Calling All Storytellers: The Witch and the Christian Part 2

It's a great concept and I hope it inspires an interesting discussion. Most of the blogosphere consists of people preaching to their own choirs or yelling at each other, and it's all fun to indulge in from time to time, but it's terribly predictable and not very elightening at all.

The ARIS survey certainly shows that faith identity is a very dynamic thing in this country these days, and it would be very interesting to see how it plays out in real-life cases. On the whole, I think all of the movement in various directions is a positive thing. People are making some concious choices about their spiritual journeys rather than sitting where they're planted and going through the motions. I look forward to reading the submissions.

story telling about spiritual journeys is . . . fiction.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/02/turkey-penitents-compete-gameshow

i don't believe in religion, which is based on faith. i do believe in facts, which are self-evident truths, and in granting the kooky and confused people of in this world lots of open space to thrash about in.

part of my journey away from religion has been due to the whole cultural aspect of it. i would never support a particular scientific theory on based on x because I was born in y [cf. link].

i don't think is anything inherently spiritual about being born in northeastern america and winding up with someone who to wears crosses on his clothes, or by experiencing what you describe as a miraculous conversion after dealing with alcohol abuse, drug abuse and food abuse.

Hi Credis: Thanks for responding. I also would have fallen into the anti-theist camp had I been familiar with that language at the time, which is why I made the distinction. As for their being anything inherently spiritual about being born in northeastern America, etc. I agree. There is nothing inherently spiritual about the day-to-day elements of my life against the backdrop of a world filled with billions of people living theirs. That is what I like about storytelling and people sharing the ins and outs of their lives with one another. It highlights a paradox - we humans are both insignificant and important and our lives are both worthy of sharing with one another and of no consequence. I am genuinely interested in your anti-theistic views, but less from the "what an anti-theist believes" perspective and more of the "this is what I believed when I was as a kid, this is what happened to form my anti-theism and this is where I am now" perspective. There are loads of places on the Internet for the "my belief (or non-belief) is better than your belief" debate. I am hoping we can buck that trend and have a different conversation.

so it's live and let live with the devout.

i don't hunt them down for arguments.

but when i meet them in person,

or encounter them on the internet,

i usually say hello. and point out that

they are standing on very thin ice.

i am not an entertainer,

although i do enjoy box dancing.