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Faithful Doubter
once a frightened radical, now just confused
Created on 2008-10-07 23:11:51 (#16777035), last updated 2009-11-07
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| Name: | bobby1933 |
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| Birthdate: | 1933-08-17 |
| Location: | Boise, Idaho, United States |
Contact:
dcorbin@clearwire.netI am a 76 year old American born male of Dutch ancestry, adopted in infancy. I am probably autistic (asperger's). I am Married, divorced, and remarried for 48 years. I have three chidren. I have worked as preacher, social worker, then 36 years as a sociology instructor, now retired. In later years I have developed an interest in meditation. I am finding the inability to believe in a personal God a challenge for my spiritual process. I need to discover if and how I can be contemplative in the absence of belief in a mysterium tremendum that I can conceptualize. My journal here is my first systematic and public attempt to search out some answers (or not search out some non-answers).
Interests (103):
aboriginal societies, aboriginal spirituality, abu-said abil-kheir, agnostic spirituality, agnosticism, ammon hennacy, anarcha-feminism, anarchism, anarcho-communism, anarcho-primitivism, ashram, asperger's syndrome, autism, bawa muhaiyaddeen, books, buddhism, canyons, catholic worker movement, christian anarchism, cloud of unknowing, comparative religion, contemplative spirituality, cultural anthropology, cultural survival, dancing wu li masters, david a. cooper, desert fathers, dorothy day, eastern religions, eclectic spirituality, equality, event horizon, first peoples, formless path, francis of assisi, gary zukav, generic spirituality, grandchildren, guided meditation, hermits, holistic spirituality, imitation of christ, indian detectives, indian reservation mystery novels, indian reservations, intentional communities, james d. doss, john of the cross, julian of norwich, kabir, ken wilber, lao tsu, lex hixon, liberation theology, mardi oakley medawar, margaret coel, masnavi, meditation, meister eckhart, monks, movies, mystical theology. mysticism, native american detective fiction, native americans, nature mysticism, nirvana, peter maurin, philosophical taoism, pseudo-dionysius, pure land, quantum mechanics, rabia, radical theology, ramakrishna, rumi, sangha, sermon on the mount, shamanism, silouan, simple living, simplicity, social justice, solitary, solitary life, solitude, soul, spiritual practice, spirituality, sufism, susan seddon boulet, tao te ching., taoism, theresa of avila, thich nhat hanh, thomas merton, tony hillerman, urban hermits, vatican ii, voluntary simplicity, works of mercy, world peace, world religions, zen
Schools:
Arlington Elementary School - Arlington, WA (1939 - 1940)Oak Harbor Elementary School - Oak Harbor, WA (1940 - 1941)
Purdy Elementary School - Gig Harbor, WA (1941 - 1942)
Mukilteo Elementary School - Mukilteo, WA (1942 - 1943)
Ketchikan High School - Ketchikan, AK (1943 - 1951)
University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA (1951 - 1953)
Blackburn College - Carlinville, IL (1953 - 1955)
Iliff School of Theology - Denver, CO (1955 - 1958)
University of Washington - Seattle, WA (1965 - 1967)
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