Bill Ellis

> Re: Religion question
>

BE:
This has been an interesting and challenging thread.
It would be interesting to make a summary directory of all the things
people have and do worship.

Missing among the responses, unless I missed it, was respect for "the
awe, wonder, and mystery of the cosmos."
This was, of course, the belief of Einstein, Russell, and many other
scholars.

Gaia (The Earth and all of it's life forms) has become almost a
religion to many secular thinkers.
I've often thought it would creative to develop a Gaian Creed and
create a Gaian religion with ceremonies, not unlike some of the pagan
celebrations, or those of the Pueblo Indians. A place to meet and
regular meeting times could provide some of the valuable and creative
qualities that draw people to other religions.

Now that we've listed a lot of the options for religion perhaps it
would be enlightening create more options.
What are YOUR thoughts.

IMHO
Bill Ellis

Sandra Dodd

-=-
Now that we've listed a lot of the options for religion perhaps it
would be enlightening create more options.
What are YOUR thoughts.-=-

Holly's question was about the creation of more options. She was
wondering, if there is an instinctive urge in people to create
heirarchies and causes and to ponder creation and eternity, what else
is instinctive?

Creativity wouldn't be helpful, in answering her question.

If people want to discuss it above and beyond that, though, go for
it; just know that it's a whole new question now.

Rastafarians... Are they worshipping freedom? Creativity? Reggae?
Marijuana?

I have known people (some very well) who base every life's decision
on money, on profit, on "productivity." Are they worshipping money,
or are they just being overly-competitive? I'm not sure. But they
have set an ideal and they live to strive to move toward it in every
way. Then they die with fat bank accounts.

Sandra

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Sandra Dodd

-=Missing among the responses, unless I missed it, was respect for "the
awe, wonder, and mystery of the cosmos."
This was, of course, the belief of Einstein, Russell, and many other
scholars.-=-

This probably does tie in to the topic (which was Jung, though I
didn't mention the name; sorry) of Holly's question and what people
have inborn, in the way of religion-preparedness. It's sun worship
plus science.

-=-Gaia (The Earth and all of it's life forms) has become almost a
religion to many secular thinkers.-=-

Animisn plus science?

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