Anyone like this quote?

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Faith is knowing that tomorrow will be as beautiful as it is today; knowing that nature, not a deity, will recreate the world all over again. It is the truth of an existence as mysterious as it is real, shared by every living being the world over--a unison of voices rejoicing in the experience of life, not in the whims of pettiness of a made up god, as some would have you believe.

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[1ProudAtheist]

1. I Like

5 Stars.

[saras]

2. It makes no sense except for opposing the Abrahamic religions

The nature/deity dualism is silly and irrelevant to: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Sikhi, many of the world's shamanic traditions, most African religion not influenced by Islam, etc.

It ESPECIALLY seems ludicrous to religions like Sikhi and Buddhism, who share the quote's attitude towards "made-up" gods.

I find both "the creator and the creation are one" and "the universe is ruled by arbitrary impersonal forces, of which a few are predictable. These forces are female, and their name is Eris" to both be much more useful, and rewarding, approaches to the world. The negativity and snottiness of the quote brings its spiritual content way down for me. Simply deleting those parts, without changing anything else, makes it hugely better and more honest feeling.

Like so: "Faith is knowing that tomorrow will be as beautiful as it is today; knowing that nature will recreate the world all over again. It is the truth of an existence as mysterious as it is real, shared by every living being the world over--a unison of voices rejoicing in the experience of life" Now it sounds really nice, like a Unitarian Universalist - you can't do much better than that - a church that welcomes atheists.

Holding all religion responsible for monotheism is like holding all political activists everywhere responsible for the Tea Party.

just sayin'...

[edhopper]

3. Sikhi, Buddhism and Hinduism still have their share of

irrational and supernatural claims.