Good stuff. ACIM is a strange philosophy. The initial proof makes sense to me (if love is all there is then nothing exists but love) but nothing else is very effective in practice.
Believing that nothing really exists / that my actions don't really matter because they never really happened is tantamount to nihilism the way I see it. In a way its almost the exact opposite of accepting responsibility.
ACIM definitely doesn't answer your questions of
"Why be responsible? Why take the initiative? Why do those things matter?" - just the opposite. It would seem to say none of those things matter because nothing is real except love anyway.
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina What could an atheist and an ACIMer both agree on? |
The Golden Rule.
Freedom.
Expression of Thought.
Here is an interesting quote on spiritual versus secular philosophy.
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Originally Posted by Jonathan Wallace Without God, murder is forbidden by human law; it is only for those acting on behalf of God, that everything is permitted. |