tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post114307203590693112..comments2023-12-25T01:26:27.096-07:00Comments on Radical Goddess Thealogy: EVERYBODY Rich? WHY NOT?Athanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143818670927990502006-03-31T08:24:00.000-07:002006-03-31T08:24:00.000-07:00No, Athana, I didn't mean that at all.What I meant...No, Athana, I didn't mean that at all.<BR/><BR/>What I meant is that you don't care if your religion is true or not, AS LONG AS it makes things comfy. You don't care about believing a lie as long as it's a nice lie. And you don't care about teaching something false as long as it makes people behave.<BR/><BR/>If the niceness and happiness of the world is based on something that is a lie, it is Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623428660838341011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143671243099293592006-03-29T15:27:00.000-07:002006-03-29T15:27:00.000-07:00"...you base your beliefs on some expected outcome..."...you base your beliefs on some expected outcome of believing."<BR/><BR/>Paxton, just because my religion brings heaven on earth and yours brings hell, doesn't mean my religion is not valid, accurate, "true," or whatever word you want to use, here. What kind of logic is that?<BR/><BR/>You sound as if you don't want the world to be "nice and happy." I suspect that's because you have been Athanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143665696719199022006-03-29T13:54:00.000-07:002006-03-29T13:54:00.000-07:00It always surprises me when I re-realize how much ...It always surprises me when I re-realize how much you base your beliefs on some expected outcome of believing. I don't think that you really believe in the goddess as much as you believe in believing in the goddess. That is, even if the goddess doesn't exist and isn't true, you would be quite willing to mislead people by teaching them thealogy as long as it makes the world nice and happy. I thinkPaxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623428660838341011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143206024656528622006-03-24T06:13:00.000-07:002006-03-24T06:13:00.000-07:00Yes, we have enough now. Also, if women had contr...Yes, we have enough now. Also, if women had control of their own bodies, they wouldn't be having more than two kids apiece anywhere on the globe. So our burgeoning world population would stop burgeoning and there'd be MORE than enough for everyone. <BR/><BR/>This is so well put: "We've let people take power who are creating a form of feudalism in this country. They are erasing our basic rightsAthanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037246663178726395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11874540.post-1143186746331573062006-03-24T00:52:00.000-07:002006-03-24T00:52:00.000-07:00This is such an important point. We are bombarded ...This is such an important point. We are bombarded constantly with messages of scarcity - there's not enough food, not enough money, not enough oil. It's all lies. This is an abundant world. We produce enough food right now to feed everyone on the planet - we just aren't doing it. We can produce enough sustainable energy to do whatever we need, we can shelter and clothe everyone. We lack only the Morgainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074112467402675609noreply@blogger.com