Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-22 Thread Jayne S Docherty
On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Bertina Miller wrote: > What seperates people is the way one chooses to live and the way one > chooses to interact with others. Saying that people are desecrating our > Mother because people are in denial of the spiritual is the same as all > the Christian Coalition going

Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-23 Thread Dancing Hummingbird /aka Joy Williams
I think that you are missing a point here, Bertina. Unlike Patriarchal religions, we are not going to force you to do or be anything you don't want. However that shouldn't mean that you can't at least consider what many of us who are spiritual have to say, nor does it mean that anyone has the ri

Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-23 Thread Dancing Hummingbird /aka Joy Williams
On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Bertina Miller wrote: > > I must respectfully disagree with you. To me and others who are not > spiritualists do not have to be spiritually connected to anything to have > a connection to all living things including the Earth. The concept of the > Earth as a living thing

Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-23 Thread Jayne S Docherty
On Thu, 23 Mar 1995, Dancing Hummingbird /aka Joy Williams wrote: > On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Bertina Miller wrote: > > a connection to all living things including the Earth. The concept of the > > Earth as a living thing is fine, but I do draw a line as to what sort of > > living thing it is. > E

Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-24 Thread Coyote1
As I was doing the ironing this morning and musing about this conversation, I began to worry about the direction it may be taking. Please hear me out and think about what I say, OK? Then go on your merry way(s) as you will. I'm wondering if some of us (me included to be sure) aren't heading

Re: Earth as Mother/Spirituality

1995-03-25 Thread Allison Smith
Aloha everyone! I have been lurking on this list for about a month now and have been greatly enjoying and benefiting from the exchanges. I just wanted to make a comment about a snip from Coyote1's note: On Fri, 24 Mar 1995, Coyote1 wrote: > Here's one where even ~hard scientists~ can agree w