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  1. Araceli Cianna

    Non-religious people: What convinced you to stop believing in God?

    I started studying religious history, first biblical history, then religious history in general, and realised it was all mythology and none of it was real at all.
  2. Araceli Cianna

    Godless-o-meter

    1. Objectivist (100%) 2. Secular Humanist (90%) 3. Rationalist (82%) 4. Transhumanist (82%) I took this before and got exactly the same results I think. Objectivist "Objectivism's central tenets are that reality exists independently of consciousness, that human beings have direct contact with...
  3. Araceli Cianna

    From new age to christian to atheist

    Thank you both, I'm definitely focused on self improvement, without having to spiritualise it. It is part of evolving I think :) Lately I find myself having an interest in Norse mythology, but more from an archetypal view. The idea of any gods existing or the supernatural is pretty ridiculous...
  4. Araceli Cianna

    From new age to christian to atheist

    I did previously identify as Christian on here, but I don't believe a God exists anymore and as an extension the supernatural and general spiritual stuff. But I'm open to the magic of life, after all, before we had science, a lot things were unexplainable to the ancients except as 'magic'... it...
  5. Araceli Cianna

    each year many unborn babies are deliberately aborted.

    True. But a fetus can't even feel anything before 12 weeks. It doesn't have pain receptors (which I suppose cancels out the idea of cutterage being barbaric, but still...) and I doubt in that case it even has a soul. I believe in most cases the soul doesn't come into the body until at least...
  6. Araceli Cianna

    each year many unborn babies are deliberately aborted.

    I read 50% of babies are miscarried by the end of the first trimester. So that's quite a high number. Personally I think if nature had intended for all fetuses to survive the percentage of spontaneous abortion wouldn't be so high (making intended abortions before 12 weeks fine to me by that...
  7. Araceli Cianna

    Can a Zoroastrian believe in Jesus?

    Thanks for both of your responses! I am interested about this idea that God in Zoroastrianism isn't omnipotent or omniscient. As the Ultimate Being how could that be possible, and how would he even be able to exist in the first place? But yes you are right, the idea of sacrifice is a stark...
  8. Araceli Cianna

    Can a Zoroastrian believe in Jesus?

    I think of myself as a liberal Christian, more because Jesus came to me in a vision and to be honest I am more Jesuist than Christian, but the more I explore about Zoroastrianism the more I feel it aligns perfectly with my values. I feel that it is purer than Christianity (which really to me...
  9. Araceli Cianna

    Do women enjoy sex?

    Well I'm a woman and I definitely do. I'm a Christian these days and wouldn't have sex before marriage (not because it's Christian law but because there are soul ties created between two beings who are intimate and they can cause you deep soul-trauma after a breakup which isn't good), so I would...
  10. Araceli Cianna

    Filianism/Deanism

    I have read that the more liberal/individual sects of Deanism/Filianism usually worship the Mother alongside the Father. So that is how I incorporate it into my Christian beliefs. I see them as the same Source, same Essence, and I take a Panenthestic view of the Universe too!
  11. Araceli Cianna

    Filianism/Deanism

    Is anyone else here a Filianic/Deanic? This sub-forum hasn't had much love so share your experiences/personal brand of faith with Dea here. It's be great to meet others with similar belief systems :) I personally am a Christian too and blend Goddess spirituality with Christianity. I believe the...
  12. Araceli Cianna

    Spiritual Experiences

    Gosh... where do I start? I've seen and experienced a lot of gods, angels, spirits, ghosts, demons fallen angels, to the point where I've had to go on antipsychotic medications. I've experienced a Universal God called 'Father', two times, I've seen Jesus once (when I was transported to heaven...
  13. Araceli Cianna

    Christians: Is Jesus a 'Deity'', to you?

    Great translation, I have actually come across this discussion on John 1:1 before, that the original Greek doesn't say Jesus is God but rather Jesus is "a god". Thanks for the link, I'm going to have fun with this!
  14. Araceli Cianna

    Your Goddess - Your story?

    1. I am Christian but I noticed the original Hebrew word for 'Holy Spirit' was "Ruach Hakodesh" which is actually feminine. Plus in the Wisdom Literatures there is a lot on a Lady Wisdom who existed before creation. She is described as being the bride of God and one and the same with the Holy...
  15. Araceli Cianna

    God is to Lord as Goddess is to...?

    Lord and Lady :)
  16. Araceli Cianna

    Goddess Monotheism

    I'm a Christian but I recently came across Filianism/Deanism which I'm hoping to blend with my current beliefs. It's a monotheistic Goddess religion but can be practiced side-by-side God-centered monotheistic religions too (for example I am already a Goddess Christian and believe the Holy Spirit...
  17. Araceli Cianna

    Christians: Is Jesus a 'Deity'', to you?

    After careful analysis I feel that these verses refer to Jesus as God's representative. No one has seen or can see the Father, but we can see Him through Jesus as a reflection of the Father. Through Jesus all things were made, he is a god, the highest deity, or perhaps through grace (e.g...
  18. Araceli Cianna

    Christians: Is Jesus a 'Deity'', to you?

    Yes, but not The Deity Yes he's a different deity to Father God Yes I would probably call him that, maybe a demi-god Hmm, no, I believe he's a Deity I don't believe he is God, but the firstborn Son of God (there's a difference)
  19. Araceli Cianna

    Deity of Jesus Christ

    Divine Mother is Sophia(there is plenty on her in the Wisdom books, she is literally described as being the mother of all and one and the same with the Holy Spirit which is actually female in the original Hebrew) I do not believe Mary was imperfect. She was born sinless and ascended into heaven...
  20. Araceli Cianna

    Is satanism just materialism with a 'character', to represent it ''satan''?

    Yes
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