XPost: alt.atheism, alt.consciousness.mysticism   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   In article , bilgat@m.nu   
   wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:33:24 -0230, David Dalton    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >In article ,   
   > > Christopher A. Lee  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:05:46 -0230, David Dalton    
   > >> wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> >But do you think it is possible to be a mystic atheist?   
   > >   
   > >> Define it.   
   > >   
   > >I guess I mean someone who still believed in things like   
   > >a soul,   
   > according to theism souls were created by god   
      
   A soul can be defined as the part of a person that   
   survives death, without reference to any god.   
      
   > >incarnation, an afterlife, and perhaps in   
   > >intelligent non-human someones (which would include   
   > >species someones in my case) but who does not worship   
   > >any deities.   Also in my case I would mean that I have   
   > >had numerous mystic experiences including my sun stare   
   > >and blue rose vision and waning crescent highs that   
   > >I don't attribute entirely to mental illness.  But as   
   > >you and I noted, I am currently not an atheist so I   
   > >am currently not an atheist mystic or mystic atheist.   
   > >However I am considering moving in that direction.   
   > >And I think that Lao Tzu and The Buddha were mystic   
   > >atheists.   
   >   
   >   
   > I can tell you there there is no such thing as magic, and the people   
   > that think so are suffering from some type of dimentia...   
      
   In the past I have twice done a spell/blessing wishing   
   a video lottery player to win and they did, the second   
   one within a second after I did the blessing.  I call   
   that magic.   And I guess you mean dementia, not dimentia.   
      
   --   
   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)