by jam 61 Replies latest watchtower bible
Terry
Spirituality doesn't require a god. Look at buddhism. Much of it is atheistic. All spirituality requires is some transcendental, other, traditionaly undetectable element. It's a subtle essence that may become detectable and measurable by scientists, someday, imo. Reject the possibility of that, if you want. But, i think that you slide into the fundamentalist camp w a closed minded position, like that.
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Here in America, women are "suppose" to be spiritual.
It is considered an admiral trait, just like "having faith" does.
I have heard contless women claim to "be spiritual"
I have never heard any woman other then myself say "I am not a spiritual person"..... never.
Whenever I have made that statement, I have received two resposes, The shocked blank speechless stare, or "of course you are, you (insert random act) dont you?" They dont seem to comprehend, accept, or even respect, the idea of a woman being anything less then "spiritual"
People expect you to be spiritual, just because your female. I believe there are plenty of non-spiritual women out there, they just keep it hidden so people dont think less of them.
Violia; A woman is very connected to her children in A way A
man just is not able to be.
Maybe that,s the reason why in war and on the battlefield A
man will call out to his mother before taking his last breath.
My mother, just before she pass all of her kids(6) were
at her bed side, her last words before she pass was
mommy, her mother had died 40yrs. early.
So all the women are at church?
How come all those years I went to church as a single guy I never found any available women who weren't going after the bad boys?
Can anybody suggest how there is a difference between spirituality and superstition?
I would say that women in general are more sensitive than men. It is this delicate yet courageous sensitivity that draws them to deeper levels of feeling and quest that we might call "spirituality".
Think about what SPIRITUALITY means.
God on your OWN terms.
Terry, I have thought an awful lot about Spirituality in my life. My definition is definitely a personal one. And it should be. I don't accept your definition for myself if it does not fit with who I am. Faith and Religion are separate from Spirituality. If you got rid of all the Faith and Religion right now, we'd each still have our own Spirituality. It is part of who we are as human beings; it is a human need. I don't include God in it because he hasn't been real to me since I was a kid when my Mom told me he had turned his back on all mankind. At that point I realized my life, who I was, and how I conducted myself was completely up to me. God has nothing to do with whether people will help each other or not. God has nothing to do with whether YOU wish to lead a productive, positive life or not. And God has nothing to do with whether you choose to leave a legacy of goodness or badness. These are YOUR choices. As I said, atheists will help you just the same as a religious person, maybe even more. God has nothing to do with it.
Women are quite often less logical and more emotional in their cognition than men are.
If that's "being spiritual," so be it.
All of us are Spiritual in some way. What that means to each of us is unique and personal but also there are similarities among us. I know people from different cultures and faiths. I see the principle of love in all these people in various different ways, men and women alike.
One of my colleagues is Muslim. He takes care of his Mother In Law. He is the only one she will accept to administer her medications including the insulin needles she needs twice a day. He cooks the proper foods she needs in a healthful manner because her diet is very restricted and her health is very poor. He makes all her doctor appointments and takes her to them. He sits with her until she finishes eating or drinking whatever she needs to, otherwise, she will throw it away.
In my own dealings with the health care system regarding eldercare, so far, every person I have dealt with has been a woman, except for the gentleman who came to install the mobility devices in the bathrooms and some of the doctors involved in my Dad's case.
For women, the power structure is a fool's bargain.
Why buy in?
Why accept the one-size-fits-all pronouncements of male-dominated power structure?
Women do more meaningful work in creating society than men ever will.
They nourish, nurture and inform the next generation which will, one day, rule the world one generation at a time.
It is women who have seen the advantage is rejecting the STRUCTURE of RELIGION as a boiler plate mission statement.
"Men are this; women are that and you can't change it." This doesn't work for a great many women in the West.
Women have taken the next step in the evolution of enlightenment: they pick and chose what works from ALL faiths.
They have created a custom-made interface with the meaning of life which may or may not include specific Worship.
This is SPIRITUALITY for them.
I will make enemies by using pejorative definitions of this new level of awareness, I know and realize.
It is an uphill battle getting anybody to question their own hard-won victories.
But, really--SPIRITUALITY is not the goal you have been seeking as women. It is a TRAP!
It is not the connection with nature, God or "meaning" that makes you whole.
It is your OWN INDIVIDUALITY, instead.
By throwing off the neediness of the "other".... women can finally reach the highest level of existence and achievement.
CREATE!
There would be no humanity without women. Why? They CREATE it and always have!
But, the level of confidence has been weak.
Why?
Men can physically dominate them. It is only a step further for men to dominate their self-evaluation or self-image.
Men have used RELIGION and religious definitions of women to belittle and CONTROL.
SPIRITUALITY has been a step away from man-defined instutions of control.
But--the FINAL STEP is missing.............self-empowerment without having to resort to superstions, mythologies, magic or wishful thinking.
Why?
(This is THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION)
Because men have stake out religion and provided all the definitions of what IS and what ISN'T acceptable.
When you use religious terminology men have you beaten in advance.
God is forever defined as male.
His rules. (Really it is men stacking the deck in their favor.)
Women are NOT permitted inside to teach.
It is sexual Apartheid!
Don't buy in!!!
