tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post6933571352603226700..comments2021-03-27T18:19:58.067-06:00Comments on Aunt BeaN's Third Blog: BarbNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-24627500813725726982013-04-25T08:43:40.792-06:002013-04-25T08:43:40.792-06:00I have no religious quotes, I was raised Catholic ...I have no religious quotes, I was raised Catholic and we were not made to memorize the bible or even read it, only memorize the mass and prayers, which I can do (best after a few). I sometimes feel that raising my younger 2 children without religion may harm them and then they will join a cult, but that is the irrational side of me. The rational side says that I am raising them to be honest, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-58509020548144750222009-12-02T16:02:43.610-07:002009-12-02T16:02:43.610-07:00excellent quote, gb, thanks. I may post this over ...excellent quote, gb, thanks. I may post this over my computer: "when we stop questioning, we stop actively believing."<br /><br />cheery-o: yes to everything you said. :-) I'm not sure I should characterize it as atheist, either. I'm not sure what to call it. But it feels important to acknowledge it. <br /><br />Thanks for chiming in (both of you), it helps me keep going.BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-87215018818837838852009-12-02T06:51:32.959-07:002009-12-02T06:51:32.959-07:00I am experiencing most of the ambivalences you are...I am experiencing most of the ambivalences you are - just not characterizing them as atheist.<br /><br />I live my life as though the Christian God of my twenties exists. As though that system is true in a concrete and absolute way. This is my will, my choice. I act as though I believe.<br /><br />On the other hand (I was going to say "rationally" but I'm not sure whether it is cheery-ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356828465564800055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-72911956012130944972009-12-01T14:08:07.266-07:002009-12-01T14:08:07.266-07:00Faith seeking understanding . . . I think that'...Faith seeking understanding . . . I think that's what our life journey is all about. I really appreciate the words of St. Anselm:"I acknowledge, O Lord, with thanksgiving, that thou has created this image in me (seeking God), so that, remembering thee, I may think of thee, may love thee. But this image is so effaced and worn away by my faults, it cannot do what it was made to do, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-40346709957303753502009-11-29T14:50:17.800-07:002009-11-29T14:50:17.800-07:00ha. it's odd that when I'm expressing unb...ha. it's odd that when I'm expressing unbelief is when I sound most like a believer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+9:24&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Mark 9:24</a>, the obvious reference.BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.com