tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post5754022801570493486..comments2023-10-11T07:41:49.758-07:00Comments on Lightwaveseeker: The Trouble with Names and TermsDaniel Wilcoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-5469296309059220602009-01-31T19:35:00.000-08:002009-01-31T19:35:00.000-08:00Good evening Hystery,I've been writing new blogs,a...Good evening Hystery,<BR/><BR/>I've been writing new blogs,and just now came across your comment.<BR/><BR/>First, thanks for reading and responding. And congrats on getting your D degree.<BR/><BR/>Second, maybe since you say you sometimes call yourself a non-theist, you can critique my new blog called "Nature of Reality: Step #1."<BR/><BR/>For I honestly don't understand how non-theism is reconcilable with the eternal love vision of Quakerism.<BR/><BR/>But some of your posts have spoken deeply to me, so I am ready to listen to try and understand your perspective.Daniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-60903578866807959122009-01-29T15:38:00.000-08:002009-01-29T15:38:00.000-08:00Daniel, My response is late but I just reread this...Daniel, <BR/>My response is late but I just reread this and wanted to tell you that your words resonate with me. I am most likely to call myself a Quaker Pagan (although I'm not yet joined my meeting and never joined any Pagan group.) I was reared as a liberal minister's kid and then my family left the church when we found that what everyone else meant by Christian wasn't what we meant. I became a Pagan (not Wiccan and really a very intellectual thing which I sometimes call nontheism, and sometimes Goddess or spiritual feminism and sometimes eco-feminism. Jeepers!)<BR/><BR/> I did in fact write a doctoral dissertation about it! lol) and now am finding that apart from holding no belief in the special divinity of Christ, I still hold all the same beliefs about being a Christian I did when the whole journey began. I've just added some important new metaphors to my spiritual tool box. What a bother to have to present my spiritual curriculum vitae and an extensive glossary of religious terms as I define them each time I introduce myself to a new community but such is the cost of spiritual development in the postmodern world.Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-59851352610341882892009-01-15T20:16:00.000-08:002009-01-15T20:16:00.000-08:00Hi Paul,Thanks for the inspiring message. I actual...Hi Paul,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the inspiring message. I actually had a tough day this afternoon.<BR/>Your words help me to remember to focus to Christ who is our Center.<BR/><BR/>In the Light,<BR/>DanielDaniel Wilcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178375087492786696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769727944915511936.post-25603687768599171792009-01-14T22:20:00.000-08:002009-01-14T22:20:00.000-08:00Friend Daniel Wilcox I have read your blog a dozen...Friend Daniel Wilcox I have read your blog a dozen times.The Trouble with Names and Terms.I am so grateful for your wonderful message.<BR/>Its clarity and simplicity speaks deeply to my condition... You said,"Besides, naming and terms are only the beginning. We are here to live in the Spirit and the Light, sharing and helping a lost world."<BR/>One word that is the cornerstone that bridges us Friends with other Sacramental Christians-the Incarnation. God becoming flesh in and through us all of creation. Paul<BR/>But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.<BR/>Deuteronomy 30:14Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358173724119092004noreply@blogger.com