About Me:
I'M CURRENTLY ON VACATION FROM BELIEFNET AND ALL MY GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES THEREIN...IT MAY BE A PERMANENT VACATION......IT FEELS TO ME LIKE IT'S TIME TO STEP AWAY, MY JOURNEY HERE IS GOING NOWHERE NEW FAST AND IT'S A CRAZY GUY WHO KEEPS DOING THE SAME THINGS AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS. THANKYOU ALL FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT, IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S MOVED ELSEWHERE.
Hi from Northern Ireland. Whilst I have a 'professional' background in religion (Studied and practiced evangelism with the Faith Mission, Edinburgh for 2 years and have a BA(Hons) in Theology & Pastoral Studies (Uni. of Manchester)) I am now an avid proponent of naturalist & post-theistic (atheist/ non-theist) perspective & paradigms.
I live with my fiance Trina, my son Dylan, my dog Buddha (after a gr8 philosopher- rottweiler & yorkie cross lol- it's true), my cats; Ebony & Tilly (after Paul Tillich) and my white-feathered Budgie- Phoenix (hence the handle) on the Shankill in Belfast...United Kingdom/ Island of Ireland.
As a naturalist I love religion as history, culture & transformative art, from paganisms right through. I'm highly interested in post-theistic/ atheistic pragmatic 'spirituality' and it's 'religious' application to a life lived well.
To close on this little intro., my choice of labelling below is more a case of what's available rather than a case of what's accurate. For instance, whilst I don't believe that God exists I'm not so concerned about this question that my primary paradigmatic label would be atheist (I actually prefer Non-Theist.) I practice a NonTheist-Quietist/Quaker/Hesychast-Styled-Naturalist-Spirituality, but there is no box for that one yet lol.
Just searching who else put Eminem as their musical inspiration and found you. What an interesting man you are and what a path you've travelled! I went to Manchester University too and loved the city. It was in the 90's when rave music was the thing and Manchester was the beginnings of that so it was all around a great time to be there! Hope all in life flows beautifully for you! You look like an animal lover like me I'm a vegan and although i have no pets at the moment my home would be full if i could!!! Love and Blessings Janna
Thanks for the add. I love the humor of your profile :)
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