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 Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:50 pm
freakyclown15 Avatar-of-Jello Prongs Jr I revere the Earth and keep it sacred. Gaianism relies on the fact that the earth is sacred inherently, so while some Catholics may be gaianists(Gaian?), this implies that you are not. I don't mean this to be insulting, just as a definition. Actually, Gaianism is NOT a religion. It's simply a belief, like karma or reincarnation. Unless your religion specifically teaches against it, you may or may not believe in any of those. So yes, ANYONE may be a Gaian if they think the Earth's sacred. As far as I know, there's not a religion that (specifically) worships the Earth itself. Wouldn't those who worship mother nature, in essence, worship the earth?
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:36 am
chaoticpuppet freakyclown15 Avatar-of-Jello Prongs Jr I revere the Earth and keep it sacred. Gaianism relies on the fact that the earth is sacred inherently, so while some Catholics may be gaianists(Gaian?), this implies that you are not. I don't mean this to be insulting, just as a definition. Actually, Gaianism is NOT a religion. It's simply a belief, like karma or reincarnation. Unless your religion specifically teaches against it, you may or may not believe in any of those. So yes, ANYONE may be a Gaian if they think the Earth's sacred. As far as I know, there's not a religion that (specifically) worships the Earth itself. Wouldn't those who worship mother nature, in essence, worship the earth? Well, true, I guess most Pagans worship the earth, be it indirectly or directly... but I had in mind specific beliefs. I don't know of any religions that view the Earth as sacred as it's sole belief.
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A Murder of Angels Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:55 am
I never claimed that Gaianism was a religion, I just meant that it relies on the belief that Earth is inherently sacred, and cannot lose that status, as was implied. Sorry for the confusion. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 12:01 pm
freakyclown15 Well, true, I guess most Pagans worship the earth, be it indirectly or directly... but I had in mind specific beliefs. I don't know of any religions that view the Earth as sacred as it's sole belief. I see
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:11 am
I am gaian. I lived in the a bush land for about 10 years. Well most anyway. I also lived in the city at the same time. Anyway I am gaian. The earth and nature and all things apart of it in all it's beauty, trees, animals, plants and even the bug mounds of birt I still love climing on are to me beautifull and sacred and even when ti coems to bis piles of dirt xd SO yeah. I'm gaian and I guess agonistic for the moment.
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Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:30 pm
I thought for sure that I had posted in this thread. Maybe I just read it before I became an official member of the guild, and didn't post ::Shrugs::
I am definitely a Gaian. I revere the Earth and nature very much so, and while I don't necessarily view the Earth as an individualistic, personal deity (like Gaia), I believe that the life force of all things flows through nature, and that makes it very much sacred and alive. I view nature as sort of a "collective soul," an endless flow of life essence. I'm not sure if this qualifies me as a Gaian by your defintion, but I indisputably apply a sacred reverence towards nature.
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:12 pm
Yay, earth.
Gaia isn't given enough credit. She's so important!
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:01 pm
while this is not necessarily connected with gaia, there is a book by james lovelock titled gaia, its about how there is something inside the earth that connects us all, and keeps us living, I personally hated the book, and think the guy's theory taken from the evidence that he gave is completely wrong. but just throwing this out to see what other people think about the book, and maybe someone could explain to me how and why he arrived at the conclusions he did.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:46 pm
I have a new spin to this question, I think, and I would like other's opinions.
If you are a Gaian, you believe that this earth is inherently sacred.
What do you think, hypothetically, of the colonization of other planets?
Do you think that humans will be able to live on other worlds? Will we die or de-evolve somehow if not connected to our home planet? Are all planets sacred to some form of being? What happens to astronauts, disconnected from the planet for lengths of time? Of the billions of billions of billions of planets out there in the sky every night for us to see, is our earth the only one we will ever visit?
I'll leave this open for responses before posting my own rather lengthy opinion...
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:03 am
Verim What do you think, hypothetically, of the colonization of other planets?
Do you think that humans will be able to live on other worlds? Will we die or de-evolve somehow if not connected to our home planet? Are all planets sacred to some form of being? What happens to astronauts, disconnected from the planet for lengths of time? Of the billions of billions of billions of planets out there in the sky every night for us to see, is our earth the only one we will ever visit? I believe that we'll change, and that life on other planet, even if we find one alot like earth, will never be as optimal as living on this planet itself. It'd be like taking a plant out of the rainforest and growing it indoors in a much more moderate environment. Still a beauty to behold, but only a shadow of its former self. It will never grow to reach its full potential. (I have several tropical plants scattered about my house.) Or, perhaps, we could take that plant and pump it full of artificial growing aids, in which case it will grow as well as, or perhaps better than it would in it's native habitat, but would end up dying much sooner. Its existance would be an artificial one. So, after that example, If I had the ability to leave the earth and live on another planet, unless every spot on the earth was too polluted to live on, I'd definatley choose to stay here. (Though, that's not to say I wouldn't LOVE to visit other planets)
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:33 am
I'm definitaly a Gaian. I consider the Earth sacred. However, I believe that Gaia is here to help us live nice lives. So, I don't really find that construction is a bad thing. Gaia gives us her resources to us so that we can live comfortably. We should be able to use her resources, if we give thanks. Now, most of the time this does not happen, but, teh way I think, if she REALLY didn't want us to use her resources, she wouldn't produce/let us have them.
So, there. My opinion on Gaia.
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:36 pm
I am a pantheist. So, yes, I am gaian according to your terms. I do not believe in a higher being. I support and surround myself with Earth. The/An afterlife is meaningless. Where I am now is what counts.
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:23 pm
I am not a Gaian. I believe that the Earth is only sacred inasmuch as all created things are reflections of the goodness of God.
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:02 pm
Groundling Yay, earth. Gaia isn't given enough credit. She's so important! No, she doesnt.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 10:02 pm
Gaia is one of my main goddesses (besides Artemis). I dunno, I just can sort of feel the spirit in her (in the Earth). Even when everything else has screwed up completely, as long as I'm living and hopefully afterwards, she'll still be there.
(this post will probably make more sense if I explain that I consider the Earth itself to be intertwined with the divine essence of Gaia, they are one).
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