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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   A while ago I said that if I didn't come out of the   
   low years by April 4 full moon I would consider going   
   atheist again.   Well for now I have decided not to,   
   mainly because I have had such significant mystic   
   experiences in the past.   
      
   But what flavour of atheist have I been in the past?   
      
   I think a strong atheist is someone who believes   
   there are no gods.   
      
   I think a weak atheist is someone who does not   
   believe in any gods.   
      
   Furthermore I define a very weak atheist.   If I was   
   a very weak atheist I would still believe that my   
   former deities existed but would no longer worship them.   
      
   In the past I have been all three of these at different   
   times, but currently I am a polytheistic pantheist.   
      
   But do you think it is possible to be a mystic atheist??   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   "Put your arms around me/Like a circle `round the sun   
   You know I'll love you, baby/When my easy ridin's done"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)