CHURCH OF stevie

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Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

i think she was just saying that she believes in herself...? that she is the guiding force in her own life? as a nonreligious person myself, i have said similar things over the years when pressed my by religious family to pray, like when my son was young and nonverbal etc...i said *I* make things happen for him in terms of therapies etc, not God. it pissed me off when people gave an invisible being credit for something i put so much friggin work and energy into. anyway... i don't think she was saying she thought she was "a God".

not that i wasn't shaking my head at *other* things she said lol....but that part, i kind of got!

--Lis

Thanks for sharing that perspective. It definitely makes more sense when I look at it from that viewpoint.