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[tiedyedave]

sleepsong insists that I should get some Help. Which I will. It just won't be the kind that sits in an office and has a certificate on the wall, or the kind that comes in small ellipsoid units in an orange plastic cylinder.

Had a long and regenerative conversation with jbeckens. I intentionally undertook to break all the Rules about what sorts of problems and questions I'm supposed to internalize or suppress so that people aren't bothered by them. That was very helpful, and in fact constituted the better part of the kind of Help that I've needed.

I am still very much intrigued by the idea of creating my own religion. Not even as a joke; this would be a serious exercise in synthesis, and would help me to underscore to myself the principles by which I intend to live my life. And you, dear reader, might even find it marginally interesting as well.

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[inuki42.livejournal.com]

If you do decide to create a religion, write it up in here. I'm intrigued by the idea as well, but I somehow doubt I'll ever get unlazy enough to actually do anything about it. (I have a tendency to pick up projects, be very enthused about them for a short time [which varies dependent on the type of project], then put them down, forget about them, and never finish them, because I got distracted by another project.) Yeah. Be nifty. Keep reminding me uncannily of a friend of a friend in Texas, because it's just weird enough to be funny. :)

[sk4p.livejournal.com]

I have on several times attempted to create and codify a religion. Life has always gotten in my way; the last attempt being mostly laid aside when I decided to return to class. It's a tough project, but could be a highly rewarding one.

[sleepsong.livejournal.com]

sleepsong insists that I should get some Help. Which I will. It just won't be the kind that sits in an office and has a certificate on the wall, or the kind that comes in small ellipsoid units in an orange plastic cylinder.

Meep?

::demands that you explain yourself::

[naufiel.livejournal.com]

To a certain degree, we all have our own religions. There is a sense of spirituality within a person of faith that cannot be put down on paper, or summarized in a set of prayers or a book or traditions. Mostly, we only differ in the ways we choose to express our spirituality.

finding my religion

[buoren.livejournal.com]

dude, go for it.

i think i was almost your age when i realized that the religion i had always thought myself a member of wasn't entirely well-suited; in my case i agreed with some of the axioms, but didn't agree with the conclusions, so i ended up doing a des cartesian exercise of tearing down everything i knew, and then rebuilding it based on things i felt comfortable with. at that point in time three rather influential works for me were the matrix, an introductory book on buddhism, greg egan's permutation city, and brian greene's the elegant universe.

regardless of what you do, there will be portions that some people will call arbitrary. but it doesn't matter, because it's your religion, and i think after you've gone and thought about it you'll probably feel more confident in your own beliefs.


one thing i'm curious about; do you think you'll be using preexisting work as a jumping off point? or do you think you'll try to synthesize everything yourself?


i, for one, am eager to see what you've decided on.

[greyling.livejournal.com]

dude. good luck.

it may seem like a daunting task, at first, but i know at least one person who did it, and did it well/thoroughly.

[lordm.livejournal.com]

Dude, don't do it. Awful, awful idea.

Looked like your comments needed balance.

Fair. Balanced. Moiseyev.