I>hear</I> God in the Church anymore. And it's sad, because I can remember that once going without church for a couple of weeks made me hungry for the Word. And there is this residual guilt because I don't feel it the way I did, and that I'm not going to Mass anyway. There's a lot to it. But don't feel like your spirituality has to fit somewhere.Mary Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658675403318972719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post-34972587438095862702009-03-24T09:59:00.000-05:002009-03-24T09:59:00.000-05:00I was raised more areligious - did the Baptist chu...I was raised more areligious - did the Baptist church thing until I was 10 or so and then just kind of, meh, and I came to figure things out for myself, how they make sense to me. And that is constantly evolving: the more I learn, the more what makes sense tends to change. But I feel like there is a universal "something" bigger out there, and that all the different religions are just using different terminology, different specifics, to describe the same big "something."<BR/><BR/>People have different learning styles and different ways of expressing themselves, why not different ways to experience faith? Parents raise their kids according to what the specific kids need to be able to understand what the parents are trying to say. And I think God (or Whatever) is big enough that He understands that, too.Karynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481484074210475160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post-27414300463027908882009-03-22T07:49:00.000-05:002009-03-22T07:49:00.000-05:00I feel similarly. Especially about there being "n...I feel similarly. Especially about there being "no wrong". I mean, are we really supposed to believe that only one branch of religion (the one that got it "right") gets the free pass? St. Peter is at the pearly gates saying "Sorry, you were wrong. Better luck next time. Down you go!" No way. I feel like if you try to be a good person and you believe in something, whether it be religion, evolution, whatever, that's enough.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199324961244085710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4568522076987365312.post-56359481359586827232009-03-19T21:01:00.000-05:002009-03-19T21:01:00.000-05:00hey - revolution posted on twitter about your blog...hey - revolution posted on twitter about your blog and i wanted to say hi (like you asked)! i could have written this myself. word for word, almost. have you found a church or anything where you live?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com