tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post114022896147048989..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: feeling FRISKYAthanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140633478551640382006-02-22T11:37:00.000-07:002006-02-22T11:37:00.000-07:00on the subject of hurricane names, don't forget th...on the subject of hurricane names, don't forget there are male names for them too (I don't know why that's important at all =P)<BR/><BR/>In some book by C.S. Lewis he suggests (from a literary-criticism perspective) that Christianity does include a lot of things similar to previous religions. (I think it is his book "Reflections on the Psalms" where he talks about this). He thinks that is becausePaxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623428660838341011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140632490499148892006-02-22T11:21:00.000-07:002006-02-22T11:21:00.000-07:00dear goddess, Yes, I agree that there's a "dark" s...dear goddess, <BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree that there's a "dark" side to the Goddess. I think, however, that it comes out only when Goddess sees her children being hurt in some way. In contrast, with the gods (and especially the warrior gods who now dominate the planet) violence seems to exist just for the sake of violence. <BR/><BR/>I know this is simplistic, but I think it's a good, short version Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140626467522117602006-02-22T09:41:00.000-07:002006-02-22T09:41:00.000-07:00i love that it is now a universal thrust a huge mo...i love that it is now a universal thrust a huge movement to acknowledging Goddess once again. But to only concentrate or focus on her as she who brings comfort and peace is to not acknowledge her full spectrum of multi-hued selves. I am not sure that when all do recognize Goddess all-that much will change...<BR/>i mean one of the most powerful forces in nature and nature itself is described with goddess of the universehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369014438226354936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140569774092601822006-02-21T17:56:00.000-07:002006-02-21T17:56:00.000-07:00Well, let me say at the outset that "facts" are tr...Well, let me say at the outset that "facts" are tricky things, Paxton. And they're especially tricky when it comes to spirituality. I just finished the rough draft of a paper on this very topic, so it's hot on my brain. Even gravity is still considered a theory, not a fact. Of course we all strengthen the theory of gravity every time we drop something and it doesn't fly off into space. <BR/>Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140550292898934352006-02-21T12:31:00.000-07:002006-02-21T12:31:00.000-07:00I want to put aside the question of whether God is...I want to put aside the question of whether God is good or bad (he is good =)) for a second and ask you another question that occured to me.<BR/><BR/>Do you recommend that we should believe in something because we like it or because it is true?<BR/><BR/>Example: suppose you knew for a fact that God exists and Godess does not (or vice versa). Would this knowledge influence you at all?Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623428660838341011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140313415585802732006-02-18T18:43:00.000-07:002006-02-18T18:43:00.000-07:00lept, I began my love of Goddess in an intellectua...lept, I began my love of Goddess in an intellectual sense only. In the beginning, intellectually, logically, I could see that female deity made so much incredible sense for the human species. As a social scientist and historian who studied the anthropology of religion for several years, I suddenly saw in female deity a new and healthy, life-affirming direction for the human species. <BR/><BR/>Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1140275562816602842006-02-18T08:12:00.000-07:002006-02-18T08:12:00.000-07:00I've long felt that what you propose is the way to...I've long felt that what you propose is the way to go BUT does it not once again come very close to a question of belief?<BR/>The old conundrum: how do we get re-linked to those cycles and rhythms that make dogma redundant?<BR/>Nice that your post presents the flip side of some thoughts that I've been exploring as to how the patriarchy '<A HREF="http://blog.leapingrabbit.ca/2006/02/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com