[UA] What Do You Beleive?

[James O'Rance]

Royal Minister of Stuff <yokeltania at yahoo.com> said:

 >>>I know there's a couple of pagans on this list and there's certainly one 
or two Catholics.  I, myself, am a snarling athiest (although, about 2am in 
the morning I have a nasty tendency to Really Beleive.)  What religions do 
we have represented in this mailing list?<<<

I imagine that this will turn out to be relevant to UA in some way that will 
surprise most of us. That seem to be the pattern.

It's not a question that I personally can answer with a convenient label; I 
spent most of last year thinking about it (that, and taking theatre with a 
bunch of fun 1st years).

Are you expecting organised religions in this answer?

I was raised Catholic, I was taught the historical facts of the ancient 
world (including the development of modern religions), I believe in the 
scientific method and that knowledge is tentative, I enjoy European and 
Buddhist philosophy, I value multiculturalism, I'm anti-superstitious but 
fascinated by the occult, I'm dismissive of "invented" religions but try to 
keep an open mind, I don't pray but sometimes suspect the influence of an 
intelligent agent in my life. Gah, what a mess.

Screw it. Stoicism gets me through the hard days, and that's what counts. 
Guess I'm a Stoic.



James O’Rance
“Divine being creates petting zoo. It gets out of hand.”
- The Bible (summarised by John W. Mangrum)

http://www.dragonlance.com/taladas
http://www.geocities.com/dragon-dreamer/




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