I got irritated at the creative=spiritual, technical=!spiritual thing. I know a heck of a lot of geeks that are spiritual.
I think I'm wandering around the upper portion of Humanist. I'm somewhat hypocritical in matters of faith, if I've experienced it myself I'm more likely to believe others have but if I haven't I tend to be a bit more skeptical. Generally it doesn't matter since I really don't much care what people believe so long as it doesn't infringe on my rights. I don't need people to validate my beliefs and I don't much like having other people expecting me to validate theirs.
On more than one occasion I've had people get all offended because I won't debate faith with them. I don't get it. My disinterest in discussions of faith have nothing to do with being insecure in my own beliefs, or being some sort of "pagan apologist" hiding in a rabbit hole to avoid offense (weirdness like that is why I don't hang out in pagan lists/groups/communities now). I'm comfortable with my beliefs. I don't feel a need to discuss or defend them, and generally feel that people need to validate/reconcile/whatever for themselves.
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:45 am (UTC)I think I'm wandering around the upper portion of Humanist. I'm somewhat hypocritical in matters of faith, if I've experienced it myself I'm more likely to believe others have but if I haven't I tend to be a bit more skeptical. Generally it doesn't matter since I really don't much care what people believe so long as it doesn't infringe on my rights. I don't need people to validate my beliefs and I don't much like having other people expecting me to validate theirs.
On more than one occasion I've had people get all offended because I won't debate faith with them. I don't get it. My disinterest in discussions of faith have nothing to do with being insecure in my own beliefs, or being some sort of "pagan apologist" hiding in a rabbit hole to avoid offense (weirdness like that is why I don't hang out in pagan lists/groups/communities now). I'm comfortable with my beliefs. I don't feel a need to discuss or defend them, and generally feel that people need to validate/reconcile/whatever for themselves.
Wow, that was kind of rant-y now wasn't it?