tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post8360518753335827595..comments2024-02-20T03:51:07.321-05:00Comments on Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles: Do You Want a Soulmate...Or a God?Clever Elsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-21819611721814876862008-01-21T00:18:00.000-05:002008-01-21T00:18:00.000-05:00Victoria--It made perfect sense. :)Bobby--Just FYI...<B>Victoria</B>--It made perfect sense. :)<BR/><BR/><B>Bobby</B>--Just FYI, I didn't mean to suggest that church attendance has dropped <I>because</I> people are replacing the concept of God with that of soulmates but that as people have drifted away from an interest in spirituality, they've tried to fill that need for some kind of divine union by an attempt to unite with a divinely selected Clever Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-74570254391467541562008-01-19T13:08:00.000-05:002008-01-19T13:08:00.000-05:00"Has the quest for union with a soulmate replaced ..."Has the quest for union with a soulmate replaced the quest for union with divinity? Are people projecting godlike expectations onto their potential partners?"<BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't believe there's a connection. I believe there is a constant with the human condition to be loved that doesn't change, but may appear to change because society does.<BR/><BR/>As to your example of not going to bobbyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941342429838457419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-39757451852817905972008-01-19T11:36:00.000-05:002008-01-19T11:36:00.000-05:00Well, I answer this one with an absolute maybe. Fr...Well, I answer this one with an absolute maybe. From what I can tell and what I have experienced, divinity is an ideal that saves us from ourselves. Just think of the many problems we as a self-conscious beings face: “Where do I go after death?”; “What is the meaning of life?”; “What am I supposed to achieve while I’m here?” These questions, if truly thought about and applied to real life, harrowWizardryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180287388143837392noreply@blogger.com