Firstly, I would only like Pagans to answer this. I don't want any Christians telling me to accept Jesus etc etc. I have been there and done that, and I don't believe in Jesus. Please do not condemn me or try to convert me.
This is what I believe:
I believe that nature is beautiful. I admire nature and the natural laws of the universe. I see beauty in how the different mechanisms in the universe relate to each other. I think the world we live on is beautiful. I find the sea particularly breathtaking and I adore hills.
I know of only two possible logical religions. 1) Consciousness is an illusion generated by the normal laws of nature. 2) The normal laws of nature are an illusion generated by consciousness. Both of these arguements are completely logical and in-seperable, and I believe in both equally (neither is proovable). I am a scientist and see the beauty in the equations I see. I yearn to learn more about how the world works... (more to follow)...
2007-02-14 00:28:29 · 11 answers · asked by Mawkish 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This learning process could be considered worship, I suppose. In that sence, yes, I worship nature.
I know there are pleanty of scientific explanations for the illusion of love and choice and consciousness and the spirit, but I also know that logically the whole arguement can be turned on its head.
I was born into an Atheist family. When I was about 18 I became a Christian and was 'baptised. When I was 23 (very recently) I chose to be an Atheist again. It isn't true, however, to say that I don't believe in God. I simply don't believe in the Christian/Jewish/Muslim view of God. I believe in nature.
So, if you call nature, God, then I worship God through my worship of all things natural.
So what am I?!
2007-02-14 00:32:28 · update #1
I only ask this because I know what I believe, but explaining this to people who ask is not an easy task. If there is a name for the belief I have, can someone tell me what it is? What do you call someone who worships nature?
2007-02-14 00:33:29 · update #2
Charlie Mike: I have already researched Christian Science, but thank you for the link anyway. I'd prefer it if you didn't doubt me as a scientist, though.
2007-02-14 00:38:58 · update #3
You might want to try the Belief-O-Matic quiz at Beliefnet.com:
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html
It's fun, and the answers can sometimes be surprising.
Your beliefs could fit into the Wiccan framework, or any one of a number of different branches of Paganism. (Sorry to be so vague, but Paganism is a widely varied field of belief.) Very generally speaking, Wiccans (at least as I was taught) don't worship nature per se. We believe that the universe is the body of God/dess, and therefore that all things contain Divine energy and that the world itself is sacred. There can be no separation from God/dess. All things not only proclaim Their glory, but ARE Their glory. It's therefore more accurate to say that we worship the Divine as manifest in nature. Some Wiccans are pantheists (the universe is the body of God/dess); others are panentheists (the universe is the body of God/dess, but God/dess also have an existence above and beyond the observable world).
You might want to wander over to the Beliefnet forums and visit the Pagan and Wiccan sections and repost your question there. Perhaps someone there can give you more detailed and helpful feedback than I've given you. :-)
Good luck to you on your path, and Blessed Be.
2007-02-15 14:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do u think these things came to be? they could not have just popped up and been there, something must have started all these complicated processes.
You say u r a scientist, I am a scientist and thought witnessing Science I have come to the conclusion that :
You cant believe in God and not in Science, and you cant believe in Science and not God. Cant love nature and not love God, that is impossible and if that is what you believe you are doing, then you are lying to yourself. ( I am not saying that u dont love nature)
You may be tired of hearing this (or u may never have heard it before) God, Yahweh, loves u and will ove u what ever decision you make. But if u really love nature then youll love its creator, u say uv "been there and done that" with the whole Jesus business.
The question is HOW have u been there and done that. Follow your heart, u dont need to listen to other so called Christians to know Jesus. There are so may denominations, its to confusing, I gave my heart to Jesus and He is the one i listen to, not other people because i can never know if they are true or not.
All u need to do is speak to Him an He will speak back. Dont ask us what to do, we dont know what is best for u, only God and u can decide.Our answers wont satisfy u.
2007-02-14 08:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Eryn v 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi, I'm not going to even attempt trying to answer that one....I am a dopey blonde (bottle, no less). But I can direct you to two places where you could get serious answers...I mean, let's face facts, yahoo answers is hardly the place for serious discussion at your intellectual level. One is a site by Ravi Zacharias. He is a brilliant, (ach!) christian apologist who travels around giving speeches to equally brilliant thinkers (harvard, princeton, etc) that I think you would find fascinating and challenging. ( rzim.org and you can listen/download hundreds on speeches from his archives.."Let My People Think" , etc) I also would recommend the classic book by CS lewis - Mere Christianity. It is his story of how he went from atheism, to agnoticism, kicking and screaming and resisting to christianity. Although, I know you're not into christianity, Lewis was a professor of literature at Oxford and no schlub...not to mention classic author and a must for any half-way educated person to at least read, if not agree, with.
2007-02-14 08:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by kawoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you looked into Buddhism? Your beliefs sound a lot like some Buddhists I've known. Best wishes on your journey!
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/buddhism.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/buddhism.htm
2007-02-14 18:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by Witchy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your ideas are very near to the Shakta Path of Hinduism
2007-02-14 08:33:58 · answer #5 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you say you are the scienctist that you claim to be then to be true to your scientific nature you must investigate the science of spiritual laws.
2007-02-14 08:36:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please read........
Romans 1:20-23........ For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;  because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God nor did they thank him, but they became empty-headed in their reasonings and their unintelligent heart became darkened.  Although asserting they were wise, they became foolish  and turned the glory of the incorruptible God into something like the image of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed creatures and creeping things.
2007-02-14 08:39:30 · answer #7 · answered by papa G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes ur absolutely right and ur words are excellent and instead as we live on earth we are greatly called as nature oriented people with greenary as religion with a peaceful souls
2007-02-14 08:34:54 · answer #8 · answered by PRASSANA K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sound like a theist that apriciates nature.
2007-02-14 08:41:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a non-believer
2007-02-14 08:37:16 · answer #10 · answered by wb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