Secularism and the organic need for spirituality meet and chat over tea and crumpets once a month in another solar system. Heck, pals, I know that much from gazing in the crystal ball. I pick up some of their ruminations through tarot, seances, and most primarily, the crystal ball. They're not total light weights beyond Alpha Centauri, yet I could use a bigger ball to render anything close to a determination. Fuckers remain abstruse.
More pragmatically, the system that's hosting my blog, titled "An O.K. Corral of Thoughts," runs the same bill of goods, same dilemma. One may be both an atheist and a seeker. Or, too, a rigorous moralist. Or a jagg off. All things considered, like the PBS slogan. A nonbeliever is at liberty to engage in prayer, to any object, any purpose. He/she can join any believer at all in prayer, much the way lawyers and senators can call a courtesy vote. A courtesy vote is a shit-bird practice in which wealthy, powerful people take voluntary leave of their moral spine at the behest of a corrupt and desperate colleague. Conversely, to join a group in prayer is good civics. I can join any group at all in asking Jesus to yield a free powder blue Cadillac to any & all deserving souls, mine included, if there is such a thing. I can share the damp, chill emotions when the car doesn't magically appear. And the mania of their next spiritual initiative.
On this planet, I'm a hermit with a flair for ratiocination. Like a gardening tool, I like to put this trait to use when the weather permits and the urge presents itself. There is room for both natural and supernatural, everywhere and anywhere. Either precept can hide under a thimble. Though one can't hide the Empire State Building under a thimble. There's some aspects of materialism people should try to straighten out. I've seen a few believers fuck up their finances for this spare, paltry thing. Jesus doesn't pay the bills, stop bullets in mid-air,
or take out the garbage.
One can be passively respectful towards the religious practices of any and all, in a diversified, civil United States of Pure Attainable Pleasure. Free-thinking, such as is identified by some with the Founding Fathers, is a not-too-aggressively endorsed watchword here. All precepts and watchwords are small enough to print on a standard business card, and all can be printed, online, for about ten bucks. Validity is about two inches by three and a half, usually on semi-gloss plain card stock.
More pragmatically, the system that's hosting my blog, titled "An O.K. Corral of Thoughts," runs the same bill of goods, same dilemma. One may be both an atheist and a seeker. Or, too, a rigorous moralist. Or a jagg off. All things considered, like the PBS slogan. A nonbeliever is at liberty to engage in prayer, to any object, any purpose. He/she can join any believer at all in prayer, much the way lawyers and senators can call a courtesy vote. A courtesy vote is a shit-bird practice in which wealthy, powerful people take voluntary leave of their moral spine at the behest of a corrupt and desperate colleague. Conversely, to join a group in prayer is good civics. I can join any group at all in asking Jesus to yield a free powder blue Cadillac to any & all deserving souls, mine included, if there is such a thing. I can share the damp, chill emotions when the car doesn't magically appear. And the mania of their next spiritual initiative.
On this planet, I'm a hermit with a flair for ratiocination. Like a gardening tool, I like to put this trait to use when the weather permits and the urge presents itself. There is room for both natural and supernatural, everywhere and anywhere. Either precept can hide under a thimble. Though one can't hide the Empire State Building under a thimble. There's some aspects of materialism people should try to straighten out. I've seen a few believers fuck up their finances for this spare, paltry thing. Jesus doesn't pay the bills, stop bullets in mid-air,
or take out the garbage.
One can be passively respectful towards the religious practices of any and all, in a diversified, civil United States of Pure Attainable Pleasure. Free-thinking, such as is identified by some with the Founding Fathers, is a not-too-aggressively endorsed watchword here. All precepts and watchwords are small enough to print on a standard business card, and all can be printed, online, for about ten bucks. Validity is about two inches by three and a half, usually on semi-gloss plain card stock.
