What everybody said. You may end up with a more mature version of your current faith, or with a different faith or find that you can live fine without what most consider to be faith. But you will end up somewhere you will be happy with.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Sep 20, 2010 4:53:37 am PDT #3357 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Shir - Sep 20, 2010 4:55:59 am PDT #3358 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Thank you, Erin, so much. I really appreciate your advice.
And yes, I think there are at least two levels of goods on which I have a pretty good stand in: my taste in music, and academic arguments. I can feel what's "good" there.
Zenkitty - Sep 20, 2010 5:01:56 am PDT #3359 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I remember reading, long time ago in a forgotten book, about a woman who went to her teacher saying that she'd lost her love for Krishna. The teacher asked her what she did love. She said she loved her little nephew more than life. The teacher said, In your love of your nephew you will find Krishna.
Anyway, I think that, if God is love/a loving creator, whatever you love can lead you to him.
Strix - Sep 20, 2010 5:04:52 am PDT #3360 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ok, in shallow news, I am now calling the doctor to beg, plead, wail (nicely) for The Sleep Drug That Works.
Wish me luck!
ETA: Aaaand, after waiting all weekend to make this call, I leave a voice mail. Oh. Yay.
Shir - Sep 20, 2010 5:08:48 am PDT #3361 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Good luck, Erin!
Barb - Sep 20, 2010 5:16:51 am PDT #3362 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Much ~ma for Perkins this morning.
smonster - Sep 20, 2010 5:18:46 am PDT #3363 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ah, not a GPS. If you don't have a GPS, you look for a map. If no map, the sun. If no sun, the moss on trees. Or memory. Or a compass. Or ask someone.
Seriously, have I mentioned? You are awesome.
Zenkitty - Sep 20, 2010 5:21:59 am PDT #3364 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Much surgery ~ma to Perkins!
May the move go smoothly, Seska.
sj - Sep 20, 2010 5:44:42 am PDT #3365 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Surgery~ma, Perkins and best possible findings~ma!
Seska, moving~ma for your and TG.
Connie Neil - Sep 20, 2010 5:57:16 am PDT #3366 of 30000
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I don't see God/ess as The Being Who Makes Good Things Happen, but more The Ultimate Shoulder to Cry On. S/he's got my back (but does occasionally delay the bus that extra two minutes that lets me catch it instead of having to wait an hour).