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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:41 PM Original message |
Poll question: Poll: How is your spiritual development? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sold my soul |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL - I think I had a better car when I wasn't using my soul, too! |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. I believe god is the "good" that keeps man from destroying himself |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Good is found with or without god |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You must have meant to post that to someone else. |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Why Specifically god... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I think our separate CONCEPTS of God separate us, |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Thanks for helping out |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So you believe god is the force that causes good? |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. It's simply the force of mankind |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Couldn't the "goodness" simply be a social construct for our own survival. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. You can think of it like that if you wish |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I think that our free will allows us to choose to love others or not. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. and how did you measure that? |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
65. You wrote: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I agree with you, T.Grannie, about not being able to know the answer . |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. No, not the first ones |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Of course they have. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I like to think that they (the pharmacists) |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Not for long. |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Oh geez |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm a Deist now, and I'm under 40 |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. My beliefs have decreased. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm guessing that your experience is more common among |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Abe Lincoln said: |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. why must there be a higher power, as in a god? |
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cain_7777 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was raised Catholic, went to sunday school, and became Atheist |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
66. I find your post |
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TriSec (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was easy to follow dogma... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Hi TriSec! |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think it's rather easy to take your post as an insult. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hi, Trotsky - some people will be insulted no matter what. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OK, glad you are concerned for the feelings of others. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Don't let opinion bring you down. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My path is slightly different |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. A Course in Miracles |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Interesting. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That is rather curious... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'm not descending on you or on anyone who sees religious belief as |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Oh, I just intend on bookmarking this thread |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. It's OK by me, but Pat Robertson might have a different opinion. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Spirituality doesn't have much to do with God. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I disagree. I think spirituality has everything to do with a belief in God |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Buddhism is incompatible with the notion of God. |
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Buck Laser (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. My thoughts seem to keep evolving. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Thanks for your thoughts. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Dammit... I just answered that I was over 40... WTF?! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I keep coming back to the idea that God is Love. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I agree with you completely... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. "Ariels", by System of a Down - not a silly song by any means. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well, looks like the stats don't support your hypothesis, oh well. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I didn't posit a hypothesis, but if I had it would have been something |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yeh, I know about skewed stats, but if you went to a population rather |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. I have no spirituality in the religious sense |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Only the narrow view of spirituality is based on the supernatural. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. You are quite right |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Natural spirituality. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I like that description |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Very astute observation Buffy. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. We know the Earth is real. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I would characterize interdependence not as "fear of death," |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. Cool. Defining spirituality |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am over 40 and I have changed back and forth. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. I'm also a New-Thoughter. |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. I'm under 40, and I think I'm agnostic |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
54. You've Heard Of Yo Yo Dieters? |
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bluesbassman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Southpawkicker. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Thanks to both of you for enriching this thread. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
57. I had a similar path .... |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That was wonderful! |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Thanks for sharing your experience. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
62. Under 40 |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. I voted that my faith has increased |
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