bvar22
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Mon Mar-28-05 10:17 PM
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87. Athiesm is a necessary step in spiritual development. |
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Edited on Mon Mar-28-05 10:18 PM by bvar22
The childish all powerful, judgemental, Black & White , external conscience,God the Father is essential for externally validated children. Rejection of this early image of god is necessary for individuation ( the development of an internal sense of right and wrong). Some get stuck in this adolescent stage of spiritual development (athiesm), but a Buddistlike transcendence (integration) is possible if one can answer the question: "If there is no god, then who are you so mad at?"
on Edit: I don't fully trust anyone who has never been an athiest.
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