Sam Lopes

@samlopez from Brampton, Canada

I was raised a Roman-Catholic in Europe. Have always apathetically rejected the conduct of and 'laws' of the religion. At the same time had always admitted to myself there was something, i felt something i knew there was something out there that transcends the limits of our rational thought. The problem is i did not find interest in what any other made up religion in the world has ever said about it. I felt a deeper connection between all things in the Universe, species, and elements. I could 'see' that connection. I could 'deduce' it by looking at the balance in ecosystems. And it was never 'something' that had to be "worshiped" in an organized way according to some written principles. It was never something that needed an organized group of people for its adoration, or to write it's moral rules. It just was, without any feelings or concepts similar to human ones. I called this thing the "energy". I guess it isn't much different than what fantasy fiction has called it in the past (magic), or even science fiction (the force in Star wars); i'm sure this ideas had their origins in similar concepts and views of the universe by their creators. I never knew that philosophers had apparently recorded and labeled such specific view. I always thought i was just an agnostic, actually convinced there was indeed a "divine entity" which was very different than classic religions would say. My older sister grew very curious of Wicca when i was in my teen years. She had a million books and all sorts of miscellaneous sorcery items. I did read a few books. It was interesting, i saw a few similarities to my beliefs, but i couldn't buy on the whole paraphernalia. I mean i respected and viewed it as sort of a means to 'tap' into the 'energy' or 'force', to perhaps feel that connection that your primary intellect has buried deeply in your consciousness. But i did not see the necessity of such pretty 'dressing' of those practices. And the thing is ultimately, it was still a religion, with all it's god's and deities and superstition. And so was the Amerindian spirituality, which my sister become more interested in, many years down the road. I did all sorts of things with her. Meditations, rituals, the saunas. I saw it's value, and some things actually made me feel good, physically. I also did start my own experiences with psychedelics. And that was perhaps one of the strongest confirmations i had into my belief. I felt that by tapping into other parts and states of consciousness, maybe we could access that necessary channel, to reach the 'whole'. Regardless of not necessarily identifying with any religion, i can find value on some practices of most of them. And i firmly think they are just different interpretations (sometimes uninformed or misleading ones) of the same thing, and of what i believe in. I believe in science, biology, chemistry, physics, metaphysics, psychology, spirituality, and exploration of the consciousness. And i believe they are all connected.

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Nicole C. Scott of Brampton, Canada created the international Schools of Pantheism group Pantheist Spirituality July 11, 2017 @ 10:46 am
Rebecca Koske of South Hadley posted an update in the Environmental Action group Ocean Patrol June 19, 2017 @ 12:14 pm

Hello! It seems like there are lots of members in this group but no discussion is happening. What are people here for? Is each of us trying to do something to educate other people about what is happening to the oceans, are we actively involved in this science necessary to slow the pollution or reverse it? I’m currently in school studying…[Read more]
- Perry Rod replied
  
  Perry Rod replied June 25, 2017 @ 4:58 pm
  
  still working on it… glad you’re here though!
Callum Cooper of Brampton, Canada created the international Arts & Music group Didgeridoo April 27, 2017 @ 8:35 am
Poffo Ortiz of Portland, Oregon posted an update in the Schools of Pantheism group Omnideism March 2, 2017 @ 4:23 am

one of my first video interviews with Chandler…
Poffo Ortiz of Portland, Oregon posted an update in the Schools of Pantheism group Omnideism March 2, 2017 @ 4:20 am
Robert E. Fawley of Cincinnati posted an update in the Arts & Music group Photography March 1, 2017 @ 4:30 pm

The bending of light, fog creates.
- Connie Cuellar replied
  
  Connie Cuellar replied January 15, 2018 @ 3:39 pm
  
  Very nice effect.
Chuck W Beebe of Los Angeles, CA posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Fun Memes February 15, 2017 @ 6:01 pm
Rich Blegen of Denver, Colorado posted an update in the Schools of Pantheism group Scientific Pantheism February 6, 2017 @ 1:19 pm

That sounds like a great description for scientific and naturalistic pantheism. It definitely resonates with me. 🙂
Charles Beebe of Brampton, Canada created the international Schools of Pantheism group Scientific Pantheism February 2, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
- Paul Harrison replied
  Paul Harrison replied February 2, 2017 @ 7:32 pm
  
