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Curious and not sure why. How many our our struggling adult kids are atheists?
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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 647820" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>difficult child daughter is intensely spiritual, finding magic and meaning in everything. When she is doing well this is true. When she is not doing well, she is angry and shut down and sort of scary. She uses drugs during those times. I think that is the difference. I am beginning to believe that the true harm in drug use is what it does to us, and what it prevents us from becoming, spiritually.</p><p></p><p>difficult child son is an agnostic. He questions and wonders and is spiritually open, but it isn't a burning issue for him.</p><p></p><p>Both were baptized and raised Catholic, but not strictly so.</p><p></p><p>Here is an interesting twist to your question, MWM: My mother was raised strictly Catholic <em>and became a bitterly vocal atheist as a young woman.</em> She is willing and even, eager to discuss the religious beliefs of others to this day, but ridicules believers and the systems with which they hold faith.</p><p></p><p>Given the other things I have come to understand about my mother recently, I found this question of atheism an interesting one.</p><p></p><p>I would say I believe every belief system is saying the same thing once you explore it deeply enough. I love the Jewish wisdom quotes, the deeper beliefs underlying Christianity and Buddhism that I know or have learned about. I am very happy to know what I know of Native belief systems, and of the belief systems of the ancient Chinese philosophers, the Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu and etc. </p><p></p><p>It is so strange to me to understand how little human nature has changed in all this time since the Chinese philosophers wrote their observations and stories down.</p><p></p><p>I find that a strong faith life enables us to access a kind of strength that is not there for those of us who do not have a strong belief, a strong faith.</p><p></p><p>I think we all question meaning and purpose, and so I don't usually believe people who say they are atheist.</p><p></p><p>I read something once that whether we believe in God or not doesn't matter, at all. That God, whatever you conceive that to mean, believes in and is aware of, us, or ~ we would not exist.</p><p></p><p>I am one of those people who actually invites the Jehovah's Witnesses in.</p><p></p><p>Or the Mormons, when they would come around.</p><p></p><p>I love to go to candle-lit Mass, and I love the architecture of old churches and things like Handel's Messiah and ballet.</p><p></p><p>Human things.</p><p></p><p>Laughter.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 647820, member: 17461"] difficult child daughter is intensely spiritual, finding magic and meaning in everything. When she is doing well this is true. When she is not doing well, she is angry and shut down and sort of scary. She uses drugs during those times. I think that is the difference. I am beginning to believe that the true harm in drug use is what it does to us, and what it prevents us from becoming, spiritually. difficult child son is an agnostic. He questions and wonders and is spiritually open, but it isn't a burning issue for him. Both were baptized and raised Catholic, but not strictly so. Here is an interesting twist to your question, MWM: My mother was raised strictly Catholic [I]and became a bitterly vocal atheist as a young woman.[/I] She is willing and even, eager to discuss the religious beliefs of others to this day, but ridicules believers and the systems with which they hold faith. Given the other things I have come to understand about my mother recently, I found this question of atheism an interesting one. I would say I believe every belief system is saying the same thing once you explore it deeply enough. I love the Jewish wisdom quotes, the deeper beliefs underlying Christianity and Buddhism that I know or have learned about. I am very happy to know what I know of Native belief systems, and of the belief systems of the ancient Chinese philosophers, the Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu and etc. It is so strange to me to understand how little human nature has changed in all this time since the Chinese philosophers wrote their observations and stories down. I find that a strong faith life enables us to access a kind of strength that is not there for those of us who do not have a strong belief, a strong faith. I think we all question meaning and purpose, and so I don't usually believe people who say they are atheist. I read something once that whether we believe in God or not doesn't matter, at all. That God, whatever you conceive that to mean, believes in and is aware of, us, or ~ we would not exist. I am one of those people who actually invites the Jehovah's Witnesses in. Or the Mormons, when they would come around. I love to go to candle-lit Mass, and I love the architecture of old churches and things like Handel's Messiah and ballet. Human things. Laughter. :O) Cedar [/QUOTE]
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