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  1. Gnostic Seeker

    Is there a one answer ?

    Of course there is isn't only one answer to metaphysical truths, and that's part of what makes them metaphysical, not physical/objective. This is just my opinion of course.
  2. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    My experiences are objective enough for me, but thanks for your concern :)
  3. Gnostic Seeker

    What is Advaita Vedanta in a nut-shell?

    What is the origin of the philosophy? Who are some of its important figures such as founders and/or reformers?
  4. Gnostic Seeker

    Should 'freedom of speech' be a right?

    Basically- should people be able to say 'whatever' they want to say? What if saying it pushes a person over the edge? What if saying it violates private business policy? That's the debate: Should free speech be a right?
  5. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    To each their own :)
  6. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    A: Convincing is often in the eye of the beholder. B: How could there be empirical evidence, when empirical deals strictly in the physical? C: See A, and also define objective/standard of objectivity D: See B and C
  7. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    How do you know the gods aren't real? If we didn't know the particles of which all things are made were real, we wouldn't know it. I'd suggest the gods are the metaphysical embodiments of things in the physical.
  8. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    I like the idea that deity is that which makes all things sacred, and is what we mean by a kind of ground of sacredness. The gods are sacred just because they are, and they teach things are sacred.
  9. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    I'm sorry. I may have mistaken what you were saying, but I thought it seemed like you were conflating God and good.
  10. Gnostic Seeker

    Is it possible to be an atheist and a Taoist at the same time?

    Does philosophical Taoism deal with 'chi', or is that religious Taoism? I thought 'chi' was the essence or energy of the Tao, in a sense?
  11. Gnostic Seeker

    What is Advaita Vedanta in a nut-shell?

    Greetings, I'm wondering if you could give this Hindu-curious person a general overview of Advaita Vedanta, and maybe answer some questions. Thank you in advance for your help and consideration.
  12. Gnostic Seeker

    Pagans: How do you see the afterlife?

    I personally see my tradition's mythology about the afterlife as metaphorical, and also relating to the now. I think Elysium, Asphodel, and hell are states we can be in right now, and being in them right now would mean we were in them immediately following death if we were to die now. I think...
  13. Gnostic Seeker

    Everybody wants to go to heaven. But nobody wants to go now.

    Sure. If by heaven you mean afterlife- there is still growth to be had here. This life is like the opening act of one long eternal existence. In this sense, death isn't even actually death. Dying will not automatically put one into a state of extreme bliss or torment, rather this will be...
  14. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    Nazz I looked at your link, and I'll ask you what I ask people who make the universe God (capital G)- why call that a god? Doesn't it follow that good is something specific, and a god is also something specific? Why conflate the two (good=god)?
  15. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    That is a very interesting outlook.
  16. Gnostic Seeker

    Ask a Witch

    How do you feel about other deities?
  17. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    Wouldn't a god be beyond good and evil though? Why would anyone think a deity would be good? Good is a principle that stands by itself, or so the Greeks thought. The gods aren't what we would call moral, simply because our morals are human. If anyone said they thought a god was worthy because...
  18. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    However, I suppose I should give answering your OP a shot. Just like the sky exists, and is praiseworthy simply because it exists and is beautiful and meaningful, so the gods are praiseworthy because they exist and are meaningful.
  19. Gnostic Seeker

    What makes a deity worthy of worship?

    You speak as though gods must lower themselves to somehow be worthy of a lowly species like us here on planet earth. I worship my gods because I have feeling for them, not because they fit into some idea of mine about worthiness.
  20. Gnostic Seeker

    Merry Meet!

    Merry meet!
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