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Are there secular ways to engage with the divine? Also yes, I am retarded and paranoid - however spiritual literature is beautiful and makes me feel good.

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>>17155000

>> No.17155007

>>17155000
No, read Eliade's Sacred and Profane.

>> No.17155012

>>17155000
being in nature, meditation, psychedelics

>> No.17155043

>>17155000
>Are there secular ways to engage with the divine?
Engaging with God while rejecting God?

>> No.17155061

>>17155000
im gonna be honest with you bro

francis of assisi is LITERALLY red*it, the saint.

>> No.17155069

>>17155000


JESUSCHRIST IS THE DOOR, AND THE WAY, SO NO.

>> No.17155074

>>17155069
THERE ARE MORE WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE DIVINE BESIDES A CORPSE ON A STICK

>> No.17155085

>>17155043
My lack of trust has caused me to have nervous break downs. I like Kierkegaard though.

>> No.17155090

>>17155069


UNDOUBTABLY BASED

>> No.17155101

>>17155061
Fuuuuck really? Is it considered shallow?

>> No.17155108

>>17155085
Are you a woman?
>>17155090
YOU MEAN INDUBITABLY

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>>17155000
The clearest path towards experiencing the divine would be in experiencing beauty.

>> No.17155120

>>17155108
No, just naive but you can call me womanly.

>> No.17155136

>>17155120
>>17155108
Woman are stupid and I am not trans.

>> No.17155148

>>17155120
You write like a woman. Do you want to engage with the divine just to escape?

>> No.17155186

>>17155148
I'm sure it's because of my openess and self deprecation. No, I believe that models of meaning which come from religious texts are edifying.

>> No.17155197

>>17155186
nothing is secular.
everything was made by the Creator and has felt the touch of His hands.
Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life.

>> No.17155198

>>17155186
>I'm sure it's because of my openess and self deprecation
Yes, those are feminine traits. Especially the latter is horrible in men.
>No, I believe that models of meaning which come from religious texts are edifying.
Alright, then read some Eliade.

>> No.17155205

>>17155101
No. Simplicity is a virtue in Christianity.

>> No.17155207

>>17155101
being naturally shallow is fine bro
embrace actual simplicity, let God envelop you.

>> No.17155281

>>17155198
I can understand that self deprecation is repulsive when looking for congeniality. Not that I disagree, but why do you think openess is feminine?