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Maedhros

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38. You may want to revise how you interact with people on the Internet.

Tue Apr 1, 2014, 12:36 PM

Apr 2014

Last edited Tue Apr 1, 2014, 02:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Your current approach is off-putting.

/ignore.

ON EDIT: Those Mormons you were denigrating are my family. You know nothing about them, and nothing about me. To assume that I am condoning actions of the Mormon Church by showing respect for the beliefs of my family members is asinine. Not every individual of a church can be painted with the same broad brush. Do you believe that all Muslims are bomb-throwing caricatures? Every Catholic is a child molester? Does expressing respect for individual Muslims or Catholics automatically mean that I condone terrorism or pedophilia?

I'll answer that for you - NO!

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Spiritual but Not Religious an Oxymoron? [View all] cbayer Mar 2014 OP

depends how one defines spiritual. Deep13 Mar 2014 #1

I think the article points out that it is much more complex than that. cbayer Mar 2014 #2

Of course it does skepticscott Mar 2014 #3

My thoughts exactly. silverweb Mar 2014 #14

"Spiritual" is a word with diaphanous meaning. immoderate Mar 2014 #9

creates a danger of the fallacy of equivocation... Deep13 Mar 2014 #32

One doesn't need religion pscot Mar 2014 #4

Perhaps for some, religion is the right kind of mushroom. cbayer Mar 2014 #5

Transcendence is central to Zen pscot Mar 2014 #6

And I think that is why many may call themselves spiritual but not religious. cbayer Mar 2014 #7

Indeed pscot Mar 2014 #8

Many paths, pscot. Many paths. cbayer Mar 2014 #10

Poetry can be spiritual. I always found this so, in a sense. pinto Mar 2014 #13

One of my favorites as well. cbayer Mar 2014 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author pinto Mar 2014 #30

Was always fascinated with dervish, wondering where they "went". Or what it meant to them. pinto Mar 2014 #16

To me, "spiritual" = "metaphysical." Maedhros Mar 2014 #11

I think your definition of religion is one endorsed by many. cbayer Mar 2014 #12

My personal objection to religion? Maedhros Mar 2014 #17

Religionist - a term that focuses on zealots, not to cbayer Mar 2014 #18

Absolutely. I have great respect for a great number of religious people in my life. Maedhros Mar 2014 #19

"Just because I don't follow their path to enlightenment does not make their paths invalid." cbayer Mar 2014 #20

Likewise! Maedhros Mar 2014 #21

YES WE SHOULD!!! cbayer Mar 2014 #22

The fact that there are many different paths skepticscott Mar 2014 #23

Clearly. However, I am in no position to tell someone else what is and is not a valid path Maedhros Mar 2014 #24

And yet you are so deep into that deference skepticscott Mar 2014 #25

I'm not really following your line of thought. Maedhros Mar 2014 #28

As I said, you're very deep into the deference skepticscott Mar 2014 #31

What the hell are you talking about? Maedhros Apr 2014 #35

You said on the one hand skepticscott Apr 2014 #37

You may want to revise how you interact with people on the Internet. Maedhros Apr 2014 #38

Yes, I'm well aware skepticscott Apr 2014 #40

I'm an atheist, you fool. Maedhros Apr 2014 #43

As I said skepticscott Apr 2014 #45

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And the bogus claim that "all paths are equal" skepticscott Apr 2014 #48

In the space of one short sub thread skepticscott Apr 2014 #49

I wasn't supporting the Mormon Church. Maedhros Apr 2014 #44

The Mormon church skepticscott Apr 2014 #47

What do you think about the Hobby Lobby case? n/t trotsky Apr 2014 #33

It's ridiculous. One's religious beliefs cannot exempt one from the law.[n/t] Maedhros Apr 2014 #34

Ah, I see. trotsky Apr 2014 #36

I was speaking of my own beliefs with regard to spritual matters. Maedhros Apr 2014 #39

Yep, clearly you weren't thinking of that. trotsky Apr 2014 #41

Hey - I'm inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt because of your user name, Maedhros Apr 2014 #42

It's an insult to challenge your thinking? trotsky Apr 2014 #50

Apparently skepticscott Apr 2014 #51

One person's spirituality. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #26

Seems fine to me. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2014 #27

I like the distinctions you make an definitions you use. cbayer Mar 2014 #29