  Thanks Charles. I changed the description and clicked save, but it did not show the change.
  Here’s my new description, please could you get it in there. Thanks.
  Scientific pantheism is a strongly naturalistic approach to pantheism, which encourages deep reverence for Nature and the wider Universe, caring for nature and the planet, promoting human…[Read more]
  Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied February 6, 2017 @ 3:12 pm
  
  Sorry about that, Paul. There was a bug on the Group Details page, which has now been fixed. I went ahead and added your text to the description from the backend, but that does not have the option to notify everyone of the change. If you would still like to notify them, just make a small edit to the new text yourself, check the box to notify…[Read more]
Jon Hoskins of Ocean Shores, Washington posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Fun Memes January 19, 2017 @ 12:05 pm
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied January 19, 2017 @ 1:19 pm
  
  So funny I used it as the header… thanks, @jon_hoskins!
Jon Hoskins of Ocean Shores, Washington posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Fun Memes January 19, 2017 @ 12:04 pm
- Mike Dobler replied
  
  Mike Dobler replied August 9, 2017 @ 7:13 pm
  
  I like!!…Alot. Good one!
Jon Hoskins of Ocean Shores, Washington posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Fun Memes January 19, 2017 @ 12:02 pm
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  Mike Dobler replied August 9, 2017 @ 7:24 pm
  
  A leaf can not decompose us…they are tooooo small.
Guyus Seralius of The Universe posted an update in the Beta Testing group Beta Testing – BUGS January 14, 2017 @ 7:19 pm

I think I figured out the problem. I tried to copy and paste one of my WordPress articles including its YouTube video link and for some reason it didn’t like that. Once I deleted the video, which did show up in the editor by the way, and manually “Add Media” and paste in the link and so forth, then it worked. I also noticed your site’s player…[Read more]
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied January 16, 2017 @ 10:30 am
  
  Thanks, @guyus_seralius! I’m looking into this…
Guyus Seralius of The Universe posted an update in the Beta Testing group Beta Testing – BUGS January 14, 2017 @ 6:54 pm

I just tried to post my first article and I keep getting a 403 Forbidden page which also reads \”A potentially unsafe operation has been detected in your request to this site.\” Does anyone know why?
- Charles Beebe replied
  Charles Beebe replied January 16, 2017 @ 11:37 am
  
  Hi Guyus, it turns out the 403 you got was due to our firewall. I think I have fixed this; I temporarily set the firewall to ‘learn’ that shared Youtube videos are acceptable as inline links within posts. When you get a chance, I would appreciate it if you could post another article with a Youtube video in it and see if you avoid the 403 response.…[Read more]
  Guyus Seralius replied
  
  Guyus Seralius replied January 16, 2017 @ 11:48 am
  
  I will definitely be happy to try those experiments very soon, likely today, so thanks for letting me know what all you discovered, tried, and fixed!
  
  Guyus Seralius replied
  
  Guyus Seralius replied January 16, 2017 @ 2:58 pm
  
  I tried posting another article as a test (copying and pasting one of my WordPress essays which included images and a YouTube video) and I still got the 403 error, but as soon as I removed the video that does show up in the editor your site uses, then it posted okay. I also did confirm that I could simply paste in a link for a YouTube video…[Read more]
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied January 17, 2017 @ 10:43 am
  
  Thanks, Guyus. I don’t know what’s different either…when I put the firewall in ‘learning mode’, I did manually add the link, so maybe that’s different somehow from copy-pasting a previous WP post with the links already inline. To my mind, it shouldn’t make any difference, but obviously it does somehow. Out of curiosity, did you copy paste from…[Read more]
Anna Lowell of McCall, Idaho posted an update in the Schools of Pantheism group Biotheism January 8, 2017 @ 7:17 am

Of course I had to find you up in this crazy computer land! Howdy howdy!
Perry Rod of Brampton, Canada created the international Gatherings group Solstice Holiday Parties December 28, 2016 @ 6:02 pm
Perry Rod of Las Vegas posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Memes December 28, 2016 @ 12:07 am
Perry Rod of Las Vegas posted an update in the Fun & Entertainment group Memes December 28, 2016 @ 12:07 am
Perry Rod of Las Vegas posted an update in the Beta Testing group Beta Testing – BUGS December 27, 2016 @ 11:39 pm

