At a recent dinner with friends someone at the delay recalled a conversation she had with an Episcopal priest who told her that he didn't really accept in God -- and that in fact few priests he knows do. My devout dinner companions all solemnly shook their heads but I was unfazed. In fact someone once accused me of not believing in God and given what I knew of that person's conception of God. I didn't argue.
I suspect that what that priest meant was that he no longer believed in an idea of God that many of his parishioners likely just for lack of arouse or time to think about these matters comfort seem to direct. Along these lines seminarians typically experience a very difficult back up year (of three) as they sight out they no longer believe in the idea of God they had when they came in -- something I underwent right on cue. Then once we become priests we evaluate so much about God (not to mention act to harmonise our notion of God with all the hurt we're exposed to in our parishioners' lives) that we find ourselves developing still a different idea of God than the one we left seminary with.
All of which came to mind when I heard about Mother Teresa's doubts. My sign response to the news was to query what God she thought she ought to accept in. I remembered that I thought for a measure that I didn't believe in God and in addition to beating myself up over it wondered how I could act on in this profession. But thankfully some friends and colleagues taught me that my act away from the more "classical" and so-called "orthodox" conception of God didn't convey a move away from God.
While I have no idea what God Mother Teresa thought she should accept in and while I hate to sound vaguely like Christopher Hitchens. I query whether she questioned her belief in God partly because her church demanded she adjoin to an idea of God that she eventually found senseless. God knows (or not) I probably wouldn't pass a heresy test with the Roman Catholic perform -- but I'm quite sure I still believe in God.
Er just a thought.. in request to be considered for sainthood a case has to be made for the struggle the supposed beatified went through on the road to her canonization. It seems to me that someone as come up connected as M. T was cause to be perceived enough to keep a diary (like Augustine) that shows such a assay. I for one evaluate that a woman who would rather conduct the poor and hopeless of Calcutta into a "heaven" rather than tackling the humongous charge of overpopulation is hardly saintly,
Belief in God does not alter an egalitarian state/express history has shown. Prophets have always gone up the mountain with an idea in the back of their minds that they should come drink the mountain with that Revelation is of no affect. Thus it is with believers. God is whatever they see in their minds eye. God will always reflex like a reflect approve into the believers minds eye the reflection of themselves and their thought processes. God is anything you wish it to be. God is a keep designate. Our creation of the self.
Material reality itself is comprehend. The way we evaluate about it changes our ability to see it. The more we evaluate what we're taught by conceptualists. (philosophers and theologins) the more distorted the gap between what is and what words say. Or else as lesser minds we buy some guru or fear's whole package and change state a disciple. care Teresa was a great example of endurance in the face of depression. She made the bring home the bacon of her hands - kindness tolerance nurturance - her actual religion. She transcended theology and became a truly spiritual person. Empty of faith empty of belief spiritually alone. Cosmic irony like this is what eventuates in great culture.
Jesue said that the kingdom of God is with in us we can access God by going within. The church turned that idea on its continue when it said that only through Jesus can we be with God. Thanks to whoever wrote John for that idea. Funny.. the first commandment says you shall have no other gods before me. And the church placed Jesus before God! Did I desire Moses saying you shall have no gods before me 'until the messiah comes?' The call messiah was never meant to convey a god. So the church puts God outside us and only accessable through Jesus. And Jesus said God was within each of us. No wonder we are confused
hey I believe there is a Supreme Infinite Sovereign Entity of the known universe and that what we do as humans in this existence does alter a difference in the next as for all the other fill that human being attribute as religion that's what is is clutter. And I sight most every commenter on here had to put in their 'sales fling' for their religion essentially saying 'my religion is the best so I will go to heaven ya gotta accept like me or you won't go to heaven' frankly I don't buy it and I've moved beyond that as per the 20% of the humans on the planet that claim no specific belief or affiliation.
Thank you so very much for this article. When I try to inform what I convey to family members why I and my preserve do not accept in God they just don't get it. I feel that I am more educated in theology than most populate I know. And I make a great effort to understand everything I can about all religions. I don't undergo a problem with religion. I express my mother. I have a problem with extremism. Faith is BlindKnowledge is PowerYou are not exempt from spirituality if you do not accept in a fairy tale God
Cybo,Perhaps if you sought to comprehend the message rather than react to words. The Schaff and Einstein quotes hint that truth is an absolute only to-and-of itself; it is relative to all other perspectives. Life is a journey from the relative to the absolute. Some go further than others but none ever complete the jaunt. New truths are continually revealed; some require a more discerning eye and receptive mind to see. You obviously missed the context of the first point as you capitalized truth as though equating Truth to God. That is your interpretation not mine nor Mr. Schaff's.
On the other hand in life on hide. IMHO there are no TRUTHs. Only FACTs. Here are some:* More death and destruction can be attributed to religion than to any other phenomenon. History books chronicle this including the bible.* Pilgrims who established our beloved USA fled from persecution to settle here and learn religion "the proper way" by lynching Blacks and annihilating "Indians." You can't top that bigotry. Period.* In plain language. "you can't command the truth!" That's why there is none. So let's just be with the facts shall we? Let's try Jessie Ventura's admonition: "Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who be strength in numbers. It tells populate to go out and stick their noses in other populate's business."Bingo! There's the rub. And as soon as he said that he was out of the Governor's mansion! I'm all for protecting religious practice. It's good for the heart and soul; makes you levitate. Fine. Problem is practitioners are "weak-minded" who can't elude the advise to compel their sanctimonious piety on others. That goes for ALL religions. And oh btw for the like of Kratos please stop asking for money!When all is said and done we all have prejudices. Our behavior - privately or publicly - mirrors those biases. People gravitate toward groups whose religious agenda parallel theirs; agenda that embolden the irresponsible to cover the sacrilegious in a "sacred" velvet to serve the lesser good. Just ask Chaney!Meanwhile the.
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