Posted by Tehuti on March 28, 2000 at 20:14:19:
In Reply to: That wasn't an argument about religion, but about talking about it. I did not argue against your religious views. nt posted by Tiggy on March 28, 2000 at 18:11:38:
...you weren't attacking my VIEWS, but you did seem confused that I admitted I simply don't feel the need to discuss my views with others; I understand that perhaps you were simply trying to carry on a debate or get me to clarify, but that was exactly the point I made, that I don't see the need to debate my views with others because they're good enough for me.
You did seem to take issue with me when I said I didn't want to discuss my views, and when I said I had "other things to worry about." It did seem as if you were trying to convince me that it's best for everyone to talk about their views openly (or, at least, to think about them often), and to apply their views to every aspect of their lives. I just don't happen to agree on these two points, and I thought I said so; maybe I wasn't clear enough...but you wanted to keep debating over them.
Not bashing you! Just pointing out how it appeared to me. You truly probably did think I was opening myself up for debate, but all I was doing was stating my views. I notice you didn't seem to respond to the others' posts quite so often; is it just that my viewpoint happened to be unusual to you?
That may be the whole issue here, after all--my view just happens to be kind of weird and hard to explain to others, or difficult for them to understand? I could believe that.
Anyway, like I said, I wasn't really trying to open up any kind of debate, I was just responding to your post--you could agree or disagree with me all you want, and even ask me to clarify a point--but I don't think my views are going to be changing. I think the spiritual is best applied to some aspects of life and best left out of others completely; and I don't see the necessity in dwelling on my spiritual thoughts very often, or in constantly trying to figure them out.
To me, the fact that I have other more important things to worry about, I don't find trivial (or whatever word you used--I can't remember <:) ). This is the way I am, the way I always have been, the way I will probably stay. I don't find this part of me unhealthy or in any kind of disagreement with the theory of "Essence." It's the OTHER parts of me that I find unhealthy and in disagreement. In short, I think my spiritual viewpoint is just fine. The rest of me needs fixing.
(You will probably think, "But the spiritual applies to ALL the rest of you as well, so you should start working from there--" True, maybe the spiritual does apply to all of me, but it's not the part that needs working on. You have a car, there's something wrong with the engine--your whole car won't work--so you get the engine fixed, not the whole car, because only that one part needed fixing, whereas the rest was all right. Uh, did that make any sense to anyone besides me??)
I DO hope I've cleared things up...it seems I always manage to just muddle them even further...
AUS,
Tehuti