Comments on: God

By: Sophie in the Moonlight

Sophie in the Moonlight — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:32:00 +0000

I don't like saying god unless I'm swearing. I think it is my ultimate rebellion against the fire and brimstone god of my pentacostal upbringing.

I use different words to describe different aspects. I say "thank Goddess" instead of "Thank God". I commune with Mother Earth and I'm in awe of her fertility and her fortitude. When I think of the afterlife or of a heavenly sort of guiding presence, I call it the collective conscience. I think we all stop there to add our experiences and share with other spirits before we are reincarnated back here. Assuming of course that we still have lessons to learn back here in corporeal form.

However, I am a weirdo. I'm a reformed former fundamentalist seeking to make sense of my instinct for wholeness and fullness in the spirit. I cannot follow a set of rules for a corporate church's belief system. So I read a lot and listen to my spirit and the world around me and come up with what makes sense to me and encourages me to be a better person. I'm a do-it-myself pagan buddhist.
Praise the Goddess:)

By: Mantramine

Mantramine — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Really? You are inspiring the "what is god?" question in me? Are we allowed to do that?

I thought I wasn't blogging as much. so much for that

One god blog coming up (sometime soon)

By: bella

bella — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000

This was really interesting and hit home for me.
For a long time I couldn't bring myself to use the word god. I would say the Divine or Spirit.
And lately, for reasons I don't even fully know I've found myself using the god word again. It does not mean the god of a particular religion. But for me, somehow saying Spirit started to feel so ethereal, mystical, when what I really feel is that I know and experience god through the people I live with and daily life, the profane even. So here I am, saying god.
It's a hard one though. And I enyoyed hearing your thoughts.

By: CHATTI PATTI

CHATTI PATTI — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:58:00 +0000

You're stepping into places where your heart may be tugging you towards. However you reach it, however you intrepret it, whatever you do, do it at your own comfort level and pace. In seeking, you will find. Find what feels "right" to you. God knows our intentions and our hearts.

By: thejunkyswife

thejunkyswife — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:10:00 +0000

My problem with the "God" word is similar to yours in that it invites conversations with people that I don't want to have, and it makes people believe things I don't want to believe. I try to protect that word from situations where people will further complicate it for me.

By: Mama Zen

Mama Zen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:25:00 +0000

I still believe in the basic tenets of the organized religion in which I grew up, but I've come to accept that a lot of what we refer to as "religion" is man made and flawed. The space between is where I try to work out my own relationship with God. Does that make any sense at all?

By: Velvet Verbosity

Velvet Verbosity — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:13:00 +0000

You more or less nailed it for me. Though I've been thinking about it all day, and I think perhaps I might have to write my own post about it.

Stay tuned...

Oh, and I'm hoping the next post is the one on pornography...(Velvet Verbosity waiting with eyes wide and hands clasped)

By: Wayward Son

Wayward Son — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:25:00 +0000

I think that "God" is everything. The catch is, though, that I can only connect to "God" from within. Yet, if I look or take the time to notice, I see God outwardly everywhere. Go figure.

I am betting that "God" thinks we get to caught up in labels.

By: Recovery Discovery

Recovery Discovery — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:36:00 +0000

I wrote about the God of my lack of understanding here: http://discoveringrecovering.blogspot.com/search?q=lack+of+understanding

But then you know that already. Jay shared the story from the Kabbalah, and you said you were gonna get around to blogging about your understanding. Guess this is the post.

By: Katy Tukcer

Katy Tukcer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:17:00 +0000

@slutty mcwhore: It depends, I suppose, on how you view God as working. A Brazilian street child could find that believing in someone caring about her is what she needs to get by. I also have a hard time believing that faith is all that is needed or that God is some sort of being that will work with me for my success.

I'm struggling with what I believe. I was raised in the United Church of Canada (a pretty damn liberal church) and I often wonder if I just say I believe because it makes me feel better. I think that religion, like any other belief system, can be used for good or for ill (Communist Russia had no ordained god but they still managed to kill a shitload of people). Relating the feeling I get when I'm at a really good church service or when I view an amazing cathedral to God is as close as I can get to acknowledging that other people throughout time have felt this pull and given it a name. That name is the best I can do at this point.