Okay, b/c it is ... (ah, the irony of initials ...). Andrew
2008/12/3 robert e. watling jr. <[log in to unmask]>:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:08:06 -0800, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I no longer believe
>> the religious basis of the occasion. Perhaps I will celebrate a la Harvest
>> Fest or somesuch. Or simply celebrate the human spirit - not the vengeful
>> kind, but the positive loving kind. (It's just a matter of emphasis.)
>> That's
>> the Higher Power I base my hope on.
>
> I'd like to go into this a little too, perhaps off list as I think we'll all
> get along better if we limit this discussion to how it applies to our poetry
> or the poetry we read. I find that discussions of religion or non-religion
> quickly degenerate into unpleasantness when believers and non or other
> believers...well, any way, I have some Higher Power thoughts that might
> interest. Not atheist exactly but not believing either...rob.
>
> --
> "Cogito ergo...how does that go again?"...rewjr.
>
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Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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