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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick Julian who wrote (25767)	10/30/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<One of the principle reasons I've devoted so much energy to this thread is to examine the veracity of self-described atheists' claims of not believing in a god/essence/great one/tao/spirit . . . .> Well, I don't believe in a 'god', I do believe in 'essences' (http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?isindex=essence&method=exact), I don't believe in a 'great one' (though my hubby is way up there), I don't know what a 'tao' is, and as to whether I believe in 'spirit', or spirits, it of course depends on how that item is defined. I do believe that when we die, we exist as memories, briefly, then not at all, except in so far as we have indirectly affected those who still have consciousness. I think you should continue worrying. My whole life my religious acquaintances have taken the position that I am, by some definition they manage to devise, in fact religious in my own way. I don't argue too much, since it seems to make them feel better. And I figure, whatever gets them through the night.