Peace...
I am Whirling Moat.
I am a theist of sorts...I beleive in God, however, I do not believe in a god besides Man...I do believe in the sanctity of the scriptures of the Abrahamic faiths and certain others, however, I do not believe that these scriptures were revealed by a formless, magical being sitting on a throne in the clouds, instead I believe that were revealed to humanity by Men who by variuos methods were raised into the Divine State. I also believe that the Author of the scriptures did not intend for the student to take the entire message literally.
I am a experienced blogger on these types of forums and so while I am here to challenge Atheism ( I am being forthright) I will make my arguments in a respectful manner and without malice.
As long as you're an experienced enough blogger to know to follow the rules, we'll all get along just fine.
Welcome aboard!
Welcome Whirling Moat.
Welcome, Whirling Moat. I like your refreshing forthright-ness and find your spiritual stance quite interestIng. I hope you have some interesting thoughts to share as well.
Welcome to HAF.
Do you like castles and ivory towers?
Hi WM
Welcome aboard, I've been away for a couple of weeks an I'm playing catch up on my greeting duties!
Regards
Chris
Quote from: "Whirling Moat"I am a theist of sorts...I beleive in God, however, I do not believe in a god besides Man...I do believe in the sanctity of the scriptures of the Abrahamic faiths and certain others, however, I do not believe that these scriptures were revealed by a formless, magical being sitting on a throne in the clouds, instead I believe that were revealed to humanity by Men who by variuos methods were raised into the Divine State. I also believe that the Author of the scriptures did not intend for the student to take the entire message literally.
Drat. I wish I had read Whirling Moat's introduction earlier. I had no idea that when he called himself a Muslim, he was redefining the term so idiosyncratically. And now, unfortunately, I think he may have left us. :verysad:
Whirling Moat, if you ever return, I would enjoy discussing your words above. My interest is curiosity rather than dispute. You seem to view Islam as a system of thought and behavior that can lead to self-actualization, or, if you prefer, self-divinization. I view self-actualization as one of the four great practical goods of a sane and competent society, the other three being personal responsibility, benevolence, and fairness. If Islam, employed in your idiosyncratic manner, can help a person self-actualize, then I would want to extract from it the essence that allows it to do that, and discard the remainder.