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Do atheists really have an -ism?
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I don't think I have any really fuzzy beliefs - I tend to be pretty skeptical about stuff. The problem comes, however, from the artistic side that expresses things symbolically and poetically, and thus I make it sound like I have some pretty woo facets to my personality.
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February 15, 2012 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2012 at 2:14 pm by Faith No More.)
I used to believe in Fate as a cosmic force driving us to a specific destination in life. It was, however, a faceless force with no entity behind it.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
 RE: Do atheists really have an -ism?
February 15, 2012 at 9:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2012 at 9:56 pm by Whateverist.)
(February 15, 2012 at 1:37 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I don't think I have any really fuzzy beliefs - I tend to be pretty skeptical about stuff. The problem comes, however, from the artistic side that expresses things symbolically and poetically, and thus I make it sound like I have some pretty woo facets to my personality. That's exactly where I tend to get a little fuzzy. Where does inspiration come from? Doing something creative is very different than solving a problem or performing a task well. When I think about making my garden it sometimes feels right to say I am just following its (the garden's) suggestions. Does my gardening activity turn my yard into a garden or me into a gardener? Both seem true. Fuzzy enough? 
I am of the view that inspiration is nothing more than a desire for something to be, THEN how you solve the problem of 'making it so' involves problem solving skills. and this is 'creativity'.
We seem to be a hedonistic species. "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
RE: Do atheists really have an -ism?
February 15, 2012 at 10:14 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm by Whateverist.)
Something like that is true. The main thing is that creativity involves opening yourself to more than your your usual deliberative decision making. I admit to harboring some romance about how the totality of myself interacts with my usual decision making process. There is richness in learning to step out of the way. It all comes from the same person but there is more to every person's consciousness than that which is always at that person's beck and call. There is talent and then there is your access to your talent. Too much control can cut you off.
Messed up again, Kicki. I meant to quote your last post in this response. Oops.
Agreed.
What I like best about 'creativity' is getting out of my own way. Still doing the mundane (if you like to call it that) problem solving but I am thinking that it is the end result that takes our breath away enough to say "Wow!... I did that, and I didn't think I could" So one could view 'Creativity' as the ability to be led to and idea or physical situation/ solution that we had previously not considered before? (Without getting all woo-woo nutso about it) "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
(February 15, 2012 at 11:37 am)Phil Wrote:(February 15, 2012 at 11:32 am)whateverist Wrote:(February 15, 2012 at 10:42 am)Phil Wrote:(February 15, 2012 at 12:37 am)whateverist Wrote: I'm agnosticPoor guy Sorry about that Phil. I hadn't meant to hide my atheism but I can see how it wasn't clear. Like you, I don't see agnosticism as being on a scale somewhere between theism to atheism.  (February 16, 2012 at 2:38 am)whateverist Wrote: Sorry about that Phil. I hadn't meant to hide my atheism but I can see how it wasn't clear. Like you, I don't see agnosticism as being on a scale somewhere between theism to atheism. Not a problem. There is no way I could ever hold a grudge with the face in your avatar. 
-ism = religion?
Is cynicism a religion then? Cause if so I am definitely a member.
[smiling faintly] or being a big fan of romanticism? Or Neo-Victorianism? Or optimism? (If the last, then I am the reluctant but helpless head priestess).
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