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To: discostu
Sorry, Chesterson doesn't know what he's talking about. I've been an atheist for 20 years and haven't played with any of that stuff.

Here's what I think: the only thing I believe in is me, I know what I'm capable of and I know how to make my life work. I don't believe in God,

Do you actually know anything about Wicca? Of course not. The highest precept of their faith is "do no harm". Not a bad start for a moral foundation I think.

There appears to be a bit too much protesting goin’ on around here. Atheists interest me in their ability to demean those of established religions while vehemently defending those that are on the edges. I sometimes have to wonder about their protestations. I am a “lapsed” Baptist. I found that the effort to live by their creed was just something I was not able or willing to exert. However; I don’t blame the Baptists for “forcing their morality” on me I just decided not to be a hypocrite. The reason for the rise in the new-age religions IMO is they are really easy to follow since nothing is required to do so beyond the ability to “do as you will”.

76 posted on 05/04/2002 10:08:25 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever
The only people I blame for anything are the idiots like Chesterson that blather on endlessly about stuff they are completely ignorant of. My journey has been a pleasant one, certainly nothing that needs to be blamed on anybody.
85 posted on 05/04/2002 10:23:22 PM PDT by discostu
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To: Texasforever
Atheists interest me in their ability to demean those of established religions while vehemently defending those that are on the edges

Boy, I should have read down further and I could have saved myself a post. This is what I was thinking as well as I read discostu's posts. As I said before, it was very enlightening to me.

136 posted on 05/05/2002 3:10:15 AM PDT by glory
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