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I knew you two would get along. :D

Huston Smith describes science that has become a religion - 'scientism'. It's the attitude that science can and does provide every answer we need. Not all scientists are scientismists. lol. Doesnt' flow very well does it? :rolleyes:

Based on the criteria you've provided, I currently fall into the follower category. I'm defitely working towards the disciple category. I don't know if I'd ever reach the apostle category. Being a homeless, penniless wandering preacher doesn't seem to be my calling. :)

1. If you had one wish, what would it be? - Better health 2. Would you like be nerdy and trade playing cards while wearing a pocket protector and taped glasses? - No. Though I love "Revenge of the Nerds." 3. If the you from the day before you die came and visited yourself today....what...

Exactly what I was thinking. :)

I hate to use the term Pharasaical, but that is what I mean. Someone who sticks to the letter of the law, but misses it's spirit. My uncle was that way.

1. What kind of insect would you be? - Dragonfly 2. Which would you rather be: The wave washing up on the wavy sand, or the wavy sand? - The Wave 3. Would you rather fly or swim? - Swim, I think. 1- Which would you rather be: The wave washing up on the wavy sand, or the wavy sand? 2 -...

Wow. That is tenacious. My friend was never quite that bad, thank goodness. Although my uncle (now DF'd) was. The family would go out to a movie and dinner on Christmas and he'd bring along a supply of tracts to hand out to the waitresses and staff. Someone would wish him a 'Merry Christmas' and...

Heh. I always hated approaching someone in their yard or in their garage. It was obvious they were just getting home or just leaving, and I thought it very rude. My "pioneer" (full time preacher) partner would never let me off, however. She was fearless. Drove me nuts. :rolleyes:

Let all the brothers, however, preach by their deeds. - St Francis

I considered Baha'i for a while, but never did more than that. Don't know why. Must have gotten sidetracked by something else. :rolleyes: I used to be a Borg-apalian, but am not any longer. I owe him a huge debt though. Through his writings and through my conversations at TCPC, I have been...

I was actually thinking about this last night, after my post in the Judaism forum. The serpent is given pretty much equal weight in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures as both a positive and a negative force. Hmmmm.

I've been meaning to do this and since Luna encouraged it, here I am. Let's see. My name is Aletheia, I'm female, married and in my upper 30's. :rolleyes: My religious history is quite varied. I was raised somewhat Mormon and JW, by osmosis. My father and all of his side of the family are...

Dory is my HERO! And I speak whale too. My husbands tummy is rather fluent as well. I notice your location is in The Rockies. Mine too. The Mormon side. How about you?

Beautifully put.

What got me thinking down this road was actually a poem by EE Cummings, which has a line in it about "a tree called life" (which I do not think has anything to do with God, but could be wrong). Anyway, it hit me that eating of the tree could be symbolic for life - being born, dealing with the...

It was very strange, cross posting like that. I post my comment to Luna and then see your comment about the ice lake. I KNEW you were talking to me, but I thought "That just looks off." No big deal. I'll have to dig up Yancey's quote later and post it in context. (This all sounds very...

I enjoyed the book as a piece of religious fiction. The same way I enjoy the Harry Potter series (although I like Harry more). :p LOL. I never thought about the XX thing. I imagine that God could create whatever chromosome 'he' wanted to in order to incarnate. I appreciate the EO view that God...

The Teaching Company has a lecture series on Dante that I keep meaning to order. I think it covers both The Divine Comedy and Inferno. And :D I deleted the comment about the glacier in my response to Luna cause it seemed a little out of place, what with the inferno and ice lake and all.

You are welcome Luna. You can call me AR, or Allie (John does), or Aletheia. No need to type the whole thing out. :D I like the symbolism of God being a River of Being rather than a Ground of Being.