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karenthology

Update update update...

Jun 15, 2009 19:38

Short update:

-- I no longer have a traditional full-time job, so some things might have to change regarding Third Order. The next issue of Third Order is going to be published in the previous format with the previous payscale, but submissions after the magazine's next pub date of July 1 will unfortunately be received under different circumstances. ( Read more... )

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sartorias June 16 2009, 00:44:14 UTC

I try to respect people on their own terms, but I will pay more attention to the insights of someone whose religious views complement mine, even if we don't actually agree.

I'm likely to pass up books with axes grinding, from either end of the religious spectrum. Dawkins impresses me as much as Newt, which is to say, zero. Both set up straw men to shoot down with emotionally charged firepower.

I would never be watching a sports game willingly, so any kind of religious procession, no matter what faith, is likely to get my attention . . . and if it is colorful enough, and feels sincere, I am more than likely to get up and follow it, rather than continue the noisy tedium of professional sports.

txanne June 16 2009, 01:01:43 UTC

I try to avoid people of any tradition (including atheism) who are infected with One-True-Wayism. I'm perfectly happy to listen to people who follow a different path, as long as they believe that my choices are as valid as theirs. I've often been disappointed to find that people I otherwise like are One-True-Wayists. Finding that a person has thought about spiritual issues makes me respect them; finding that they haven't thought about it makes me respect them slightly less; finding that they've blindly accepted what they were told makes me respect them a lot less. (In my tradition, God gave us brains and free will for a reason.)

I wouldn't sit in a cafe that had a TV outside, especially not one with sports on. Yucko. I'd sing along with the Catholics and watch the Buddhists, Pagans, and Jews to see what I could learn, unless they seemed offended, in which case I'd do my best to ignore them.

lookingland June 16 2009, 01:23:59 UTC

-- How much? much as i would like to say it doesn't, i find people hostile to faith (any faith) curiously repulsive. believe in something for corn's sake! to be so smug as to say religion/faith is all crud is pretty naive and pretty self-defeating. people of different faiths are spiritual food to me. people of no faith (and i mean those who aren't even willing to admit they are seeking) are generally spiritual vampires (sucking off all your energy and leaving you a pale shriveled husk ( ... )

serena423 June 16 2009, 01:45:59 UTC

After being the victim of a hate crime (well, several simultaneously, I guess, then another a few years later) because of my religion, I tend to take the view that my deeper faith is private and I kinda turn away from stronger and more overt sources. Not that I am against other peoples' faiths--I think the wealth of different belief systems in the world is fascinating--but hearing devout ideas being bandied about, as loud as you please, with little thought for others, make me nervous. Someone could say the words "Christ loves you," in the most inoffensive way possible, and I still either want to run and hide so those wielding pitchforks can't find me, or tell the speaker that, "No, he doesn't, so please don't assume that about me."

I've witnessed an entire campus--students and professors alike--actively turn against anyone not rallying around a student whose Born Again statement appeared on the front page of a city newspaper. I was afraid to leave my dorm room, let alone go to class where nearly everyone wore t-shirts or buttons ( ... )

nightangelca June 16 2009, 02:12:33 UTC

The person's attitude toward religion has a much greater impact on me than what the person's religion actually is. To borrow txanne's terminology, One-True-Wayism a huge turn-off to me. If I get along with a person otherwise, though, and they're willing to leave their One-True-Wayism at the door (so to speak) for our interactions, I'm generally pretty good. Religion is pretty fascinating to me, so a genuinely thoughtful approach to any faith is likely to pique my interest and be a plus in my book; blind faith induces skepticism in me ( ... )