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dances_with_weebles wrote:

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are you so sure? how do you know, is it because someone told you so?
that's my whole point. study all sorts of beliefs and cultures. attend their worship and learn about them from the inside. if what you believe is true, then it can't hurt you... it can only help you. maybe you should start with spiritism. that should open your eyes to god.

Crance wrote:

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Maybe even Voodoo??
Tell me what you've learned by your experiments!
Then I'll ask you:
"are you so sure? how do you know, is it because someone told you so?"
Peace ... John

Crance wrote:

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Maybe even Voodoo??
Tell me what you've learned by your experiments!
Then I'll ask you:
"are you so sure? how do you know, is it because someone told you so?"
Peace ... John

dances_with_weebles wrote:

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btw... i'm sure that you'll find that there's a lot more to voodoo and other religions than you will ever read in your catacism books. some of what you have read there may even be wrong, you know.

Crance wrote:

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Maybe Dances,
But I've read several books and writings of non-catholics,
such as "Thus Spake Zarathustra" (Nietzsche), "The Varieties
of Religious Experience" (William James) "The Koran", many
writings of Luther and Calvin, "Origin of the Species (Charles
Darwin) etc, etc
It's more practical to read about these things than to go and
live in various cultures, as I have to make a living!
Peace ... John

dances_with_weebles wrote:

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as i said, i know about having to make a living, also. i've never believed that i had to keep on on making it in the same place, however. i find that really boring. i've probably quit more jobs than most people have had. that's one major factor in why i was self employed for so many years. i cold either chuck the businesses or take them with me. usually i was tired enough of doing the same thing day after day that i'd just sell everything out and move somewhere else. if i did happen to be working for someone else at the time that an opportunity came up i'd simply quit working for them and go.
reading about things is one way to pick up some sort of education, but as you know it can't compare with practical experience. just make sure that you open up your mind to new things and leave all of yoru preconceptions behind you when you open up a book and begin to study.
the second best thing is to enroll in a good university course on comparative religions which offers studies on asian and african religions as well as indigenous peoples and religions. religious history courses are good, also. try a good study on the worships of greek, roman and egyptian gods. nordic worship adn possibly keltic religions and druidism might help you out, also. there's enough information to keep you interested for at least two lifetimes out there, you know.

Crance wrote:

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I'll try to keep an open mind Dances.
Thanks
Peace ... John