[MD] getting rid of god

[David M]

Go for it Gav, maybe the answer to the
'religious problem' is new religious thinking
not droning on about those bad folks down
the church DMB tedium-style. & maybe
it won't look anything like religion when
we've finished. That would be my tactics.

David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gav" <gav_gc at yahoo.com.au>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:44 AM
Subject: [MD] getting rid of god


> never gonna happen.
>
> maybe we just need to play with the word a little?
>
> god = static anthropomorphic dude judging us 'up
> there'
> not very useful, in fact a big juicy pain in the arse.
>
> how about 'gods' instead? 'gods' being the planets,
> stars, the spirits. this is a return to pantheistic
> paganism, which is useful i think. leads to a
> re-enchantment of the world -  nature as the divine.
>
> maybe a 'god' is any manifestation of consciousness
> (ie Mind) that knows what it is. an awakened one, eg
> buddha.
>
> we are all essentially 'god' (tat tvam asi)
> we are all potentially gods
>
> 'god' seems a little disempowering, as if we are all
> part of someone else's dream.
>
> 'gods' seems to  better accomodate the possibility of
> our own dreaming.
>
>
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