* Uploading avatar in “create a group” still has that confusing issue of having both a “Crop/Set” button and a “Finish” button which would lead many to miss the Crop/Set button and just hit Finish. Crop/Set button should just replace Finish button and should probably be accompanied by a “cancel” button so they can try a different picture…[Read more]
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied January 10, 2017 @ 2:11 pm
  
  I changed the wording of the ‘Finish’ button to ‘Finish Creating Group’. We really need both, since a group creator has the right to skip adding an avatar in step 3. If they use the default avatar instead of uploading an image, the ‘Crop/Set’ button never appears. I have modified the text to be more clear about these two options (default vs.…[Read more]
Peter Moriarty of Los Angeles, California posted an update in the Schools of Pantheism group Biotheism December 23, 2016 @ 8:28 am

This is new. Thanks Perry and Charles for all you\’ve done to make this a reality. I look forward to getting involved and finding my own space here on Pantheism.com!
- Peter Moriarty replied
  Peter Moriarty replied December 23, 2016 @ 8:28 am
  
  Looks great!
  Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied December 26, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
  
  Thanks Peter. Glad to see you created your group! I am going to change your group name to “Biotheism” (dropping the ‘1’), since I know you are the original creator. Did you possibly try to create the group, stop and then try again? A number should be appended only if an identical group name exists, that is, after a (non-numbered) first group is…[Read more]
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Paul Harrison replied
Paul Harrison replied February 2, 2017 @ 7:32 pm

Thanks Charles. I changed the description and clicked save, but it did not show the change.
Here’s my new description, please could you get it in there. Thanks.
Scientific pantheism is a strongly naturalistic approach to pantheism, which encourages deep reverence for Nature and the wider Universe, caring for nature and the planet, promoting human…[Read more]
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied February 6, 2017 @ 3:12 pm
  
  Sorry about that, Paul. There was a bug on the Group Details page, which has now been fixed. I went ahead and added your text to the description from the backend, but that does not have the option to notify everyone of the change. If you would still like to notify them, just make a small edit to the new text yourself, check the box to notify…[Read more]

Charles Beebe replied
Charles Beebe replied January 16, 2017 @ 11:37 am

Hi Guyus, it turns out the 403 you got was due to our firewall. I think I have fixed this; I temporarily set the firewall to ‘learn’ that shared Youtube videos are acceptable as inline links within posts. When you get a chance, I would appreciate it if you could post another article with a Youtube video in it and see if you avoid the 403 response.…[Read more]
- Guyus Seralius replied
  
  Guyus Seralius replied January 16, 2017 @ 11:48 am
  
  I will definitely be happy to try those experiments very soon, likely today, so thanks for letting me know what all you discovered, tried, and fixed!
- Guyus Seralius replied
  
  Guyus Seralius replied January 16, 2017 @ 2:58 pm
  
  I tried posting another article as a test (copying and pasting one of my WordPress essays which included images and a YouTube video) and I still got the 403 error, but as soon as I removed the video that does show up in the editor your site uses, then it posted okay. I also did confirm that I could simply paste in a link for a YouTube video…[Read more]
Charles Beebe replied

Charles Beebe replied January 17, 2017 @ 10:43 am

Thanks, Guyus. I don’t know what’s different either…when I put the firewall in ‘learning mode’, I did manually add the link, so maybe that’s different somehow from copy-pasting a previous WP post with the links already inline. To my mind, it shouldn’t make any difference, but obviously it does somehow. Out of curiosity, did you copy paste from…[Read more]

Charles Beebe replied

Charles Beebe replied January 10, 2017 @ 2:11 pm

I changed the wording of the ‘Finish’ button to ‘Finish Creating Group’. We really need both, since a group creator has the right to skip adding an avatar in step 3. If they use the default avatar instead of uploading an image, the ‘Crop/Set’ button never appears. I have modified the text to be more clear about these two options (default vs.…[Read more]

Peter Moriarty replied
Peter Moriarty replied December 23, 2016 @ 8:28 am

Looks great!
- Charles Beebe replied
  
  Charles Beebe replied December 26, 2016 @ 12:21 pm
  
  Thanks Peter. Glad to see you created your group! I am going to change your group name to “Biotheism” (dropping the ‘1’), since I know you are the original creator. Did you possibly try to create the group, stop and then try again? A number should be appended only if an identical group name exists, that is, after a (non-numbered) first group is…[Read more]

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