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Originally Posted by Maguru  I used to believe in the biblical god and I've had to perform an exorcism on myself to get rid of that demon. God had me turned inside out trying to be perfect and rendering me incapable of embracing my own humanity.
Without god I am more understanding of myself. Without god I am more understanding of others without the judgement that always accompanies godly qualities. Without god I am finding and being myself.
God was very real to me and now he's not. Without god I can choose. |
It's interesting how you phrase this belief system: that you say, for instance, that "God had me turned inside out" rather than "
my belief that there is a God had turned me inside out;" and "without god I'm such and such" as opposed to "
without my belief in a god I am such and such."
You even say God was very real to me and now
he's not -- like this god you don't believe in is
a person for you (a person who does not exist!
), not a thought.
I am not picking on your semantics, but just pointing out how the shape of thoughts creates feelings -- in the case of this wording, it creates "god" as an entity (who doesn't exist) and must be exorcised (and therefore has a kind of reality) -- in other words, it occurs as resistance. When you talk about god and how he doesn't exist, it occurs as stress rather than peace. As if you were at war with god -- who doesn't exist!
By the way, I believe there is no personal interventionist god.