I was wondering why, in your telling of the Adam and Eve story, you left out the serpent, the creature the teller of the story condemns to a life on its belly. Could it be that the serpent stands for Adam’s worst instincts and that the crawling on the belly part means that after the fall, man is condemned to lead a life without grace? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Animism, Christian, Religion| Read More
I consider myself an animist, but whenever I tell people this they seem confused. When I try to explain animism to them they often equate it with paganism. How can I articulate my beliefs in an effective manner? Categories: I Need Some Clarification, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Animism, Christian, Religion| Read More
Do we never resort to battle? I mean, if the last two Ibex are standing in the last unplowed field and are about to be shot, and all attempts at mind change have failed; what do we do? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animals & Animal Rights, Animism, Deep Ecology, Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Revolution| Read More
I have not attended any type of organized religious gathering since I was 11 years old. However, I do not feel that I have lost my faith. I just feel alone in my beliefs. Do you think that congregations are important for a spiritual experience to be complete? Do you feel that it is important to be able to share your experience with others who understand what you believe? Who share your beliefs? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animism, Christian, Religion| Read More
Have scholars ignored or overlooked animism because the experience is so much a part of the community of life that it is invisible? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Animism, Anthropology, Christian, Religion| Read More
Some questions concerning the NO RIGHT WAY TO LIVE idea… Are their wrong ways? Does your answer imply that you did not, do not oppose human slavery? Do you not believe Nazism/Fascism is a wrong way? Are you positionless? And what would that mean? Do you believe in any moral absolutes? Aren’t “ways” that do not foster life, and the law of life WRONG ways? Is not adopting ways in harmony with a new vision a right way? (I am aware of the point about the Gebusi in the book, and who are we to say their way is wrong, but they are supposedly of a different culture, a Leaver one, so within OUR culture can there not be better and worse paths? Clearly not all of the distinctions that exist in our huge Taker culture can be explained away as different programs, and different currents in the same flooding waters?) Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animism, Anthropology, Political Correctness, Quinn's Motivations, Religion, Story Of B| Read More
Is there some way to be in community with other animist-oriented folks? I get a certain amount of a community feeling on this website, but real-life would be better. So, in a nutshell the question is: how do animists find support and community in the midst of the dominant culture? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Animism, Website| Read More
Could animism be referred to simply as a creed or philosophy and humanity’s essential proclivity toward not religion but belief systems? Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?|Tags: Animism| Read More
I’m wondering if Daniel hasn’t oversimplified and left out some incredible history/people that were very animistic in their approach; Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Thomas Aquinas etc… Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Animism, Ecumenism| Read More
Does living in the hands of the gods preclude extraordinary medical interventions, like, say, radiation treatment for cancer or a cesarean section for a woman who could not give birth otherwise? Current medical procedures and medicines are forms of technology of our current culture. What are your thoughts about this? Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Animism, Religion, Technology| Read More
