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Religions > Atheism |
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"Enkidu" |
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20 Dec 2005 01:29:57 PM |
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Emily Dickinson, rational atheist, |
"I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be
thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was
irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for
religion than ever."
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Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.musings.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate.
-- F.M. Knowles
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| User: "Fester" |
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| Title: Re: Emily Dickinson, rational atheist, |
24 Dec 2005 04:46:03 AM |
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Enkidu wrote:
"I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be
thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot my morning prayer or else it was
irksome to me. One by one my old habits returned and I cared less for
religion than ever."
I don't think that Emily was an atheist. IIRC from her poetry she
professed a belief in a gawd, but not in prayer. I think she was the
"nature is my church" and "gawd can read my thoughts so I don't have to
pray" type.
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