AN INTRODUCTION...
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Retired, but not too retiring, a work still in progress.
I enjoy many things: Music (making it & appreciating it), balance (within myself, in my relationships, and in my world), Tai Chi (practicing & teaching), cooking (especially for friends), Dancing, Karaoke!, teaching, mentoring, reading, some crafts...and trying daring things on my birthdays.
I've been single, married, now widowed, but not forever.
I thought I was straight; found out I'm not; am happy about it.
Believed in God, then god, then Universe; now happy not knowing and just being stardust until or unless I find out differently.
Who's more moral, religionists or secularists? And why?
"Do godless people have values?"
I do not own the copyright to this video. All credit goes to the poster, Planet Curious; and to the presenter, Phil Zuckerman.
My early childhood experience was in a fundamental evangelical family environment, complicated by my Mom's divorce before I was three - 1950. Indoctrination was complete on a few fronts:
* Patriarchal evangelism tied me to a static mindset that limited my horizons & my ability to think critically. This indoctrination was thorough and affected my decisions for decades.
* Mom (reared in a similar environment) taught me everything there was to know about guilt, shame, & judgement.
I thought we were 'good people'. And we were nice. We looked good. Many of us did some good here & there, but I did not learn charity or inclusion or anything at all about the value of my current human life. My intelligence was down-played, and my educational choices limited...in all the ways that indoctrination works.
Posted by Kate on November 11, 2023 in Religion, Social Commentary - Mine & Others', Videos - Great, for one reason or another... | Permalink | Comments (0)
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