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[wu_chan]

I spent last weekend at a yoga retreat (for which I actually get college credit!) that takes place at St. Gertrude's monastery, and although my yoga teacher is very open (she's actually a UU minister) and makes sure for her part that people of all religious beliefs feel welcome in her classes, I still struggle. Firstly, the way Meredith teaches

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[lostsatellite]

I had never heard of the term Apatheist before now...interesting!...for me, it incorporates too much of the word "apathy", which is something I don't associate with you at all...I realize it's meant to be applied toward the concept of belief in God, but I also imagine some people seeing that for the first time and thinking it means worshiping apathy, or some such nonsense...

at any rate, how you expressed your belief above is something I really dig (and I dig the way you expressed it)...

I wish I could come up with a better affirmation than "dig" :)

[wu_chan]

Thanks, I get what you're saying. It could sound less like "The question of whether there is a god is not relevant to my life" and more like "I just don't give a shit," which isn't true. I actually feel pretty strongly about my belief that there is no reason for me to care. :)

You'll like this story. In the carpool on the way up to the retreat I had the following conversation...

Girl: Blah blah, were you raised Catholic?
Me: Not really. My mom is Catholic, but my dad is... Well, my dad's a pragmatist.
Girl: Sorry, I don't really know my denominations.
Me: No, it's not a... it just means that he... nevermind.

[lostsatellite]

haha, that's cute :)

[fredgoat]

I had that same hesitation. Apparently you can also refer to us as pragmatic/practical atheists, although at that point the name doesn't really explain anything :(

I always loved the argument that, "You should believe in God because if you don't, then God, in a fit of childishly arbitrary divine rage, will send you to hell where you'll experience excruciating torture, forever." I always wanted to say, "Don't worry, I'm one step ahead of you. You see, I worship Cthulhu, who is even /more/ arbitrarily, insanely cruel. He frightens me into submission FAR more than your god POSSIBLY could." But that would be cosmicism, and frankly I /still/ don't give a shit.

[wu_chan]

You're so perfect for me. :)

[hookahjake]

I hate Pascal's wager so much. It's hard to believe that someone who contributed so much to math and physics could also be such an intellectual failure when it came to imaginary dictatorships.